Argentina beat Angola 2-0 in a warm-up game in which central defender ROberto Ayala won his 100th cap.

Winger Maxi Rodriguez put Argentina in front when he netted captain Juan Pablo Sorin’s cross from the left after 29 minutes.
Twice FIFA World Cup winners Argentina, who open their campaign in Germany against Côte d’Ivoire on 10 […]

Tunisia received a great boost in confidence yesterday, when they won 3-0 the game against Belarus.

The Carthage Eagles harried the visiting defence from the start, coming close to scoring four times before a foul on striker Ziad Jaziri by the Belarus goalkeeper in the 35th minute earned a penalty converted by Hamed Namouchi.
The 20,000-strong […]

Ivory Coast managed a 1-1 draw against Chile, finishing the game in 10 players.

Côte d’Ivoire warmed up for the FIFA World Cup™ with a hard-fought 1-1 draw against Chile Wednesday in a bruising encounter that saw the Africans finish with 10 men.
Six yellow cards — five for the Ivorians and one for the South Americans […]

FIFAworldcup.com: Francesco, how is your recovery progressing and what are the next steps for you on the road to the FIFA World Cup?
Francesco Totti: I feel good and the injury to my ankle has healed. Of course I’m not match fit, but there are still two weeks to go before the World Cup starts and […]

I have had the chance to be in front of the TV to see the second half of the game Brazil played against F.C. Lucerne from Switzerland.

I have seen a Brazil team that changed at some point half of the team and nothing changed. I have seen Ronaldo run with all his surplus kilos, I […]

A strange goal gave Columbia a 1-0 lead against Poland. The goal was scored by Columbian goalkeeper Luis Enrique Martinez, with a long shot that has gone past the Polish keeper, Tomasz Kuszczak.

This goal sealed Tomasz Kuszczak’s chances of a place in the Polish team at the World Cup. Unfortunately for Poland, the other goalkeeper, […]

You might think that Togo’s biggest problems are their adversaries in the World Cup. Well, it seems this is not the case: bad weather and chicken pox are much more powerful enemies.

Togo were forced to train on an artificial pitch at their training camp due to driving hail and temperatures that plummeted to 10 degrees […]

Ghana played a friendly game yesterday, on Monday, against Jamaica, a match they won hands-down, 4-1.

They got off to a perfect start on Monday when Sulley Ali Muntari pounced on a loose ball on five minutes after Jamaican keeper Donovan Ricketts could only parry a shot from distance.
In the 19th minute, Stephen Appiah’s volley […]

Portugal’s midfielder Maniche will be fit to play for his national side in the World Cup.

Obviously if I had played all the time I would be in better condition but I feel fine, I feel ready to help the team and I feel I can do good things for the team,” said Maniche who played […]

Germany find out yesterday that Luxembourg is not the kind of team they will face in the World Cup.

Japan was not the team to be beaten 8-0. On the contrary, they really fought back, almost winning the game, after taking a 2-0 lead.
Germany came from two goals down to snatch a 2-2 draw with fellow […]