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......

World Cup 2010: European football powers fight for survival

European soccer powers Germany and England fight to stay in the World Cup on Wednesday after disgraced France were humiliated and South Africa became the first hosts to fall before the second......

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......

Why is the refereeing so poor?

Claude Arpi captures the fan's passion for football in this ongoing e-mail exchange with Ivan Crasto, Rediff.com's Sports Editor. Read Claude's first e-mail hereYou can find his second e-mail......

India get tough draw for World Cup qualifier

India have been drawn in Group 3 along with Japan, Oman and Singapore in the Asian qualifying group for the 2006 World Cup football finals in Germany.South Korea, who played in six previous World......