Posts Tagged ‘fifa world cup’

FIFA World Cup : South Korea trounced by Argentina in group B match

South Korea lost to Argentina 4-1 in their second Group B match at the World Cup on Thursday, keeping its chances of advancing to the 16-nation knockout round in the balance. It was South Korea’s first setback after a 2-0 win over Greece in Group B which also includes Nigeria. South Korea now ranks second [...]

FIFA World Cup inspires Filipinos to play football

With World Cup fever in the air, two groups are making their separate pitches to promote “the beautiful game” in the country. One of them, the Sunken Garden United Football Club, has staged the ongoing “World Cup Filipinas” tournament at the CCP’s Bulwagan Ipil-Ipil grounds in Pasay City to drum up awareness on the soccer [...]

North Korea commands international football fans on its own right as mysterious dark horse

North Korea may be a pariah in the international community as it flaunts war rhetoric and brinkmanship, but its World Cup squad is obviously warming up to the hearts of international football fans drawn to the mysterious underdog. The last time the North made it to the World Cup finals was at the 1966 tournament [...]

FIFA probe dismisses allegations about Russia-Spain World Cup bribery claims

FIFA rejected allegations on Friday by the former head of England’s World Cup bid that Russia was planning to bribe referees at this summer’s tournament in exchange for Spain pulling out of the running to host the 2018 competition. Lord Triesman resigned as England’s 2018 World Cup bid chairman after his comments, which were recorded [...]