Egypt suspended its membership of the Union of North African Football Federations on Thursday, complaining that Algerian fans had thrown stones at their supporters during the country's World Cup exit. The Egyptian Football Federation wrote to its counterparts in Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia charging that its fans had come under . Click to continue reading...

Just over two years ago the draw for the qualifying tournament for the 2010 World Cup was conducted. Now it has come to an end and all 32 teams that will compete in South Africa are finalised. The draw for the tournament proper will be done in two weeks and everyone ... Click to continue reading...

A "saddened" Giovanni Trapattoni hit out at match officials but refused to blame Thierry Henry for the handball which helped France controversially dump the Republic of Ireland out of World Cup qualifying here on Wednesday. Trapattoni's Irish squad had forced the second leg of their playoff to extra time at the . Click to continue reading...

Goal-shy 2010 World Cup hosts South Africa flopped again on Tuesday when held 0-0 by Jamaica in a lacklustre friendly. Bafana Bafana (The Boys) have not scored for 385 minutes and the first African nation chosen to stage the international football showpiece ended a 17-match schedule this year with just nine . Click to continue reading...

The pressure on Marcello Lippi to reconsider selecting Antonio Cassano to the Azzurri is unrelenting. It was only last weekend against the Netherlannds in Pescara , that a fan of the Sampdoria striker invaded the pitch wearing a t-shirt saying "Cassano in Nazionale" - no translation really required here! Click to continue reading...

In a city renowned for it's romance and passion, the Republic of Ireland team will be merely looking for a brief fling with Lady Luck in Paris tomorrow night. Whether it be a passionate 90 minute romp or a sleazy 120 minute affair, all voyeuristic Irish eyes will be on the Stad de France ... Click to continue reading...

WITH 205 days until the start of the World Cup in South Africa, the big question on every England fans lips is who will be in Fabio Capello's 23-man squad this summer. An interesting point that I am choosing to examine is if ... Click to continue reading...

Burley's assistants, Terry Butcher and Paul Hegarty, were also released, 48 hours after Scotland succumbed to a 3-0 friendly defeat by Wales. The SFA had decided against dismissing Burley last month following a review of the national squad's failure to reach the World Cup qualifying play-offs. But Saturday's humiliation in Cardiff proved . Click to continue reading...

The new Germany World Cup shirt has been released and is sure to be one of the biggest selling shirts of the 2010 World Cup. The German national team is one of the most consistent at major tournaments and always get to the latter stages of the competition. Germany were drawn ... Click to continue reading...

Russia are only one game away from qualifying for the 2010 World Cup and have released the new home shirt that they will wear should they reach the finals in South Africa. Russia finished second in their qualifying group for the World Cup 4 points behind Germany, who never lost a ... Click to continue reading...

Spain have released their new home shirt that they will wear through out the 2010 World Cup and they will be hoping that this one brings them as much success as the last one did. Spain go into the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as one of the favourites for ... Click to continue reading...

Nigeria have released the new home shirt that they will wear at the 2010 World Cup after qualifying by one point over closest group challengers Tunisia. Nigeria always place well in the African Nations Cup and will be hoping that the tournament at the start of 2010 will be an excellent ... Click to continue reading...

South Africa have released their new home shirt that they will wear as hosts for the 2010 World Cup finals. South Africa first qualified for the World Cup in 1998 with this being only the third time that they have qualified for the finals. South Africa have never managed to get ... Click to continue reading...

As with all the national teams that have qualified for the 2010 World Cup finals Japan have released their new home shirt. Japan are now beginning to consistently qualify for World Cups, first qualifying in 1998 they have successfully qualified for every one since. The Japanese football shirts are some of . Click to continue reading...

The new Denmark home shirt has been released and is the one they will wear during the 2010 World Cup. The Denmark World Cup shirt is manufactured by Adidas and is the countries traditional red colour. There is a horizontal white design across the middle of the shirt as well as ... Click to continue reading...