Schedule – New Zealand (6/15), Paraguay (6/20), Italy (6/24)
Qualification – First place, UEFA Group 3
Big name player- Marek Hamsik (Napoli)
Last time they qualified for WC – Never
A quick geography lesson for those who are unfamiliar with the European landscape – Slovakia
is half of Czechoslovakia, which split into different countries in 1993.
Ireland take on Bulgaria in a World Cup 2010 qualifier on
Saturday at Croke Park, Dublin in a game that could have a massive bearing on whether the "Boys in
Green" can get to South Africa.
Bulgaria will always occupy a prominent place in Ireland's football history because of the
historic events of 1987.
.The eight successive International win came to a halt with a loss away to Ukraine in Dnipro
Stadium on Oct 10. Ukraine won the match with one goal scored by Sergei Najarenko at 29 minutes.
Coach Fabio Capello was disappointed as England failed to impress with big names like Gareth Barry,
Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand, [.
.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 [.
If results went a certain way today, Argentina could have found themselves watching the 2010 World
Cup finals from home. They didn't and Diego Maradona can sleep easier tonight - Argentina is in.
The two-time World Champions got a 1-0...
If two results fall a certain way, Argentina could find itself completely locked out of a World Cup
finals spot in 2010. That's the main storyline on the most interesting qualifying group still in
play as South America will finish...
.The Czech Republic got a 2-0 victory over Poland on Oct 10 in a home match at Sparta Stadium. The
first half of the match was uneventful. In the first half goalkeeper, Peter Cech saved a closed one
to one shot by Irenuesz Jelen in the 33 rd minute. After a few minutes, a goal [...]
On the road in a hostile environment, the United States men's national team defeated Honduras 3-2
to qualify for the sixth straight World Cup finals appearance for the U.S. Landon Donovan scored
and Conor Casey (a shock pick by Bob...
Four more spots have been claimed for the 2010 World Cup with Denmark, Germany, Italy and Serbia
all winning their qualifying groups. Jakob Poulsen scored in the 79th minute to give the Danes a
1-0 win over Sweden to clinch...
Rio Ferdinand has come out singing in praise of Manchester United and England teammate Wayne
Rooney for his performance in the World Cup qualifying games.
The defender, who has just got back onto his feet after nursing an injured back, has been quoted
by the Manchester Evening News as saying that the forward is an essential part of the
team, and his consistency has been fantastic recently.
Group 5 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Estonia are meeting Spain Saturday
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Group 4 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Germany are meeting Russia Saturday
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Group 9 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Netherlands are meeting Iceland Saturday
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Group 7 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Romania are meeting France Saturday
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Group 2 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Greece are meeting Moldova Saturday
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Group 3 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Slovenia are meeting Northern Ireland
Saturday October 11th. Watch the LIVESTREAM and Highlights here Pre-register at
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Group 3 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Poland are meeting Czech Republic
Saturday October 11th. Watch the LIVESTREAM and Highlights here Pre-register at
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Group 7 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Serbia are meeting Lithuania Saturday
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Group 8 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Bulgaria are meeting Italy Saturday
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Group 2 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Luxembourg are meeting Israel Saturday
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Group 5 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Turkey are meeting Bosnia And
Herzegovina Saturday October 11th. Watch the LIVESTREAM and Highlights here
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Group 1 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Sweden are meeting Portugal Saturday
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Group 1 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Denmark are meeting Malta Saturday
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Group 1 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Hungary are meeting Albania Saturday
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Group 6 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Ukraine are meeting Croatia
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World Cup 2010 Qualification: Georgia are meeting Cyprus Saturday October
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Group 4 World Cup 2010 Qualification: Wales are meeting Liechtenstein Saturday
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Group 6 World Cup 2010 Qualification: England are meeting Kazakhstan Saturday
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Group 2 World Cup 2010 Qualification:Switzerland are meeting Latvia Saturday
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The United States could win the CONCACAF qualifying group with a win over Costa Rica on Wednesday
night and that's reason enough to care about the final day of qualifying. The U.S. sit top of the
final stage in CONCACAF...
With nine groups in European qualifying, you would think there would be more than a couple
interesting storylines going into the final matchday. That's not the case. While there are still
spots up for grabs, most of them look to...
.All the attention was upon Portugal and most of the fans were worried about hither and tether and
things going neither. But Portugal managed a win despite losing Cristiano Ronaldo which rules him
out of their last qualifying Group match against Malta. This away match was extremely crucial with
Portugal needing a win for keeping [.
Fabio Cannavaro is back in the news after failing a drug test. I'm not a doctor, not do I play one
on TV (though I could be Dr. McStinky on Grey's Anatomy), so I will let the AP story explain...
Just last night I thought Finnish football had changed considerably as the U-21 team overturned a
deficit to come out as victors against Austria, but little did I know. Tonight, Finland went down
3-0 against Russia and to make it Finnish enough, the first two goals were Finland's own goals and
Arshavin's strike that settled [.