South Africa, Mexico to kick-off 2010 W Cup finals

Hosts South Africa will play Mexico in the opening match of Africa's first World Cup finals next year with two former winners, France and Uruguay, also drawn in the same group Friday. But if the......

Dutch beat Slovakia to reach last eight

Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder fired Netherlands into the quarter-finals of the World Cup after a comfortable 2-1 win over Slovakia in the second round on Monday. Winger Robben, making his first......

Netherlands beat Cameroon for third win

The Netherlands advanced to a second-round meeting with Slovakia in ominous style on Thursday when they beat Cameroon 2-1 to make it three wins out of three and secure top spot in Group E. After......

2010 football World Cup schedule

Match Date Time (IST) Team 1 Team 2 Venue 1 June 11 19:30 South Africa Mexico Johannesburg (SC) 2 June 12 00:00 Uruguay France Cape Town 3 June 12 17:00 South Korea......

France miss out on World Cup finals seeding

France, World Cup winners in 1998 and finalists in 2006, missed out on a place in the eight top seeds for Friday's draw, announced by FIFA on Wednesday. FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke told a......