Germany's Michael Ballack has completed his move to Bayer Leverkusen, after Chelsea refused to renew his contract just weeks ago. The ex-captain of Germany has chosen a move back to his old club, where he played from 1999-2002. Despite offers from other premier league clubs and an offer from Steve McLaren's Wolfsburg, Ballack decided to […]

Leave it up to the world's largest online video portal to come up with some pretty hilarious stuff, from idiots dancing in front of a camera to people falling flat on their faces while attempting some ridiculous stunt, YouTube has now added a Vuvuzela button featured on some soccer related videos. Seriously. On select videos, some football […]

It's another massive weekend of soccer for all of us around the world. On Saturday, the United States plays Ghana (2:30pm ET) while on Sunday, England takes on Germany (10am ET). Plus, in addition to that, there's the mouthwatering clash between Argentina and Mexico (Sunday, 2:30pm ET) and last, but not least, Uruguay versus South […]

ESPN's coverage of the 2010 World Cup has been spectacular. But if I must be honest, some of the commentators are beginning to get on my nerves. It's normal, I guess – especially after you consider how many hours we've spent listening to these commentators since the tournament began on June 11. Based on what […]

Now that the deserved hoopla has calmed down about the United States beating Algeria and making it to the second round of the World Cup, it's time for a reality check. That is that the United States, while playing very well in the first round, are currently not good enough to make it far in […]

Everton's new home jersey for the 2010-11 season will be a simple but beautiful design instead of their away kit, which is bright pink. The new leaked photo of the Everton home shirt reveals a very traditional and clean design featuring Everton's famous blue shirts. The sponsor's name and the Le Coq Sportif are in […]

?The world champions are out, Italy having been eliminated by Slovakia on Thursday. The Slovaks do through with Paraguay out of Group F, with the Netherlands and Japan, having beaten Denmark, advancing in second place. To talk about those results as well as Friday's matches, I was joined by Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer for […]

?The world champions are out, Italy having been eliminated by Slovakia on Thursday. The Slovaks do through with Paraguay out of Group F, with the Netherlands and Japan, having beaten Denmark, advancing in second place. To talk about those results as well as Friday's matches, I was joined by Laurence McKenna and Kartik Krishnaiyer for […]

After Germany's 1-0 win over Ghana, injuries to key players Mesut Ozil, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Jerome Boateng emerged as the big story. Without these players, Germany's chances of advancing to the quarter-finals over England will dramatically dwindle. Mesut Ozil has been in sensational form for Germany so far during this tournament, with his creativity being […]

Germany's win over Ghana ensured a finish at the top of group D. Heading into the round of 16, Germany will face Fabio Capello's Three Lions. The English boast an array of attacking talent and midfield maestros, but they have so far failed to impress. Still, England will need to be taken very seriously. While […]

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c US Defeats Algeria www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News Mainstream America is beginning to get World Cup fever. Such was the case with Stephen Colbert Wednesday night on his TV show, The Colbert Report on Comedy Central. Colbert even named Landon Donovan, President […]

A couple months before the World Cup, ESPN released a series of 4 TV ads in their "One Game Changes Everything" campaign. If you don't remember the ads, there was "Robben Island", "United", "Power of 10" and "Passion", and they came out in that order separated by about two weeks. The ads really added to the hype […]

As the US team prepares to face Ghana in the round of 16, and the rest of us recover from yesterday's game and steel ourselves for Saturday, a few random thoughts: Neven Subotic can now work on his tan. Subotic joins Giuseppe Rossi as potential American soccer players who would have had a far more […]

Is this World Cup smoking crack? It has been a strange one. Sure, there have been moments of crisp, clear beauty (beginning with Siphiwe Tshabalala's screaming torpedo of a shot in the first match), but for me the event has been overtaken by the surprises woven throughout. The unexpected moments and outcomes have ruled this […]

What should be considered a fair result; Slovakia were better, and Italy were poor, it's just as simple as that. In the end Italy ends up right where they deserve to end up, the bottom of the table, behind New Zealand, Slovakia, and Paraguay. Italy has not played well throughout their three games, only turning […]