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November 20, 2009 18:06 EST
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Angola 2010: Africa Cup of Nations Groups and Schedule

WorldCupBlog @ 06:06 PM EST

The groups for the Africa Cup of Nations 2010 were drawn today, which should go at least some way to cheering up teams like Egypt and Tunisia who very narrowly missed the World Cup 2010 boat.

The tournament takes place in Angola from January 10th to January 31st, 2010. We've got blogs and bloggers for 12 of the 16 teams involved in the tournament.

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How Long Until We Forgive Thierry Henry?

WorldCupBlog @ 02:10 PM EST


Latest development in the already long running Thierry Henry handball incident (or "la main de dieu" as it's being called by some) is that Henry himself thinks a replay is a good idea:

"The fairest solution would be to replay the game but it is not in my control," said the Barcelona striker.

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The 32 Teams of the 2010 World Cup

WorldCupBlog @ 09:00 PM EST

Qualification is officially over. Playoffs won, tears shed, hearts broken and dreams renewed, it's all over. After Uruguay withstood the Costa Rican pressure late in the evening, the final 32 teams were written into stone though not without a fair bit of controversy.

The following are those 32 teams who will take part in South Africa 2010.

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Ireland Demands Replay With Honest-To-Goodness Precedent

WorldCupBlog @ 12:10 PM EST

The furor over last night's game will not settle down anytime soon. Not tomorrow, not next week, not even before the traveling circus takes to South Africa next summer. Not unless something is done to eradicate the impact of The Hand of Henry on the outcome of the game.

The Irish FA, of course you'd hear from them, have come up with a simple solution: replay the game.

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XI Things We Learned From The World Cup Qualifying Playoffs

WorldCupBlog @ 09:40 AM EST

The games didn't really have everything, did they? The results did some upsets, some heroics, a few of the expected teams going in but outside of the one game which forced a playoff (Egypt 2 Algeria 0), some of these games were completely zapped of the necessary drama.

(Not, of course, that one played in the Stade de France.

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The Hand of Henry: What They Said.

WorldCupBlog @ 07:10 AM EST

Without getting into a great deal of opinion, or any at all for that matter there's surely plenty of that floating about it would probably be prudent to look into the words on each side of the divide from those who were there, at the game and directly impacted. (What with it being one of the most controversial games in World Cup Qualifying history and all.

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Algeria Takes The Champs-Élysées. Next: The World!

WorldCupBlog @ 05:10 AM EST

This is a picture of what's currently going down in the center of Paris. No, that is not a Frenchman celebrating the lack of video replay in football. No, that is not an Irishman infuriated by the lack of integrity by one Thierry Henry. Hell, it's not even the CEO of Caran d'Ache.

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Daily Dose: November 18th, 2009.

WorldCupBlog @ 09:40 PM EST

The Algerian post-match celebrations.

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  • Hooligans force a player's premature retirement. (Dirty Tackle)
  • The Diego Ban and How It Affects You (Futfanatico)
  • Beginning the search for Scotland's next manager. (Inside Left)
  • The vignettes of Finland.
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Thierry Henry Handballs France into World Cup 2010. Would You Have Done the Same?

WorldCupBlog @ 07:02 PM EST

Algeria, Greece, Portugal and Slovenia all won their playoffs and qualified for the World Cup today. Uruguay vs Costa Rica is happening as I type. But there's one story that will be dominating the World Cup playoff headlines, and I think you already know what it is: Thierry Henry's handball for France vs Ireland.

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World Cup 2010 Playoffs: Twelve Teams, Six World Cup Places

WorldCupBlog @ 12:00 PM EST

The final six World Cup 2010 places all get decided today, with the second legs of the four European playoffs and the CONMEBOL vs CONCACAF game, plus the special Algeria vs Egypt single game playoff for the final African qualifying spot.

It's all very very tight. The winners of these six ties get the the glory, the losers learn firsthand the meaning of the word "nearly".

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Soundoff: Who Is Your Football Team’s Biggest International Rival?

WorldCupBlog @ 11:08 AM EST

In honour of today's Algeria vs Egypt showdown in Sudan, had planned on putting together a Top 10 Biggest International Rivalries post. But halfway through I realized it wasn't a great idea. Your own national team's rivalry will always feel bigger than anyone else's, so why include some in a Top 10 but not others?

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Japan Drive The Anti-Vuvuzela Bus

WorldCupBlog @ 01:10 PM EST

It would seem this vuvuzela thing is, at the very least, unpopular. As a direct result of its popularity, of course. Xabi Alonso left the Confederations Cup poo-pooing the vuvuzela and its effect on the field of play. The cacophony a bit too intense for such things as hearing the whistles and one's teammates not things entirely insignificant.

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Gigi Buffon and Iker Casillas Reach 100 Caps

WorldCupBlog @ 11:45 AM EST

A double international milestone was reached this past weekend, when both Italy's Gigi Buffon and Spain's Iker Casillas made their 100th international appearances on the same day. Nice little co-incidence as they are arguably (or maybe inarguably) the two best keepers in the world today.

Let me tell you what this is not: This is not a Buffon vs Casillas "who's better?

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Switzerland: U-17 World Cup Winners and Team of the Future. (Distant Future.)

WorldCupBlog @ 04:10 PM EST

Be honest, you'd forgotten entirely about the Under 17 World Cup and that's if you were aware of its running in the first place. We'll also accept admissions from those who confused it with the Under-20 World Cup (Lite) in Egypt won late last month by Ghana.

But it happened, and Switzerland yes, Switzerland took home the trophy, their first of any kind in FIFA territory, from Lagos against what had to be the heavily favored and exceedingly overaged hometown Nigerians.

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