2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa, France crash out of World Cup

2010 FIFA World Cup: South Africa beat France 2-1 for only their 2nd FIFA World Cup victory, but both teams ultimately emerged losers in Bloemfontein. Carlos Alberto Parreira's team became the 1st host nation to fail to qualify for the tournament's 2nd round, while a miserable campaign from the French came to a predictable conclusion as they also bowed out of South Africa 2010.

The African side's story was ultimately one of disappointment as they exited their own tournament on goal difference with Mexico taking the 2nd qualifying place in Group A behind Uruguay. For France there was further ignominy as a 2nd defeat in 3 games provided a fitting epitaph to the sense of disharmony which had infected Raymond Domenech's squad virtually since the opening game.

The beleaguered coach, who now leaves his post, made 6 changes to the team that had gone down to Mexico in their previous game – with captain Patrice Evra one of those dropped. Though, initially France promised to lift the gloom for their followers with some attacking thrusts.

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2010 FIFA World Cup: Rampant Spain beats Honduras

2010 FIFA World Cup: A far superior Spain than the side than lost against Switzerland on their opening match in Group H, put 2 goals past Honduras thanks to a David Villa brace and restored a sense of normality in the camp and in the minds of their nervous supporters.

Villa went past 3 defenders in the 17th minute at Ellis Park and Honduras goalkeeper Noel Valladares got a touch on the rising shot but couldn't keep it out. Then some 5 minutes after the restart of the match after the break, David Villa scored his 40th goal with a shot from the edge of the area which was deflected off a defender and went over Valladares.

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2010 FIFA World Cup: Landon Donovan - The USA Are As Prepared As We Can Be

2010 FIFA World Cup -- On Wednesday afternoon, the United States Men's National Team meets Algeria at Loftus Versfeld Stadium, South Africa in a match that will determine both squad's World Cup future.

The American side is ready.

"I think we are as prepared as we can be for what's ahead of us on Wednesday," Landon Donovan said at a Monday afternoon press conference.

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2010 FIFA World Cup: African challengers flop at World Cup

2010 FIFA World Cup: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - A record six-prong African challenge at the first World Cup hosted by the continent has produced just 1 win from 12 matches and no guarantee of any country making the 2nd round.

Officials from African Football Confederation president Issa Hayatou down also former stars like Abedi Pele and George Weah expected at least 1 of the sextet to make the semi-finals.

That seems a distant dream as even powerful contenders Ghana as well as Ivory Coast face elimination while 1990 quarter-finalists Cameroon suffered the humiliation of being the 1st country eliminated from the month-long tournament.

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2010 FIFA World Cup : Capello Trying to Heal the Minds of the England Team as the Problem Lies in their Head

2010 FIFA World Cup: Fabio Capello Trying to Heal the Minds of the England Team as the Problem Lies in their Head.

What is wrong with England, that question has been on the minds of millions of fans also pundits worldwide for decades, but no one seems to be able to realize their problems. When Manager Fabio Capello took charge of the team, he inherited a team which had number of stars, but fresh from the disappointments of not being able to make it to the euro 2008, the Italian started on a positive note.

In a few friendly matches throughout the qualifying campaign, a number of commanding performances from England, gave some hope to fans and there was a feeling that yes they may have a good world cup campaign this time round. But, what transpired in the first two games was hardly what anyone had hoped for, very similar old headless chicken performance from the England team.

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2010 FIFA World Cup: Match Schedule and results

2010 FIFA World Cup: The 2010 FIFA World Cup is one of the most prestigious sporting events in the World. With 32 teams challenging for the ultimate accolade of World Champions, it’s shaping up to be one of the best tournaments ever.

Below you will find group stage matches – the schedule will be updated as the games are played. moreover, you will also find analysis of all of the groups and the relevant tables, that will also be updated.

Match	Date - Time	Place	Home	Results	Away
1	June 11, 2010 16:00	Johannesburg - JSC	South Africa	1-1	Mexico
2	June 11, 2010 20:30	Cape Town	Uruguay	0-0	France
3	June 12, 2010 16:00	Johannesburg - JEP	Argentina	1-0	Nigeria
4	June 12, 2010 13:30	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth	Korea Republic	2-0	Greece
5	June 12, 2010 20:30	Rustenburg	England	1-1	USA
6	June 13, 2010 13:30	Polokwane	Algeria	0-1	Slovenia
7	June 13, 2010 20:30	Durban	Germany	4-0	Australia
8	June 13, 2010 16:00	Tshwane/Pretoria	Serbia	0-1	Ghana
9	June 14, 2010 13:30	Johannesburg - JSC	Netherlands	2-0	Denmark
10	June 14, 2010 16:00	Mangaung / Bloemfontein	Japan	1-0	Cameroon
11	June 14, 2010 20:30	Cape Town	Italy	1-1	Paraguay
12	June 15, 2010 13:30	Rustenburg	New Zealand	1-1	Slovakia
13	June 15, 2010 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth	Côte d'Ivoire	0-0	Portugal
14	June 15, 2010 20:30	Johannesburg - JEP	Brazil	2-1	Korea DPR
15	June 16, 2010 13:30	Nelspruit	Honduras	0-1	Chile
16	June 16, 2010 16:00	Durban	Spain	0-1	Switzerland
17	June 16, 2010 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria	South Africa	0-3	Uruguay
18	June 17, 2010 20:30	Polokwane	France	0-2	Mexico
19	June 17, 2010 16:00	Mangaung / Bloemfontein	Greece	2-1	Nigeria
20	June 17, 2010 13:30	Johannesburg - JSC	Argentina	4-1	Korea Republic
21	June 18, 2010 13:30	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth	Germany	0-1	Serbia
22	June 18, 2010 16:00	Johannesburg - JEP	Slovenia	2-2	USA
23	June 18, 2010 20:30	Cape Town	England	0-0	Algeria
24	June 19, 2010 16:00	Rustenburg	Ghana	1-1	Australia
25	June 19, 2010 13:30	Durban	Netherlands	1-0	Japan
26	June 19, 2010 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria	Cameroon	1-2	Denmark
27	June 20, 2010 13:30	Mangaung / Bloemfontein	Slovakia	0-2	Paraguay
28	June 20, 2010 16:00	Nelspruit	Italy	1-1	New Zealand
29	June 20, 2010 20:30	Johannesburg - JSC	Brazil	3-1	Côte d'Ivoire
30	June 21, 2010 13:30	Cape Town	Portugal	7-0	Korea DPR
31	June 21, 2010 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth	Chile	1-0	Switzerland
32	June 21, 2010 20:30	Johannesburg - JEP	Spain	2-0	Honduras
33	June 22, 2010 16:00	Rustenburg	Mexico	0-1	Uruguay
34	June 22, 2010 16:00	Mangaung / Bloemfontein	France	1-2	South Africa
35	June 22, 2010 20:30	Durban	Nigeria	2-2	Korea Republic
36	June 22, 2010 20:30	Polokwane	Greece	0-2	Argentina
37	June 23, 2010 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth	Slovenia	0-1	England
38	June 23, 2010 16:00	Tshwane/Pretoria	USA	1-0	Algeria
39	June 23, 2010 20:30	Johannesburg - JSC	Ghana	0-1	Germany
40	June 23, 2010 20:30	Nelspruit	Australia	2-1	Serbia
41	June 24, 2010 16:00	Johannesburg - JEP	Slovakia	3-2	Italy
42	June 24, 2010 16:00	Polokwane	Paraguay	0-0	New Zealand
43	June 24, 2010 20:30	Rustenburg	Denmark	1-3	Japan
44	June 24, 2010 20:30	Cape Town	Cameroon	1-2	Netherlands
45	June 25, 2010 16:00	Durban	Portugal	-	Brazil
46	June 25, 2010 16:00	Nelspruit	Korea DPR	-	Côte d'Ivoire
47	June 25, 2010 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria	Chile	-	Spain
48	June 25, 2010 20:30	Mangaung / Bloemfontein	Switzerland	-	Honduras

2010 FIFA World Cup : Today’s Match results

2010 FIFA World Cup: Algeria goalkeeper Faouzi Chaouchi missed a feeble shot from Slovenia captain, Robert Koren to let him score the solitary goal in the 80th minute and show the way his country into 1-0 victory versus the Algerians at the Peter Mokaba Stadium, Polokwane, South Africa.

The victory put Slovenia at the top of the fledgling Group C, ahead of England and USA also with a chance of qualifying for the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup finals.

In Sunday’s 2nd match at the Loftus Versfeld Stadium, in Pretoria, an unnecessary handball by Serbian Zdravko Kuzmanovic's gifted Ghana a crucial penalty in the 84th minute.

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