It's time we started getting to know the 32 teams who will compete at World Cup 2010, and what better way to get familiar than with a nickname? Below you'll find a list of the 32 teams, followed by their most common nickname or nicknames.

Team nicknames usually refer to the colour of the shirt (eg the Azzurri or Les Bleus) or some element of the football association crest (eg The Three Lions).

The new Argentina soccer jersey, which will be worn by the Albicelestes at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, has been released. The shirt has been manufactured by Adidas, and is the official kit of the Argentine national football team for the 2010-11 season. And as you would expect from the Albicelestes, the Argentina [.

Goal video highlights from the Spain vs Argentina international friendly on November 14, 2009. Game KO time- 19.45 from the Vicente Calderon, Madrid. The new Adidas kits for Spain and Argentina were worn for the first time in this game. Full time final score :- Spain 2-1 Argentina ( Xabi Alonso 16′, 85′ pen/ Lionel Messi [.

Imagine a world cup without the world's best player? It's still a distinct possibility with Argentina stuttering over the finish line. Defeat tonight and the unthinkable may become a reality.

If Diego Maradona's Argentina lose to Uruguay and Ecuador beat Chile, who have already qualified, then Argentina will miss out.

There are many factors that have contributed to Argentina's poor form throughout World Cup qualification. Some may look to the exclusion of the old guard such as Javier Zanetti and Estaban Cambiasso or to the continued faith in Carlos Tevez; dismissed twice and only scoring one goal throughout qualification.

Argentina, Slovakia, Switzerland and Honduras are the latest national teams to book their ticket to South Africa and there are just nine more places left. Six more participants will be decided through play-offs, while we are still waiting for Cameroon, Tunisia and Algeria to ensure their place at the World Cup.

Barcelona will re-ignite their interest in Liverpool midfielder Javier Mascherano this summer, as speculation over the Argentine's future continues to grow.
The Blaugrana were heavily linked with Mascherano during the close season, and it is reported that preliminary talks began over a possible move to the Camp Nou.

You know that baby wanted a photo with Martin Palermo... but his family stopped Veron's sleek black ride instead as it drove up to Estudiantes' training ground last week. The baby's got the "Papa, you lied. We were supposed to go to Boca's training ground, dammmit!

Ya se conocen los rivales que la selección de Diego Armando Maradona tendrá en el Mundial de Sudáfrica 2010. Nigeria, Corea y Grecia serán los equipos con los que Argentina tendrá que luchar por los dos pasajes a los octavos de final. Selecciones que ya se encontraron con el equipo albiceleste y con Maradona en anteriores Mundiales.

Road to South Africa

Was it ever really in doubt that the two time World Cup winners were coming to South Africa? The answer is yes, towards the end of Argentina's qualifying campaign they came within one game of missing out on their first World Cup since Mexico 1970.