CAPE TOWN - Lucas Radebe, whose footballing talent helped him escape the poverty and violence of Soweto, said the tears were falling down his face when he returned there to see the World Cup kick off at Soccer City.
CAPE TOWN - Lucas Radebe, whose footballing talent helped him escape the poverty and violence of Soweto, said the tears were falling down his face when he returned there to see the World Cup kick off at Soccer City.
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Argentina coach Diego Maradona was scathing of opponents South Korea after his side’s 4-1 rout in Thursday’s World Cup Group B clash.
JOHANNESBURG - Coach Huh Jung-Moo said the lack of an equaliser at a decisive phase of the second half cost his South Korean side in their Group B showdown with Argentina at the World Cup on Thursday.
Vassilis Torosidis scored Greece’s winner as they beat Nigeria 2-1 to seal their first ever World Cup victory and keep alive their chances of progressing from Group B.
Gonzalo Higuain scored the first hat-trick of this World Cup as Argentina thrashed South Korea 4-1 in their Group B match at Soccer City.
England are in a combative mood ahead of their must-win World Cup encounter with Algeria, with the return of Gareth Barry a boost to their confidence.
France were threatened by an embarrassing early World Cup exit after a surprise 2-0 defeat to Mexico in their second Group A game on Thursday.
PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - Cristiano Ronaldo said nothing was lost after Portugal were held to a drab goalless World Cup draw by Ivory Coast here on Tuesday.
World Cup favourites Spain crashed to a shock 1-0 defeat to unfancied Switzerland in their opening game of the tournament here on Wednesday.
SEOUL North Korea on Wednesday broadcast its opening World Cup match against Brazil, boasting that its goal was the ‘one that has made the world recognise anew North Korean soccer’.