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Uruguay celebrate

The second quarter-final saw Uruguay take on the lone African team remaining, Ghana. The winner takes on Netherlands, who beat 5 time champions Brazil earlier in the day. The match ended 1-1 and Uruguay won 4-2 on penalties. Ghana took the lead through Suley Muntari in the 45th minute But Uruguay equalized quickly through Diego [ Read More ]

Sneijder celebrates

What a first quarter-final we've had. The no.1 ranked team in the world as per FIFA rankings, Brazil were eliminated from the World Cup by a resilient Dutch side which came back from a goal down to beat the 5 time champions 2-1, who were later reduced to 10 men. Brazil opened the scoring early [ Read More ]

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At last a goal scoring match! The world cup was starting to get a bit boring with not many goals to cheer for, apart from Germany's 4 against Australia. But fear not, the Portuguese have arrived! Under the leadership of Cristiano Ronaldo, Portugal smacked seven past a hapless Korea DPR side as they clinched the [ Read More ]

adidas-jabulani

The Adidas Jabulani has turned out to be the most controversial football in World Cup history. Regarded as a "goalkeeper's nightmare" many players have lashed out at this ball in the ongoing FIFA World Cup 2010 being held in South Africa. So, how is the ball actually made? What's so bad about it? The video [ Read More ]

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In a match which Italy had to win in order to edge more closer to qualification to the next round, the current World Champions were held by the New Zealand All Whites in a fairly one-sided affair. The Kiwis took a shock lead through Shane Smeltz in the 7th minute from a free-kick curled in. [ Read More ]

Anelka-Domenech-fight

France striker Nicolas Anelka has been sent home from the World Cup after verbally insulting coach Raymond Domenech during the Mexico game, which France ended up losing 2-0. The Chelsea star missed training on Saturday after reports of a row with France coach Raymond Domenech during their 2-0 loss against Mexico and later when asked [ Read More ]

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After last year's runner-ups France and this year's favorites Spain, it was time for the Germans to get humiliated as some shocking results continue to greet us from South Africa. France were gunned down 2-0 by Mexico while Spain, despite literally walking over Switzerland, ended up ruing their dozens of missed chances in a 1-0 [ Read More ]

Barclays-Premeier-League

The fixtures for the new Barclays Premier Season, which kicks off August 14 onwards, have been announced. Chelsea are the defending champions and manager Carlo Ancelloti would be hoping for his second successive triumph in England. Meanwhile last year's runners-up Manchester United would be hoping to reclaim the title from Chelsea and go past Liverpool's [ Read More ]

Revealed: Why are Brazil so good at Football

Posted by Karan Israni On June 16, 2010 1 COMMENT
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I won't say anything. Just check this video.

Football and Sex

Posted by Karan Israni On June 15, 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Football and Sex

Football and sex have always been debated together. Many players have come out to say they prefer football to sex. Others say they have better sex after they win an important match. Well, the South Koreans sure are from the second category. The sale of condoms in South Korea has risen five-fold after fans celebrated [ Read More ]

Google: Ron Rules!

Posted by Karan Israni On June 14, 2010 1 COMMENT
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Portugal captain Cristiano Ronaldo is the most searched player on Google as the football fever spreads across countries.

FIFA World Cup 2010 Live Scores!

Posted by Karan Israni On June 13, 2010 ADD COMMENTS
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Starting today, you can now check results of all the matches from the FIFA World Cup 2010 on Firstain. This includes Live Scores too! All this is available on our new page FIFA. You can also visit this page by clicking on the link above (beside Contact Us page)