Argentina Give offer to Maradona new 4-year deal as a Coach

The Argentine Football Association declares it will offer Maradona a new four-year agreement that would keep him in charge of the national team through the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.The Spokesman for the association Ernesto Cherquis Bialo, told the media, Wednesday that AFA President Julio Grondona meet next week with Maradona to talk about the offer.This is the strongest indication that Maradona is likely to maintain as the coach. It comes two weeks later than Argentina was knocked out of the World Cup in a crushing 4-0 quarterfinals loss to Germany. Maradona has said small since then, keeping to himself in his home in suburban Buenos Aires.

Pakistan Need 440 to Win against Australia

First Test,3rd Day, Lord’s: Pakistan completed day three of the opening Test against Australia on 114/1 in their second innings having been set a target of 440. Pakistan must fabricate the best chase in the Test history to win its series-opening match against Australia at Lord's.The fourth-innings target blown up to 440 after Australia's 10th batsman Ben Hilfenhaus belived his unimpressive record at first-class level to finished unbeaten on 56, his maiden half-century. Tasmanian was part of the 52-run last-wicket partnership with Doug Bollinger, whose score of 21 was a personal best.

DAY-3 SESSION-3

Australia 253 (Katich 80) & 334 (Katich 83, Hilfenhaus 56no)

Pakistan 148 (Watson 5-40) & 114-1 (Salman But 58no)

MSDhoni's 42million USD!

A staggering Rs 210 crore (USD 42 million) approval contract puts skipper Dhoni ahead of even Tendulkar’s record. If popularity has a say in the luck one rakes in, this is the biggest example. And the figures prove that. According to Forbes, Dhoni was the world’s maximum paid cricketer last year, he earning USD 10 million, surpassing Sachin’s USD 8 million earnings. And now, when the just-married cricketer has signed a three-year-deal with Rhiti Sports managing. He was breaking his record of the Rs180 crore three-year-deal with sports management compact, Iconix.

Oh! God! Is that too much?

Is this is too much of an speculation for a cricketer. while Sachin signed an Rs 100 crore deal, many predicted the company’s impoverishment. But still now, what happened later was well, history. “When Sachin signed a 100 crore contract, people never even talked in terms of crores, they talk only in lakhs. Dhoni has so far come very closest to Sachin in this context. So now a days, when there are thousands of crores occupied in cricket, and the betting world deals in around Rs 5-6,000 crore, Rs 200 crore isn’t that big, really.

2010 FIFA World Cup :Adidas Golden Awards

ADIDAS GOLDEN BALL:DIEGO FORLAN

Diego Forlan has been named in the Best Player at the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The Uruguay striker topped the poll of accredited media representatives ahead of the Netherlands Wesley Sneijder and Spain hitman David Villa. The 31-year-old Forlan hit the starring role in his country’s heroic act at the FIFA World Cup finals.
ADIDAS GOLDEN BOOT: THOMAS MUELLER


Thomas Muller’s begining goal for Germany against Uruguay in the third-place play-off makes enough to earn the Bayern Munich starlet the adidas Golden Boot. Muller finished on five goals at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa, but claimed the top scorer thanks to no fewer than three assists, leaving him hit of Spain marksman David Villa and Dutch hitman Wesley Sneijder, both of as on five goals but with only one assist apiece.

ADIDAS GOLDEN CLOVES: CLOVE:IKER CASILLAS

The Spain Goal keeper has conceded just two goals at the South Africa 2010. Under struss after La Roja opened up with a shock hit to Switzerland, Casillas has since performed and acts his critics with a string of superb displays that have proved crucial to his Spain’s progress to a Final they have long dreamed about.

Spain Makes History Again

2010 FIFA World Cup Final: Iniesta Kick trashed Netherland's dreams.

The 19th FIFA world cup final, 2010 a single winning goal from Andres Iniesta that created history. Spain won their first FIFA World Cup defeating Netherlands by 1 goal in the 116th minute. Both Netherlands and Spain had not won any final till date. But Netherlands had appeared twice before in the finals, in 1974 and 1978. Spain reached their finals beating Portugal, Parague and Germany scoring 1-0 every time while Netherland hopes of Slovakia, Brazil and Uruguay in Round 16, quarter finals and semi finals respectively.

While score was 0-0 for the entire 90 minutes of the game and the first 15 minutes extra time as well with Spain having 57% ball possession and 18 shots with 8 of them on aim. Netherlands had 43% possession and 13 total shots with 5 on final target. The winning goal was shot by Iniesta in the second 15 minute extra time hardly 5 minutes after the Dutch were reduced to 10 players.Once again the German octopus Paul Allen's predictions make it true.

Germany Vs Uruguay Played for Third Place

2010 FIFA Worldcup SouthAfrica:The last chance for both Germany and Uruguay to satisfy their World Cup disappointment.

Germany and Uruguay will raise themselves for one last game Saturday for third place in the World Cup football at Port Elizabeth's Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium. Germany will find it particularly difficult to motivate themselves after Wednesday's 1-0 defeat to European champions Spain consigned the Mannschaft to a second World Cup semi-final defeat in succession.

Octopus Paul says, Spain for 1st, Germany for 3rd

Germany: Again Octopus Choosen the country which won the Match

Spanish fans had reason to celebrate Friday after Paul the Octopus forecast that Spain will beat Netherlands to win their first World Cup on Sunday. The world glorious octopus at Aquarium Sea Life in Oberhausen, Germany, also forecast Germany would beat Uruguay in the title for third place on Saturday.
This Logic having already correctly predicted four Germany victories and two losses in this tournament.Two glass cubes were baited with mussels and mentioned with flags of Spain and Netherlands. Paul went directly to the Spanish tank and ate its mussel. Half an hour earlier, the octopus choose the mussel in Germany's tank over the confines of those marked with the Uruguay flag.

Nominees announced for adidas Golden Ball 2010

2010 FIFA World cup Southafrica -Best Player Nominees announced

The FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke and Adidas Group CEO Herbert Hainer today formally announced the 10 nominees for the 2010 FIFA World Cup adidas Golden Ball. In this adidas Golden Ball is the official FIFA trophy for the “Best Player of the Tournament”. Totally ten nominee players were selected by the FIFA Technical Study Group(TSG) and includes football experts such as Kalusha Bwalya, Christian Karembeu, Jomo Sono and Gerard Houllier.


2010 FIFA World Cup adidas Golden Ball trophy Nominees are:

Diego Forlan (URU, shirt #10) Asamoah Gyan (GHA, 3)
Andres Iniesta (ESP, 6) Lionel Messi (ARG, 10)
Mesut Oezil (GER, 8) Arjen Robben (NED, 11)
Bastian Schweinsteiger (GER, 7) Wesley Sneijder (NED, 10)
David Villa (ESP, 7), Xavi (ESP, 8)
The winners will be Properly announced after the final on 11 July.Spain's Villa, Xavi and Iniesta leads the race for Golden Ball nominees.


Worldcup adidas Golden Ball past winners:
1982 FIFA World Cup Spain: Paolo Rossi (Italy)
1986 FIFA World Cup Mexico: Diego Maradona (Argentina)
1990 FIFA World Cup Italy: Salvatore Schillaci (Italy)
1994 FIFA World Cup USA: Romario (Brazil)
1998 FIFA World Cup France: Ronaldo (Brazil
2002 FIFA World Cup Korea / Japan: Oliver Kahn (Germany)
2006 FIFA World Cup Germany: Zinedine Zidane (France)

Puyol Picked up Spain into the Final

2010 FIFA World cup Southafrica - Spain’s Victory is Germany’s pain — again

Spain Beat Germany 0:1 and Confirm their Final. Carles Puyol scored the game’s only goal in the 73rd minute, while he was left unharmed by the German defence and headed in a Xavi corner kick past German goalkeeper Manuel Neuer.


Spain dominated control in the match at Moses Mabhida Stadium, in South Africa's coastal city of Durban. Spanish midfielders restricted the action from the starting whistle with quick and precise passes. But they had difficulty in finishing, until central attacker Carles Puyol broke a scoreless deadlock in the 73rd minute. Puyol, who plays for Barcelona, leaped high to head in a goal from Xavi 's corner kick.

Netherlands Beat Uruguay

2010 FIFA Worldcup: Match 61

Netherland reached their first World Cup final since 1978. when the current pick finally stepped out of the shade of Total Football to hit battling Uruguay 3-2 in a excellent semi-final on Tuesday. They will face either Germany or Spain, who assemble in Durban on Wednesday, in a showdown that now guarantees a first European World Cup triumph on a foreign continent.

2010 FIFA Worldcup: Upcoming Today Matches

Quarter-final opponents back in 2006, Argentina and Germany players are ready to cross swords again in Cape Town on Saturday. It is the place in the semi-finals of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa . Expectation is high in front of their latest battle, especially with both sides in such vibrant form and memories of Germany's tense penalty shoot-out triumph four years ago still fresh.

Venue:
Germany-Argentina,Cape Town, 3 July, 16.00

Paraguay-Spain, Johannesburg (Ellis Park), 3 July, 20.30

2010 FIFA Worldcup: Dutch struggle back buries Brazil

The Netherlands came from at the back to break Brazilian hearts and take a huge step towards a third FIFA World Cup 2010 final appearance. Trailing at half-time to Robinho's early goal in Port Elizabeth, Bert van Marwijk's men drew level through Felipe Melo's own goal previous to Wesley Sneijder headed the winner with 22 minutes remaining. Brazil finished the game a man short after Felipe Melo's dismissal as, like in Germany four years ago, the South Americans, victorious since last October, saw their dream of a sixth world crown dismantled at the quarter-final stage.

For the Dutch, this was their fifth instantly win at these finals and leaves them one victory short of a first Final appearance since they finished runners-up twice in the 1970s. They will journey to Tuesday's Cape Town semi-final against Uruguay as favourites despite the suspensions of Gregory van der Wiel and Nigel de Jong. History will also be on their side too, given the winners of their three previous FIFA World Cup meetings with Brazil marched on to the Final each time.

2010 FIFA Worldcup:Ghana give the penalty

Ghana became the final African team to say goodbye to the 2010 FIFA World Cup 2010, losing in a impressive penalty shoot-out to Uruguay after a 1-1 quarter-final draw at Johannesburg's Soccer City. Goalkeeper Fernando Muslera saved efforts from Stephen Appiah and Dominic Adiyiah, before Sebastian Abreu improved the crucial spot-kick for the South Americans, who reach the last four for the first time since 1970.


The Black Stars will have to be satisfied with having become just the third side from the continent to make the quarter-final stage, although they could have won the match with the final kick of additional time after Luis Suarez handled a goal-bound effort on the line. But with Suarez sent off, their top scorer, Asamoah Gyan, destroyed a penalty off the bar that would have tipped the scales to the Africans after Sulley Muntari and Diego Forlan had scored either side of half-time.