The Manchester United and English player Rooney will be the star of the upcoming World Cup in Germany, says Franz Beckenbauer.

“I can’t think of anybody I’ve seen like him. He is a unique talent,” said Beckenbauer. “When I look at Rooney I see a player who can become a superstar at this World Cup.”
This comes […]

Yes, you heard right, the all-promised, all-awaited gala that would have had a lot of pop-stars and would have topped any other gala ever opening a sports event.

How is this? Well, FIFA says that they wanted to protect the field of the Berlin Olympiastadion, despite previously saying that no harm will be done.
Despite promising that […]

To the surprise of some, or not, Livorno striker Cristiano Lucarelli might make it to the World Cup this year and not as a tourist.
The 29-year-old is hoping that Marcello Lippi, the Azzurri boss, is taking notice and will take him to Germany, having called him up for Italy’s summer tour of the USA […]

A friend of mine asked me somedays ago who goes through if two or more teams have the same number of points in the first round of the World Cup.

Here is exactly what the Fifa Regulation book says:
Ranking in each group shall be determined as follows:
(a) greater number of points obtained in all the group […]

“We have already booked our hotel rooms in Berlin. We will go all the way because we saw during the Confederation Cup that we are getting the balance of the team right.”

This is quite a bold statement, especially since not too long ago he was saying that the World Cup is […]

Of course, this may sound a lot easier than actually getting it done. Brazil is a team of superstars, with Ronaldinho, Ronaldo and Adriano the best of them.

Would Juninho have a place there? First of all, he is a midfielder, which is good (compared to the super trio). More, he is a great free-kick-er. His […]

Michael Owen broke a bone in his foot sometime ago (24th of December) and he will be sidelined for about 10 weeks because of that.

He hopes that this injury will not cause him to lose his place in the national squad for the World Cup.
“I have not had many injuries. But everyone gets their fair […]

One of the great players of the game, maybe the best of the 1990’s, Zinedine Zidane led his national team to win both World Cup and European Championship in a row in 1998 and 2000.

He hinted some days ago that he might retire from playing football after the World Cup and after ending his contract […]

One of the consequences of the World Cup for Germany is an increase in the country’s economy. Frankly, I am not amazed at all, if you think of the prices you should pay for accomondation during the World Cup.

In a reported published in Bild Am Sonntag, DIHK President Ludwig Georg Braun said, “We expected the […]