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World Cup Day 16: Uruguay-South Korea Preview

The knockout round gets underway finally with Uruguay facing South Korea. Uruguay were impressive not conceding any goals as they topped Group A. South Korea pounced on Greece before being pummeled by Argentina. They got a tie in their final

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World Cup Day 12: Group A Recap and Best XI

These posts are a bit late as the servers were down for quite a while yesterday. But they appear to be back up. Group A finished up today and it had a moment of intrigue as South Africa put pressure

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World Cup: Day 12 Preview

The next four days should be exciting as we enter the third and final group stage games where the games will be played simultaneously. The first day will decided the fates of Group A and Group B. Here is a

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World Cup Day 6: Things We Learned

The tournament definitely picked up with Group H. Chile started off the day with a great attacking display as they defeated Honduras 1-0. Chile were attacking throughout and only some poor finishing and great goalkeeping kept it from being a

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World Cup Day 6 Preview

After today, we will have seen every team. Group H finally gets underway as favorites Spain get their first game. The day ends with South Africa getting their second game as they face Uruguay. Here is my preview of Day

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World Cup Day 1: Five Things We Learned

The first day is in the books and we got a look at all four teams in Group A. After each team has played 90 minutes, it is all square with each team getting a point. Here are my observations

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Live Commentary: Uruguay vs. France

The second half of Group A gets started this afternoon as France faces Uruguay. The game should have a lot of attackers like Forlan and Suarez for Uruguay and Anelka and Ribery for France.

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World Cup: Day 1 Preview

It is finally here. Tomorrow it begins. Group A gets it started with all four teams playing on the opening day. The hosts should certainly set a great atmosphere for the start of the game. Here is a closer look

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World Cup Preview: Uruguay

The third team drawn in Group A is Uruguay. The first ever World Cup Champions are filled with attacking talent and could make a run if they can play together. Here is the preview.

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World Cup 2010: Top Forwards

This is the third part of my preview of the top players at the World Cup. In this part, I will look at the top forwards. There were a lot of good forwards that were excluded including the Champions League

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