World Cup 2010: Argentina 3-1 Mexico
Even at these times of sport's saturation of the television schedules, the endless search for a new hit sitcom goes on at apace. Yet again, instead of closely watching...
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World Cup 2010: Mexico 0-1 Uruguay
My first memories of Uruguay as football team - and quite possibly of their existence as a country at all - came from the World Cup in 1986. They were...
World Cup 2010: France 0-2 Mexico
It’s hotting up, you know. Two terrifically entertaining matches this afternoon in South Africa have continued the 2010 World Cup’s awakening from slumber, and this evening France play Mexico in...
World Cup 2010: South Africa 1-1 Mexico
The gloves are now off. For the first game of any World Cup, you always need to pick your strongest side. Anything else would be foolhardy, so we...
World Cup Tales: Colombia 1986 – The World Cup That Never Was
The upcoming World Cup will the first to take place in the entire continent of Africa but there are several countries that have already held the tournament more that once,...
World Cup Preview: Group A
The 19th FIFA World Cup kicks off in nine weeks today, and as such Dotmund continues his almost-in-depth look ahead to this summer's festivities. Today is the beginning of...
The World Cup Of National Anthems (Part One)
For many people, major sports tournaments are the only occasion that national anthems are heard. These peculiar tunes have become a genre of their own, transcending the mere hymns that...
Mexicans Wave Goodbye
Argentina 2-1 Mexico Well, they gave it everything. From the first minute until the very last, Mexico pushed Argentina all the way, and were dreadfully unlucky to be sent home,...
Mexican Waves
Mexico 1-2 Portugal / Angola 1-1 Iran Well, they made their fans sweat. I’ll say that much for them. Mexico came within an inch of getting themselves knocked out, in...
Still In The Running
Angola 0-0 Mexico A recurrent theme of this World Cup has been this: smaller countries going into matches against “bigger” opposition, getting eleven men behind the ball, and playing for...