Tag: France

So it’s proving difficult to keep up with three games a day at this World Cup. Here’s a roundup of the last two days.

Or, to put it another way, Raymond Domenech 1 Football 0.
Uruguay were never going to approach this match with much adventure. It’s the hardest match of the three for them and they wanted to make sure they took something from it.
So the emphasis was on France to make the running, yet they were unable [...]

One day to go before the big kick-off. The talking stops (Clive Tyldesley excepted), the gloves are off, Fabio is readying his collection of scowls and frowns. Here are my group-by-group predictions:
Group A – South Africa, Mexico, Uruguay, France
I find this one of the hardest groups to call. South Africa have home [...]

The media tell us that Thierry Henry is the biggest villain since the Great Train Robbery, yet it is FIFA’s obstruction of progress that has sunk football into a mire of cheating and dishonesty.

The world is agreed that the Henry handball was a disgrace. So what should FIFA do about it, if anything? Should the match be replayed, is this the end of the anti-technology debate? Vote now and tell us what you think. (Select up to 3 answers)