German pride dented by Swiss, Spain win warm-up

German pride took a second bashing in eight days on Saturday as their Euro 2012 countdown began in earnest with a humbling 5-3 friendly defeat by Switzerland but European champions Spain and......

Wolfsburg pointless, injured Ballack out for 6 wks

Steve McCLaren's VfL Wolfsburg slumped to another Bundesliga defeat on Saturday with a 2-0 loss at Borussia Dortmund while Michael Ballack was injured in Bayer Leverkusen's 2-2 draw at Hanover 96.......

Netherlands v Spain: How they square up

Sunday's World Cup final between Netherlands and Spain pits two tactically similar teams against each other. Both the Dutch and Spanish play with two full backs who like to attack and two holding......

Dutch coach Van Marwijk on threshold of greatness

From a modest start, as player and coach, Bert van Marwijk built success with Feyenoord before taking over a promising Netherlands side following their disappointing quarter-final exit at Euro......

An un-divine hand and an Oranje show

Claude Arpi captures the fan's passion for football in these entertaining e-mails to Ivan Crasto,Rediff.com's Sports Editor. Read Claude'sfirst e-mailHissecondHisthirdHisfourthHis 5th:Revolution is......