The Chile 1962 World Cup quarterfinal between England and holders Brazil was just a few minutes old when play was stopped by a canine pitch invasion. Somehow a stray dog was on the field of play and was proving difficult to catch, avoiding Brazil keeper Gilmar and most remarkably teaching Garrincha himself a thing or two about dropping the shoulder and accelerating away from your pursuer.

The 1982 World Cup semifinal in Seville between France and West Germany was a stunning game of football. It finished 3-3 after extra time, and then West Germany won (as usual) on penalties. Despite those six goals, the semifinal is mostly remembered for just one thing.

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Pepsi & Akon have released a single for the World Cup a single which may or may not be the official song via conflicting reports and the proceeds will go entirely to charity. The track also features Keri Hilson, the Soweto Gospel Choir and "16 other musicians" apparently not quite yet noteworthy.

The 2010 Africa Cup of Nations is over. Though I usually love the tournament, I won't be remembering this edition fondly. For several reasons.

First and foremost, Angola 2010 will mostly be remembered for the attack on the Togo team bus, in which three people died and many more thought they were going to die.

Egypt won the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations yesterday, beating Ghana 1-0 in the final with the above 85th minute goal form Mohamed Nagy, a.k.a Gedo, a.k.a the world's greatest super sub. Why is the 25 year old Al-Ittihad Al-Sakndary player the world's greatest super sub? Here's why:

Gedo didn't start any of Egypt's six games at Angola 2010, and yet somehow finished the tournament as top scorer with five goals.

Liveblog today of the African Cup of Nations Final Ghana vs. Egypt. I'll be joined here by Gary from the Ghana blog, and possibly by Tamim from the Egypt blog as well. We're hoping for a fun match.

African Cup of Nations Final: Ghana vs.

No shortage of drama in the Africa Cup of Nations semi-finals was there? Not to mention red cards. But that's all in the past. Time to focus on the future. There's the third place playoff between Nigeria and Algeria on Saturday, but the big event is Sunday. Ghana vs Egypt in the 2010 Africa Cup of Nations final.

This looks like viral marketing done right. It's "The Return of the Legends", with great German players of the past "secretly" filmed training hard, preparing for some sort of return. I see 1954 World Cup winner Horst Eckel, 1974 World Cup winning goalkeeper Sepp Maier, and multiple members of the 1990 World Cup winning squad.

Ghana v Nigera, 1700 local, 1100 EST.

Egypt v Algeria, 2030 local, 1430 EST.

Streaming: myp2p; atdhe.

African Cup of Nations Semifinals Liveblogtacular

US sports broadcaster ESPN has released details of its World Cup 2010 coverage. If you're reading this from outside the US, you may not think this is big news. But for American soccer fans, it is. Here's why:

In other countries, you can take it for granted that football is a big deal and so the World Cup will be treated accordingly by your broadcaster.

Every World Cup year since 1998, EA Sports has released a special version of its legendary FIFA game. This being a World Cup year, we'll be getting another one. There's even a release date penciled in, and it's apparently April 27th.

I can never decide how I feel about these FIFA World Cup games.

It feels like the Africa Cup of Nations only just got started, but we're at the semi-final stage already. Big big names like Cote d'Ivoire and Cameroon are out and on the way home. Your awesome foursome playing for a place in the final are: Ghana, Algeria, Egypt and Nigeria.

Luckily for neutrals, the draw has the two North African teams playing each other in a rematch of 2009's dramatic World Cup 2010 playoff (which I'm sure no one needs reminding that Algeria won), and the two West African teams playing each other.

The ED-209-looking monstrosity above is a robot developed by Castrol Japan that can take a free kick, and can apparently strike a ball at speeds of 200 kilometres per hour or more. Which is very very fast. Did you not see the video?

Castrol claim they were inspired to design and build the robot by Cristiano Ronaldo.

Nigeria vs Zambia Africa Cup of Nations 2010 LiveBlog

I'm not going to insult your intelligence by explaining what a big game this Cameroon vs Egypt Africa(n) Cup of Nations quarterfinal is. Replay of the 2008 final (which holders Egypt won 1-0), Samuel Eto'o, etcetera, etcetera. Instead let's focus on the form of two teams who will be planning on winning not just this game, but the whole thing.