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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Keisuke Honda revved up the throng of blue-clad supporters in Rustenburg on Thursday as Japan punched its ticket to the Round of 16 with a 3-1 victory over Denmark. Honda, Yasuhito Endo and Shinji Okazaki…
The Americans can now breathe a sigh of relief as Landon Donovan’s last second goal helped the squad avoid elimination and advance to the round of 16. Instead of enduring yet another disappointing World Cup…