France punched its ticket into the second round with a steady performance against a Togo team that put up little fight. You can read the play-by-play below and leave your thoughts about the game and about the teams. Final: Togo 0-2 France Full time That is it. France comes away with a victory and will [...]

Spain B won 1-0, though it could have been more if not for an inspired performance by Zaid in the Saudi Arabian goal. Final: Saudi Arabia 0-1 Spain Full-Time It’s over. Second half was painful to watch, but Spain has three wins and tops Group H. Thanks for stopping by, and for leaving comments. Hopefully this afternoon [...]

In its first World Cup, Ukraine advances to the Round of 16 after defeating Tunisia in a slow game that lacked much in the way of action. You can re-live the memories by reading the play-by-play below and leaving your comments on the game and the teams. Final: Ukraine 1-0 Tunisia Full time It wasn’t pretty [...]

We’re LiveBlogging for the full 90 of the Spain-Tunisia match. Come in and join us by leaving your thoughts and comments while the match happens. Live: Spain 3-1 Tunisia Full time Apparently the word I wanted was “cojones,” though the online translator refuses to recognise it (which probably means it’s the right word). Either way, good effort [...]

Ukraine reverse their opening defeat by Spain to put the hurt on Saudi Arabia by the same margin. The win leaves them with 3 points and needing a result against Tunisia to ensure qualification. Saudi Arabia are all but out of it now. They’ll need some surprising results from the Spain-Tunisia game to even have [...]

While World Cup Blog remains firmly committed to our boycott of that paint thinner known as Budweiser during our stay in Germany, the players for Saudi Arabia are refusing to accept FIFA’s Man of the Match awards because it is sponsored by Anheuser-Busch, the company that makes the awful beer. “If any of our [...]

It is the game you are waiting for. We’ll be LiveBlogging the full 90 of the Tunisia-Saudi Arabia match on June 14. Come in and join us by leaving your thoughts and comments while the match happens. Final: Tunisia 2-2 Saudi Arabia Full Time: The frantic feeling of the final ten minutes made this game worth [...]

We’ll be LiveBlogging the full 90 of the Spain-Ukraine match on June 14. Come in and join us by leaving your thoughts and comments while the match happens. Live: Spain 2-0 Ukraine 33:00Spain is quicker, more organized and dangerous. Ukraine’s Gusin get a left footed shot that the Spanish keeper easily stops. Maybe the best [...]

When Spain coach Luis Aragones speaks, the world cringes. In the latest sign that the 67-year-old is truly unstable, he rejected a welcoming bouquet of flowers at his team’s training camp in Germany because it was threat to his virility. Said Aragones: “There’s no room up my a— for the hair of a [...]

Following the Portuguese Parliament’s heroic lead yesterday, Ukraine’s Prime Minister has asked employers in his country to adjust the work schedule so that workers can watch the World Cup. “On June 14 at 4 p.m., we expect an epidemic of unexplained illness to appear in Ukraine,” Prime Minister Yury Yekhanurov said Wednesday. I [...]