Mexico-Haiti highlights, final Group stage qualifier Before the CONCACAF Olympic qualifiers, if you’d asked most people which teams would end up in the finals, I think nearly everyone would have said, “The US and Mexico.” They were expected to be the two strongest teams in the competition. That matchup was what the TV and [...]

Football links from World Cup Blog, The Offside and beyond… Wrap Luca Toni in cotton wool (Italy Blog) Under new management (Portugal Blog) Robert Acquafresca or Robert Murkowski? (Poland Blog) George Burley picks his first squad (Scotland Blog) Ronaldo doesn’t rate Pele’s prediction skills (The Offside) The world’s best ball boy (The Noise from Brazil) Happy birthday Ajax Amsterdam! (On This Football [...]

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South Africa released a report outlining their World Cup expenditure today, and the bottom line is $3.7 billion. Sounds like a hefty sum, and sounds like even more in South African currency, the total being 30 billion rand (which is the 20 rand note above multiplied many many many times.) Big big numbers. Sports Minister Mike Stofile [...]