There are a lot of great players that never played in the World Cup (George Weah is one of them). Dwight Yorke was one of them until recently. Finally, Trinidad & Tobago reached the World Cup and Dwight might add some national team flavour to his success as a Manchester United striker.

His success is much […]

As you may know, Pele likes to talk. Unfortunately for us, though he was the best football player ever, he speaks a lot worse than he was playing football. His latest: he says that his major contribution to football was the recognition of the black players.

Now, this is a touchy subject and I hope I […]

So, here is a list of the teams that qualified for the World Cup, Germany, 2006:

(The will be linked as they will be presented in full)

Angola
Argentina
Australia
Brazil
Costa Rica
Croatia
Czech Republic
Ecuador
England
France
Germany
Ghana
Iran
Italy
Ivory Coast
Japan
Mexico
Netherlands
Paraguay
Poland
Portugal
Saudi Arabia
Serbia & Montenegro
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Togo
Trinidad & Tobago
Tunisia
U.S.A.
Ukraine

Following the defeat by 2-4 of their team, the Turkish players ignited a fight in the tunnel on the way to the locker rooms. This might cost the Turkish team their participation in the World Cup 2010 qualifyers, Blatter says.

Defender Stephane Grichting was taken to Acibadem Hospital following the scuffle, the Anatolia news agency reported.
Swiss […]

As a consequence of Uruguay missing the World Cup in Germany next year, its star and symbol, Paolo Montero, decided is time to let go and let the younger players create a team that will qualify Uruguay in the next World Cup.

Montero made his debut for the Celeste on 5 May 1991 in a 1-0 […]

As Germany prepares for the hosting of World Cup in June 2006, former referee Robert Hoyzer was jailed for match-fixing.

This jailing comes as a consequence of more and more scandals of match fixing, not only in the Bundesliga, the German first division, but also in Italy, i.e.
The scandal in Germany and further investigations […]

Australia won the second leg of the play-offs to the Fifa World Cup in Germany in 2006 against Urugay.

They won the game 1-0 and qualified at the penalty shoot-outs with 4-2.
It seems like Germany is really good for the Aussies, since their last appearance at a World Cup was in 1974, in Germany.
Bet 3
Their […]

All the above teams qualified:
Czech Republic beat Norway 1-0, Spain drew 1-1 with Slovakia and, in a dramatic match, Swiss lost 4-2 in Turkey (4-4 on aggregate, Switzerland qualifies on away goals).

Trinidad & Tobago won their last game in the play-offs with 0-1. This way, with 2-1 on aggregate, they go to Germany.

As you can see, I said Great Britain, not England, as it seems that:

Northern Ireland will be asked to take part in an all-out bid for the UK to host the 2018 World Cup, according to reports.
Northern Ireland, with Scotland and Wales, will be asked to join England, the main hosts, claims the Daily Mirror. […]