Paraguay made it through to the quarterfinals for the first time in history as they hit all five penalty kicks in the shootout to defeat Japan. With Paraguay up 3-2 in the penalty shootouts, Yuichi Kimano stepped up to keep Japan on par. He lifted a shot the the upper middle part of the net, [...]
A David Villa strike in the 63rd minute allowed Spain to get past Portugal 1-0 and move on to the quarterfinals. Spain started the matched brightly with Torres exposing Portuguese make shift right-back Ricardo Costa as he tested Portuguese keeper Eduardo with a curling shot in the very first minute of the match causing the keeper to make [...]
Brazil dashed Chile’s World Cup dreams with a convincing 3-0 victory in Round of 16 action Monday in Johannesburg. Juan, Luis Fabiano and Robinho scored the goals for Brazil, while keeper Julio Cesar shut the door on all three of Chile’s shots on goal. Chile came into the tournament as a dark horse and led [...]
The Netherlands have punched their ticket to the quarterfinals with a 2-1 win over Slovakia. Arjen Robben, who was making his first start of the World Cup, scored the opening goal of the match, while Wesley Sneijder added the insurance marker with 10 minutes to play. Slovakian Robert Vittek scored his fourth goal of the [...]
At the hands of a young German team, England took a royal beating as they were knocked out of the World Cup after losing 4-1 at Bloemfontein on Sunday.
Luis Suárez scored twice to lead Uruguay to a 2-1 victory over South Korea and advance to the quarter-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Spain scored twice in the first half and held on for a 2-1 win over a 10-man Chile team, setting up a Round of 16 battle against fellow powerhouse Portugal. Chile also advanced despite the loss as Switzerland, who needed a win against Honduras for a chance to move on, settled for a draw. The [...]
The Ivory Coast took their first victory of the 2010 World Cup behind a dominant first half, winning a convincing 3-0 decision against Korea DPR in Nelspruit. In their first win the Elephants had little to celebrate as they came into the day needing a Portugal loss along with a land slide victory to overcome [...]
When the World Cup draw was made months ago, the match-up with Brazil and Portugal was seen as perhaps the best match of the group stage. Two technically gifted sides that played attractive attacking football that would make for a classic of a game. Unfortunately, do to the circumstances surrounding the game, that proved to [...]
While the G8 and the G20 leaders meet in Huntsville and Toronto to discuss global issues, a group of college students will work online to solve some of the same problems. Centennial College’s Shadow Summit (http://centennialcollege.ning.com/profiles/blog/list) will assign student journalists to address global issues on the Internet via humanracebook.com (http://centennialcollege.ning.com/), a social network on global [...]
