HEGS has lost a little of its news value lately due to diminishing spare time on my part, so as of today I'm going to try and remedy that slightly. As Thursday turns into Friday at the start of each round from now on, I'll be giving a quick rundown of some of the main [...] Click to continue reading...

According to reports in the Italian media, Huracan and Argentina midfielder Mario Bolatti will be joining Palermo in January.

Bolatti is currently on loan with Huracan. A deal is being worked out between Porto which owns the transfer rights and the Italian club.

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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.

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.What a dramatic turnaround? Well it seems a never ending saga with Diego Armando Maradona being inside a football stadium, be it in the field or out of it. Argentina scraped 0-1 past Uruguay, who were reduced to ten men. However, it was overall a poor match in terms of football qualities. Lionel Messi again failed [. Click to continue reading...

En un partido horrible, en donde ni Uruguay ni Argentina jugaron bien, el conjunto de Maradona se aseguró su boleto directo al Mundial de Sudáfrica 2010. Con el gol de Mario Bolatti, Argentina ganó por uno a cero en una victoria histórica en tierras uruguayas.

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For Europe, South America and the CONCACAF region, yesterday saw the last chance for teams to grab an automatic qualifying place for the 2010 World Cup. It was also the last chance for some teams to claim a 'Get Out Of Jail Free' card - or a play-off place, as it's known in football circles.
Here's our round-up of all the important news from each of those regions. Click to continue reading...

Diego Maradona suffered countless depressing lows amongst barely-remembered highs on Argentina's rollercoaster ride to the World Cup finals. Just two weeks short of his first anniversary as coach of the two-time world champions, Maradona was indebted to virtually unknown midfielder Mario Bolatti for the scrambled winner against Uruguay which put his . Click to continue reading...

And apparently Diego feels vindicated by this narrow escape Diego Maradona again enjoyed some jubilant celebrations after another late winner from his Argentina side. Mario Bolatti's scruffy goal five minutes from time ensured Argentina qualified for next year's World Cup. Despite their uneasy qualifying campaign and the uncertain performance in beating Uruguay last night, Maradona decided to [. Click to continue reading...

Well Maradona's boys are on their way to South Africa. To the delight of this football crazy nation, the two time World cup winners (1978 and 1986) managed to pull off a 1 – 0 score. A solitary goal from Mario Bolatti gave them victory over their worthy opponents at the Estadio Centenario, Montevideo in Uruguay last night in front of a very disappointed home crowd.

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