Football Archives: 06/2010

Africa’s inaugural World Cup has produced 123 goals in 56 matches, translating to an average of just over two goals per game

Manchester City have agreed a deal with Valencia to sign highly-rated midfielder David Silva on a four-year deal

A David Villa goal was all that separated Spain and Portugal in a tense second-round encounter in Cape Town

Carlos Queiroz reluctantly conceded that Spain were the deserved winners after his Portugal side were beaten 1-0 by the Euro 2008 champions in the last 16

Ipswich manager Roy Keane has leapt to the defence of Fabio Capello in the wake of England’s 4-1 defeat to Germany on Sunday

France winger Florent Malouda has admitted that he and his teammates made the wrong decision when opting to go on strike at the World Cup

Spain striker David Villa has defended Fernando Torres’ form at the World Cup ahead of Spain’s last 16 encounter with Portugal tonight

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has apologised to England and Mexico after both sides were on the receiving end of refereeing mistakes on Sunday

The Sport Review takes a look at the German media’s reaction to their national side’s 4-1 win over England on Sunday

FIFA have again ruled out the possibility of introducing goal-line technology in football following a day of controversial refereeing decisions at the World Cup

His side may be unbeaten at the 2010 World Cup but Portugal manager Carlos Queiroz is refusing to get carried away

Italy manager Marcello Lippi has expressed his regret at picking a team which he says he “had not adequately prepared” for the World Cup and apologised to Italy’s fans

Andrea Pirlo will start on the bench for Italy’s crucial final Group E game against Slovakia

Lionel Messi has vowed to convince Oasis to reform should Argentina win the World Cup in South Africa

South Africa inflicted further misery upon a disgraced France squad by securing a 2-1 victory in the final game of Group A

The shambolic state of France’s World Cup campaign will undoubtedly have left Ireland supporters struggling to hold back a wry snigger

Italy manager Marcello Lippi has defended his team selection in the wake of his side’s disappointing 1-1 draw with New Zealand

ohn Terry says England’s performance against Algeria was “totally unacceptable” and believes Joe Cole could be the man to change Fabio Capello’s side’s fortunes

Nicolas Anelka has been sent home from the World Cup after insulting France coach Raymond Domenech

England are in desperate need of drastic revitalisation to save this thoroughly miserable World Cup campaign

Fabio Capello needs to consider alternatives to the Emile Heskey-Wayne Rooney partnership