Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Regrouping the Eagles for WC 2010

Abuja — An emergency meeting of the Board of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) holds in Abuja on Tuesday to deliberate on number of issues, with Super Eagles 2010 World cup qualification a top priority. More!

World Cup related Spam already?

Symantec's Security Response Lab has already seen evidence of FIFA-related spam, and expects this to grow in the run-up to the event.

During the previous FIFA World Cup, related phishing attacks jumped by 40pc, and as many as 4,615 phishing hosts per month were discovered in 2008, up 66pc over the previous year. More!

Drug and Soccer

The World Anti-Doping Agency has warned world football's governing body Fifa that it will not get special treatment over the drug-testing of its players.
Fifa president Sepp Blatter opposes the 'whereabouts' rule, where players have to provide details of their location for one hour every day of the year. More!

Akon will be making athem for World Cup

FIFA is yet to confirm but word from worldcupblog say Akon will be responsible for South Africa 2010 Athem. Details!

World Cup Qualifier delay

Initially scheduled to take place on the 6th of June 2009, the Cameroon-Morocco World Cup and African Nations Cup qualifier has been postponed to the 7th of June following a request made by Cameroon to FIFA. More!

Henry and Iniesta may not play in Champion's league Finale

Thierry Henry and Andrés Iniesta face a fitness race ahead of FC Barcelona's UEFA Champions League final against Manchester United FC in Rome on 27 May, the French striker struggling with a knee ligament injury and the Spanish midfielder suffering a torn thigh muscle. More!

We want Abidal back...... Barca

Barcelona full-backs Eric Abidal and Dani Alves will both miss the Champions League final after the club's appeal to Uefa against their suspensions failed. More!