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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"> <channel> <title>World Cup 2010 | The Guardian</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010</link> <description>Latest news and features from theguardian.com, the world's leading liberal voice</description> <language>en-gb</language> <copyright>Guardian News &amp; Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024</copyright> <pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2024 17:00:32 GMT</pubDate> <dc:date>2024-04-19T17:00:32Z</dc:date> <dc:language>en-gb</dc:language> <dc:rights>Guardian News &amp; Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. 2024</dc:rights> <image> <title>The Guardian</title> <url>https://assets.guim.co.uk/images/guardian-logo-rss.c45beb1bafa34b347ac333af2e6fe23f.png</url> <link>https://www.theguardian.com</link> </image> <item> <title>Paul the octopus, Taiyo the otter and the World Cup’s other psychic animals</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/dec/12/paul-the-octopus-taiyo-the-otter-world-cup-psychic-animals</link> <description><p>From parakeets and monkeys to cats and koalas, our furry and feathered friends taunt us with their meerkat foresights</p><p>It was a sure thing. Unanimous. England would beat France and reach their second successive World Cup semi-final. The meerkats at a Sussex zoo declared it, via the medium of <a href="https://nypost.com/video/meerkats-predict-uk-france-world-cup-winner/" title="">clambering into an England flag-decorated bucket</a> of whatever it is meerkats eat. Not a single meerkat put his faith in Olivier Giroud, there was no meerkat foresight when it came to Aurélien Tchouaméni firing a low, long-distance shot into the corner of Jordan Pickford’s goal.</p><p>We should have known. World Cup psychic animals have burnt us before, their competence often hovering somewhere around the level of Derek Acorah. As <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/dec/09/psychic-alpaca-has-spoken-world-cup-madness-has-arrived-for-england-qatar-2022" title="">my colleague Marina Hyde notes</a>, this shouldn’t be surprising, given that, y’know, they are animals. And yet, those meerkats did previously predict the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/jul/31/lionesses-victory-womens-football-chloe-kelly-winner-sarina-wiegman" title="">Lionesses’ European Championship triumph</a> and when Paul the Octopus repeatedly called results correctly during the 2010 World Cup the world watched. Octopuses are, after all, <a href="https://theconversation.com/suckers-for-learning-why-octopuses-are-so-intelligent-162122" title="">a very intelligent species</a>.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/dec/12/paul-the-octopus-taiyo-the-otter-world-cup-psychic-animals">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-2022">World Cup 2022</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/euro-2008">Euro 2008</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:10:03 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/dec/12/paul-the-octopus-taiyo-the-otter-world-cup-psychic-animals</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d5f6e9d24118bef7aa278052dcbb9c0c5165e368/0_8_2995_1797/master/2995.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=c7a3a6fec33d765575bcd3036d996600"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Composite: Reuters; dpa via AP; PA; East News/Rex/Shutterstock; AP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d5f6e9d24118bef7aa278052dcbb9c0c5165e368/0_8_2995_1797/master/2995.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=1048f3e6ee420309e829333784750055"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Composite: Reuters; dpa via AP; PA; East News/Rex/Shutterstock; AP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Hannah Jane Parkinson</dc:creator> <dc:date>2022-12-12T11:10:03Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Anelka: Misunderstood review – subtle portrait of an enigmatic talent</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/05/anelka-misunderstood-review-subtle-portrait-of-an-enigmatic-talent</link> <description><p>From a quenelle salute to World Cup controversy, the brilliant short-fuse striker comes with baggage, and this film does a fair job with some fraught material</p><p>A galaxy of major names – including Thierry Henry, Arsène Wenger and Didier Drogba – line up to chip in their two-penn’orth on one of the great footballing enigmas of modern times: Nicolas Anelka, the mercurial boy wonder who burst out of the Parisian banlieues but will probably linger longest in the collective memory for <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jul/15/nicolas-anelka-france-world-cup">triggering a player strike</a> at the 2010 World Cup and <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/dec/28/west-bromwich-nicolas-anelka-nazi-gesture">flashing the </a><em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/dec/28/west-bromwich-nicolas-anelka-nazi-gesture">quenelle</a></em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/dec/28/west-bromwich-nicolas-anelka-nazi-gesture"> salute</a>, widely regarded as an ansemitic gesture, after scoring a goal for West Brom in 2013.</p><p>But there’s a bit more to this than your standard sporting hagiography: Anelka comes with a lot of baggage, and this film from French director Franck Nataf does its best to get stuck into some comparatively heavy material. We start at the beginning, when Anelka was a fresh-faced young shaver tearing it up in the local park, before being airlifted into the elite Clairefontaine national youth academy, where Henry was one of his peers.</p><p>Anelka: Misunderstood is available on Netflix</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/05/anelka-misunderstood-review-subtle-portrait-of-an-enigmatic-talent">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/film">Film</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/film/documentary">Documentary films</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/nicolas-anelka">Nicolas Anelka</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/france">France</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news">Europe</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culture">Culture</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/news/antisemitism">Antisemitism</category> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:01:28 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/aug/05/anelka-misunderstood-review-subtle-portrait-of-an-enigmatic-talent</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2c29d2d095829ab558d494bbebf4b9cde2f188b3/0_314_4928_2957/master/4928.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=4a1a1fcba46ccd776fb50d537e384045"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Franck NATAF</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/2c29d2d095829ab558d494bbebf4b9cde2f188b3/0_314_4928_2957/master/4928.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=100ff299de4e393be0f169bdbe3500e7"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Franck NATAF</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Andrew Pulver</dc:creator> <dc:date>2020-08-05T11:01:28Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Joe Cole criticises 'disrespectful' Fabio Capello over David James jibe</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/20/joe-cole-fabio-capello-never-committed-fully-to-managing-england</link> <description><ul><li>Italian referred to his former England goalkeeper as ‘Calamity’<br></li><li>Cole says Capello did not commit fully to England manager role</li></ul><p>Joe Cole has suggested Fabio Capello was not fully committed to his role as England manager and criticised the Italian for referring to David James as “Calamity”.</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/04/fabio-capello-england-world-cup-2010-david-james-lampard-ghost-goal-interview">In an interview</a> with the Guardian this month, Capello said England had “played without conviction” during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa as they were eliminated by Germany in the last 16. But Cole, who came on as a substitute in the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jun/27/germany-england-world-cup-2010">4-1 defeat against Joachim Löw’s side</a> in Bloemfontein, has questioned whether Capello fully embraced his role in the same way as the incumbent England manager, Gareth Southgate.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/20/joe-cole-fabio-capello-never-committed-fully-to-managing-england">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/fabio-capello">Fabio Capello</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/joe-cole">Joe Cole</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/england">England</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2020 15:24:55 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/20/joe-cole-fabio-capello-never-committed-fully-to-managing-england</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d0f0f3ef5345d206c8ddeca9149af780e60662b1/890_148_1068_641/master/1068.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=bd98468b56bbeedd65467b08f0fde300"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/d0f0f3ef5345d206c8ddeca9149af780e60662b1/890_148_1068_641/master/1068.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=dcd508bbd4d345d8266a1450dfd58d61"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian sport</dc:creator> <dc:date>2020-04-20T15:24:55Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Fabio Capello: 'I asked the players – Joe Hart or Calamity James?'</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/04/fabio-capello-england-world-cup-2010-david-james-lampard-ghost-goal-interview</link> <description><p>Former England manager on his ‘perfect’ 2010 World Cup plans, selection issues and how Lampard’s ghost goal still haunts him </p><p>The fact Fabio Capello saw it coming and had warned them made it harder to take. “The most incredible thing that’s happened to me,” he calls it, which is saying something for a man who spent 56 years in the game, won the European Cup, four league titles as a player, nine as a manager, and has been to the World Cup with three countries.</p><p>One of those was England in 2010. It was not particularly memorable but the Italian can’t help it, not when <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jul/05/frank-lampard-england-germany" title="">Frank Lampard’s “ghost goal”</a> haunts him even now 10 years on.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/04/fabio-capello-england-world-cup-2010-david-james-lampard-ghost-goal-interview">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/fabio-capello">Fabio Capello</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/england">England</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2020 07:00:52 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/apr/04/fabio-capello-england-world-cup-2010-david-james-lampard-ghost-goal-interview</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f03a8eb162a62d6c66580bb1bd7e09ff1b307554/0_348_7012_4208/master/7012.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=72ece90064e146c15c3cd61df9bb1c53"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Simon Hofmann - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/f03a8eb162a62d6c66580bb1bd7e09ff1b307554/0_348_7012_4208/master/7012.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=5faf9a90606dffccce43ba3f2c800a76"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Simon Hofmann - FIFA/FIFA via Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Sid Lowe</dc:creator> <dc:date>2020-04-04T07:00:52Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>My favourite game: Uruguay v Ghana, World Cup 2010 quarter-final | John Brewin</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/18/my-favourite-game-uruguay-v-ghana-world-cup-2010-quarter-final</link> <description><p>I was in the stadium to see Luis Suárez break Ghanaian hearts with his handball. It was cheating, but also an understandable act of self-sacrifice</p><p>Almost a decade on, the 2010 World Cup is recalled as a tournament of low-scoring matches, played out amid the distracting honk of vuvuzelas. As is usually the case, the host country showed its best and most welcoming side, rendering happy memories to visitors only to leave a disappointing legacy for South Africa itself.</p><p>Every tournament, though, will throw up at least one segue of incredible drama, of unlikely and since-forgotten heroes, skulduggery and adrenaline-surging plot twists. The rest of the quarter-final <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jul/02/uruguay-ghana-world-cup-report" title="">between Ghana and Uruguay</a> was decent enough. The climax to the 120 minutes made the night unforgettable.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/18/my-favourite-game-uruguay-v-ghana-world-cup-2010-quarter-final">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/luis-suarez">Luis Suárez</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/uruguay">Uruguay</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/ghana">Ghana football team</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2020 11:59:23 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/18/my-favourite-game-uruguay-v-ghana-world-cup-2010-quarter-final</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8fc3dab8dcf134aacf8a0377c8dc0b132daab13f/0_12_4023_2415/master/4023.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a110b486cad72af270b0e716abd1fff8"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/8fc3dab8dcf134aacf8a0377c8dc0b132daab13f/0_12_4023_2415/master/4023.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=df9a925fe83f5ea0656ea846f3cc8051"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Themba Hadebe/AP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>John Brewin</dc:creator> <dc:date>2020-03-18T11:59:23Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Which is the best World Cup ever? Rating contenders from 1954 to 2014</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/13/world-cup-best-all-time</link> <description><p>Before things kicked off in Russia <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/may/31/world-cup-favourite-tournament">we asked you to reminisce</a> about your favourite World Cups. You did not disappoint</p><p>The <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/06/world-cup-stunning-moments-miracle-of-bern">Miracle of Bern</a>. Germany weren’t meant to get very far. German players were all still technically amateurs. Hungary were the Goliaths of world football, having gone undefeated for four years, including beating England – the self-ascribed “inventors of football” – 6-3 the year before and 7–1 just before the World Cup. Hungary beat Germany 8-3 in the round robin, so no one expected Germany to have a chance in the final. Removable cleats were used for the first time, which may have helped in a torrential downpour durijng the final. They made a movie of it. It was Germany’s first World Cup win and it revived the nation after the second world war. It also launched German football on a successful path for the years to come. <em><strong>A Germany fan</strong></em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/13/world-cup-best-all-time">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-2018">World Cup 2018</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/brazil">Brazil</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/england">England</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/france">France</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcupfootball2002">World Cup 2002</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2006">World Cup 2006</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-2014">World Cup 2014</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/holland">Netherlands</category> <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2018 11:50:59 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jul/13/world-cup-best-all-time</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9502181f990c17fd0f7893cc1698d33c6fd9ac26/0_8_2995_1797/master/2995.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d62dcfe6ed3169eedf3ebd9065f0cbb7"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Composite: Colorsport/Rex/Shutterstock; Popperfoto/Getty Images; Bob Thomas/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/9502181f990c17fd0f7893cc1698d33c6fd9ac26/0_8_2995_1797/master/2995.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=58a1c2cb1237a0eddc761aa33b782ba4"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Composite: Colorsport/Rex/Shutterstock; Popperfoto/Getty Images; Bob Thomas/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian readers and Paul Campbell</dc:creator> <dc:date>2018-07-13T11:50:59Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>‘On the pitch there was a divide’: tales behind England’s World Cup failures</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/12/england-world-cup-squad-previous-tournaments-squad</link> <description><p>Before kick-off in Russia, England squad members from each World Cup since 1998 reflect on key lessons to be learned</p><p><em>Knocked out by Argentina on penalties in last 16</em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/12/england-world-cup-squad-previous-tournaments-squad">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-2018">World Cup 2018</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/england">England</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcupfootball2002">World Cup 2002</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2006">World Cup 2006</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-2014">World Cup 2014</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/rio-ferdinand">Rio Ferdinand</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/frank-lampard">Frank Lampard</category> <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2018 22:27:33 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/12/england-world-cup-squad-previous-tournaments-squad</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6e7216e82e37e7b26d9e68e1075dd627b98f6898/0_0_2560_1536/master/2560.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0abea544b74e8a193648ec0b6f04b812"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Composite: Getty Images, REX/Shutterstock, AFP</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/6e7216e82e37e7b26d9e68e1075dd627b98f6898/0_0_2560_1536/master/2560.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b67125ab37bc6ffb28d01a580206c5a4"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Composite: Getty Images, REX/Shutterstock, AFP</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Simon Burnton</dc:creator> <dc:date>2018-06-12T22:27:33Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Philippe Albert picks his all-time Belgium XI</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/05/philippe-albert-picks-his-all-time-belgium-xi</link> <description><p>The Red Devils legend takes on the near-impossible task of selecting his best-ever Belgium XI and says personality is just as important as talent. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/ng-interactive/2018/jun/05/belgiums-all-time-world-cup-xi-create-your-own">Now you can do the same</a> with our interactive tool</p><p>For my goalkeeper, I’ve chosen Michel Preud’homme. We played together for three years at KV Mechelen. Voted “Best in the World” at the 1994 World Cup; a leader, good on his line. If he was playing today, he’d be in the top three in the world.</p><p>Eric Gerets is my right-back. The first Belgian to win the European Cup. A top player, with great determination and a real leader. Laurent Verbiest would be my first centre-back. He was known as ‘Lorenzo the Magnificent’, a talented libero, 20 or 30 years ahead of his time. He died tragically at 27 in a car crash.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/05/philippe-albert-picks-his-all-time-belgium-xi">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/belgium">Belgium</category> <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:00:43 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jun/05/philippe-albert-picks-his-all-time-belgium-xi</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1701ef01346ab42711a90ebe155c8a651e1150e9/260_232_2404_1443/master/2404.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=ebde286a4ec025f45dfcae3bda583d51"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Composite: Frank Hulley-Jones</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1701ef01346ab42711a90ebe155c8a651e1150e9/260_232_2404_1443/master/2404.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a0e8c844acee103783a397b7023570ea"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Composite: Frank Hulley-Jones</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Philippe Albert</dc:creator> <dc:date>2018-06-05T11:00:43Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>World Cup stunning moments: France implode in South Africa | Philippe Auclair</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/15/world-cup-stunning-moments-france-implode</link> <description><p>In open rebellion against their manager, France’s 2010 squad self-destructed as Thierry Henry watched impassively</p><p>Thierry Henry had more pressing matters to attend to before he could lose himself in his New York dreamscape [he was joining New York Red Bulls from Barcelona in the summer 2010], starting with his uneasy position within the French national team. How uneasy it was was demonstrated in the lead-up to the South African World Cup, when Raymond Domenech chose to play Henry from the bench in France’s warm-up games against Costa Rica and Tunisia, in which the hitherto “captain for life” was a mere passenger.<br></p><p>In the first of these two encounters, in which <em>Les Bleus</em> actually showed a surprising degree of enterprise and imagination, the armband had been given to Patrice Evra – who’d kept it on when Thierry entered the fray in the second half. Domenech poo-poohed the idea that this was proof of Henry’s declining status within the squad. But more people would’ve been inclined to take the manager at his word if a French TV network hadn’t found out that he’d visited Thierry in Barcelona shortly before this game, in order to strike a deal that would preserve both men’s self-regard and ambitions.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/15/world-cup-stunning-moments-france-implode">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/france">France</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/thierry-henry">Thierry Henry</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2018 09:55:42 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/may/15/world-cup-stunning-moments-france-implode</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e6fd3d00614227f86df680bd5531727174fe01ef/36_210_3924_2354/master/3924.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=23dee40f58d56d888c7ebfb6cf7b769d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e6fd3d00614227f86df680bd5531727174fe01ef/36_210_3924_2354/master/3924.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e855f9c21fec5466c3c04dd71ec607e7"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Philippe Auclair</dc:creator> <dc:date>2018-05-12T09:55:42Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Tevez, Verón and Kuyt named as using TUEs at 2010 World Cup</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/22/fancy-bears-accuse-25-players-of-being-given-tues-during-2010-world-cup</link> <description>• Leaked document alleges 25 players from 12 countries given TUEs<br />• ‘More than 150 players were caught doping in 2015,’ say Fancy Bears<p>The Football Association and Fifa have condemned the latest hack by the Fancy Bears group after details of failed drug tests and therapeutic use exemptions (TUEs) among footballers were made public.</p><p>A small cache of emails between Fifa staff and doping officials were leaked by the Russian hacking group on Tuesday. Alongside the correspondence, which has not been verified by the Guardian, Fancy Bears claimed that 25 players had been allowed to use TUEs at the 2010 World Cup, including the former Premier League players Dirk Kuyt, Juan Sebastián Verón and Carlos Tevez.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/22/fancy-bears-accuse-25-players-of-being-given-tues-during-2010-world-cup">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/drugs-in-sport">Drugs in sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/carlos-tevez">Carlos Tevez</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/wada">Wada</category> <pubDate>Tue, 22 Aug 2017 19:48:20 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/22/fancy-bears-accuse-25-players-of-being-given-tues-during-2010-world-cup</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1ae0a2cf4b54913f34204b09b07bdadb1efe6632/0_278_4256_2554/master/4256.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=0c3526a4904625d75a6ec5ee18b14db7"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1ae0a2cf4b54913f34204b09b07bdadb1efe6632/0_278_4256_2554/master/4256.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b08376c4638edc893659d21ba7ec9cae"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Paul MacInnes</dc:creator> <dc:date>2017-08-22T19:48:20Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Chelsea's Ramires shares the secret of his goal celebration dance – video</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2015/dec/16/chelsea-ramires-goal-celebration-dance-brazil-world-cup-video</link> <description><p>On the Football Beyond Borders school’s programme at Archbishop Lanfranc Academy in Thornton Heath, south London, Chelsea’s Ramires demonstrates his goal celebration to 11-year-old Joel. Ramires also talks about going from supporting one team in Brazil to supporting three around the world and the mixed memories of playing in the 2014 World Cup</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2015/dec/16/chelsea-ramires-goal-celebration-dance-brazil-world-cup-video">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/chelsea">Chelsea</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/brazil">Brazil</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/brazil">Brazil</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-2014">World Cup 2014</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/flamengo">Flamengo</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/americas">Americas</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2015 15:26:48 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2015/dec/16/chelsea-ramires-goal-celebration-dance-brazil-world-cup-video</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e2793504c29f1cb8cce7807e2d328fd79688c46c/435_332_4431_2658/master/4431.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=373cf1522a1d13ea3631f21ff5b06a01"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Carl Recine/REUTERS</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/e2793504c29f1cb8cce7807e2d328fd79688c46c/435_332_4431_2658/master/4431.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f8f087c2bf788974860e227bdd252ea2"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Carl Recine/REUTERS</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian Staff</dc:creator> <dc:date>2015-12-16T15:26:48Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Andreas Campomar: how football reflects my continent's soul</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/01/andreas-campomar-how-football-reflects-my-continents-soul</link> <description><p>For Latin Americans, the game provides a rare chance to stand tall against richer nations – writing its history in ¡Golazo! became a personal odyssey</p><p>My father had told me the stories . “<em>Che</em>, you know that we were world champions,” he would say. “We may be a small country but at least we’ve won two World Cups.” For a child this kind of fighting talk loomed large in the imagination. In Uruguay the game was everything: “Other countries have their history; Uruguay has its football” had become a national slogan. It imbued me with a sense of national pride.</p><p>During the 2010 World Cup my father and I cheered on Uruguay until our very last game, a meaningless affair for third place against Germany. Football had long become our bond; it was the language we spoke together. We loved the flashier aspects of the game: the bicycle kick, the deft back-heel and the art of dribbling. (Our defenders had to have the gall to dribble in their own penalty area, even if it ended in failure.) We wanted guile and skill to trump Anglo-Saxon notions of tenacity and courage.<br></p><p>In Uruguay, where a fitful civil war would persist until 1904, the century played out with a tragedy on the pitch. Born in Brighton in 1871, Henry Stanley Bowles played centre forward for Preston North End before sailing for Montevideo, where he took up an accountant’s position in the London and Brazilian Bank. Having scored the first international goal for his adopted country in 1890, Bowles would have his life cut short nine years later. On 15 August 1899, a tornado swept across the field at Punta Carretas and destroyed the makeshift wooden huts that served as dressing rooms for the players. Poor Bowles, in the wrong place at the right time, had been changing into his strip. This unfortunate incident was perhaps symbolic of the fragile roots that the sport has set down on the continent.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/01/andreas-campomar-how-football-reflects-my-continents-soul">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/books/sportandleisure">Sport and leisure books</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/books/books">Books</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/culture">Culture</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2015 13:57:28 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/sep/01/andreas-campomar-how-football-reflects-my-continents-soul</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/8/31/1441015829349/98080662-fc4f-4c58-bfdf-ceee5efc1a75-2060x1236.jpeg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=5b500561b7c341b622fd05076c69a570"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/8/31/1441015829349/98080662-fc4f-4c58-bfdf-ceee5efc1a75-2060x1236.jpeg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=a47c0eb7a3a88d40f03fdea6ca348996"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: FRANCK FIFE/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Andreas Campomar</dc:creator> <dc:date>2015-09-01T13:57:28Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>'By letting Omar al-Bashir escape, South Africa had sided with tyrants'</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/16/omar-al-bashir-escape-south-africa-african-union</link> <description><p>Courting leaders who defy the ICC and letting the Sudanese president fly out in a private jet reveals a disturbing indifference to international law, <strong>writes Justice Malala</strong></p><p>Something much greater than just South Africa’s reputation as a human rights leader on the African continent died on Monday.</p><p>When Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir was <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/15/omar-al-bashir-south-africa-sudan-international-criminal-court-icc">allowed to escape the country</a> in a private jet – in defiance of a domestic court order and international law – Nelson Mandela’s democracy stood in solidarity with the Big Men of the African Union, who <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/south2north/2013/11/international-criminal-court-racist-2013117115525931465.html">have declared the international criminal court (ICC) a racist</a> organisation that targets Africans for trial.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/16/omar-al-bashir-escape-south-africa-african-union">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/southafrica">South Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/sudan">Sudan</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/africa">Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/law/international-criminal-court">International criminal court</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/darfur">Darfur</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/law/law">Law</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/zuma">Jacob Zuma</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/omar-al-bashir">Omar al-Bashir</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/nelsonmandela">Nelson Mandela</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/africanunion">African Union</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/anc-african-national-congress">ANC (African National Congress)</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2015 11:14:19 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/16/omar-al-bashir-escape-south-africa-african-union</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/6/16/1434444949252/66a2a386-c611-4a16-a6dc-e6fe2562bbab-2060x1236.jpeg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f6ae353056b083a6f4c91a1b7eaef81d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Ebrahim Hamid/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/6/16/1434444949252/66a2a386-c611-4a16-a6dc-e6fe2562bbab-2060x1236.jpeg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=40f6489f4fb705901b586ab928292f62"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Ebrahim Hamid/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>Justice Malala in Johannesburg</dc:creator> <dc:date>2015-06-16T11:14:19Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Jack Warner wanted $7m bribe to vote for us as World Cup hosts, says Egypt</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/05/jack-warner-bribe-vote-egypt-world-cup</link> <description><p>• Former sports minister of Egypt says he refused to pay Warner the money<br>• Claims over 2010 World Cup are latest corruption allegations to hit Fifa</p><p>The latest allegations of corruption to hit Fifa are coming from Egypt, who lost the bid to host the 2010 World Cup to South Africa. According to an Egyptian sports official, the country refused to pay a $7m bribe to the former Fifa vice-president Jack Warner to help the north African state win.</p><p>In 2004, Egypt were left crestfallen after failing to obtain a single vote in the 2004 polls.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/05/jack-warner-bribe-vote-egypt-world-cup">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/jack-warner">Jack Warner</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/fifa">Fifa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/footballpolitics">Football politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/egypt">Egypt</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/middleeast">Middle East and north Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/africa">Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 14:10:55 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/05/jack-warner-bribe-vote-egypt-world-cup</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/6/5/1433512981749/Jack-Warner-007.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=089e4e53da64490678b04e4f41221137"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Andrea De Silva/REUTERS</media:credit> <media:description>Jack Warner, who has repeatedly denied wrongdoing but has been charged with corruption by the US authorities, is accused by Egypt of asking for a bribe. Photograph: Andrea De Silva/REUTERS</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/6/5/1433512981749/Jack-Warner-007.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=cf639d4d067c22b413a32e5d6e7b88d1"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Andrea De Silva/REUTERS</media:credit> <media:description>Jack Warner, who has repeatedly denied wrongdoing but has been charged with corruption by the US authorities, is accused by Egypt of asking for a bribe. Photograph: Andrea De Silva/REUTERS</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>Gary Al-Smith</dc:creator> <dc:date>2015-06-05T14:10:55Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>South Africa World Cup organiser under growing pressure over $10m payment in Fifa scandal</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/05/world-cup-2010-fifa-scandal-danny-jordaan</link> <description>• Letter shows Danny Jordaan suggested payment that went to Jack Warner <br />• South Africa’s opposition says Jordaan must address corruption allegations<p>Pressure is growing on Danny Jordaan, the organiser of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, to break his silence on the Fifa bribery scandal after a leaked letter revealed that he suggested a $10m payment to Caribbean football.</p><p>The country’s official opposition party called on Friday for Jordaan to be summoned to parliament to answer the corruption allegations regarding the winning bid to host the tournament.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/05/world-cup-2010-fifa-scandal-danny-jordaan">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/fifa">Fifa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/footballpolitics">Football politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/southafrica">South Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/africa">Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 13:43:02 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/05/world-cup-2010-fifa-scandal-danny-jordaan</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/6/5/1433508534334/Danny-Jordaan-007.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d9cd94d76baecce0c169b871e4abf94d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: /AP</media:credit> <media:description>Danny Jordaan has not addressed corruption allegations relating to a $10m payment but the South African government has said it was legitimate. Photograph: AP</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/6/5/1433508534334/Danny-Jordaan-007.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=5055844d2d5078a04e38d38a0b39790e"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: /AP</media:credit> <media:description>Danny Jordaan has not addressed corruption allegations relating to a $10m payment but the South African government has said it was legitimate. Photograph: AP</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>David Smith in Johannesburg</dc:creator> <dc:date>2015-06-05T13:43:02Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Fifa paid Irish FA to avoid legal case over Thierry Henry handball, says FAI chief - video</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2015/jun/05/fifa-paid-irish-fa-thierry-henry-handball-fai-chief-video</link> <description>Irish FA (FAI) chief executive John Delaney confirms in an interview with RTE Radio on Thursday, that Fifa paid the FAI five million euros (£3.68m) to avoid a legal case over a controversial World Cup playoff defeat in 2009. Ireland were knocked out by France in a two-legged playoff to qualify for the 2010 South Africa tournament, with the decisive goal in the second leg coming after a handball by French striker Thierry Henry in extra time <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2015/jun/05/fifa-paid-irish-fa-thierry-henry-handball-fai-chief-video">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/fifa">Fifa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ireland">Ireland</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/europe-news">Europe</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/france">France</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/thierry-henry">Thierry Henry</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2015 06:12:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2015/jun/05/fifa-paid-irish-fa-thierry-henry-handball-fai-chief-video</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2015/6/5/1433487666412/KP_262838_crop_1200x720.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=3272eebd4579c5b713a5641192c57670"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: guardian.co.uk</media:credit> <media:description>140x84 trailpic for Josh 150605 June Agency News 2015</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2015/6/5/1433487666412/KP_262838_crop_1200x720.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b39b4f8a244c6aa4cac65d4a7333057d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: guardian.co.uk</media:credit> <media:description>140x84 trailpic for Josh 150605 June Agency News 2015</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian Staff</dc:creator> <dc:date>2015-06-05T06:12:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>South Africa minister says Fifa payment of $10m was not World Cup bribe</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/03/south-africa-denies-fifa-corruption-world-cup</link> <description>• Fikile Mbalula says no corruption in South African bid for 2010 tournament<br />• ‘The fact that a payment of $10m was made ... does not equate to bribery’<p>South Africa denied on Wednesday <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/02/fifa-jerome-valcke-under-pressure-10m-bribe">it bribed Fifa officials with $10m</a> to secure votes for its successful bid to host the 2010 World Cup, insisting the payment was “above board”.</p><p>Fikile Mbalula, the sports minister, also admitted he was “shocked” by the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/02/sepp-blatter-lets-go-of-fifa-fbi-noose-tightens">resignation of Fifa’s president, Sepp Blatter</a>. He said Blatter “has been a good friend of South Africa” and “history will remember him” for bringing the World Cup to Africa for the first time.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/03/south-africa-denies-fifa-corruption-world-cup">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/fifa">Fifa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/footballpolitics">Football politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/southafrica">South Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/africa">Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/world">World news</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2015 21:19:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/jun/03/south-africa-denies-fifa-corruption-world-cup</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/6/3/1433335617269/457409d1-9c7c-47dd-bd32-379d1d6bfadf-2060x1236.jpeg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=e80c27808bf3672ece161a4e51699469"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2015/6/3/1433335617269/457409d1-9c7c-47dd-bd32-379d1d6bfadf-2060x1236.jpeg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d75fa077f68ee3ca2ec73325326eba0d"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> </media:content> <dc:creator>David Smith in Johannesburg</dc:creator> <dc:date>2015-06-03T21:19:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>South Africa's sports minister denies paying bribes to host 2010 World Cup – video</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2015/may/28/south-africa-sport-minister-denies-paying-bribes-host-2010-world-cup-fifa-video</link> <description>Fikile Mbalula makes a statement regarding allegations that South Africa paid bribes totalling $10m to secure the rights to host the 2010 World Cup. Speaking on Thursday following the publication of a US indictment against a number of Fifa officials, which includes mention of the alleged bribe, the sports minister insists that South Africa was given a clean bill of health following an audit of its financial dealings leading up to and during the event <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2015/may/28/south-africa-sport-minister-denies-paying-bribes-host-2010-world-cup-fifa-video">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/fifa">Fifa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/world/southafrica">South Africa</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/footballpolitics">Football politics</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 12:09:00 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/video/2015/may/28/south-africa-sport-minister-denies-paying-bribes-host-2010-world-cup-fifa-video</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2015/5/28/1432815663599/KP_248036_crop_1200x720.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=edee43683beec7758f6006b77a71e940"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: guardian.co.uk</media:credit> <media:description>140x84 trailpic for South Africas sports minister denies paying bribes to host the 2010 World Cup video</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2015/5/28/1432815663599/KP_248036_crop_1200x720.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=b08d0a11dff4564c7069e15472644825"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: guardian.co.uk</media:credit> <media:description>140x84 trailpic for South Africas sports minister denies paying bribes to host the 2010 World Cup video</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>Guardian Staff</dc:creator> <dc:date>2015-05-28T12:09:00Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>South Africa spent £2.4bn to host the 2010 World Cup. What happened next? | Quinton Fortune</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/23/south-africa-2010-world-cup-what-happened</link> <description>Judging by local attendances and Bafana Bafana’s results, the four years since have been disappointing. But there is an abundance of talent and youth development is finally a priority<p>It is now more than four years since <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2010/jul/12/south-africa-world-cup-2010" title="">South Africa hosted a very successful Fifa World Cup</a>, defying all the sceptics who raised alarms before the event about crime and the readiness of the country’s infrastructure to cope with such a major international event. It was a proud moment for the country.</p><p>Now that South Africans have had the chance to digest the implications of their government spending over £2.4bn on six new world-class stadiums and upgrades to roads and airports, has the outlay been worth it ? Has the game of football grown as it was meant to by hosting the World Cup?</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/23/south-africa-2010-world-cup-what-happened">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/southafrica">South Africa football team</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2014 09:06:46 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/sep/23/south-africa-2010-world-cup-what-happened</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2014/9/23/1411463050733/Bafana-Bafana-014.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=f47032eb537842da048b813cd9d38fc2"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Tom Jenkins</media:credit> <media:description>Sout Africa's FA have also identified the need to establish football academies in the country’s nine provinces. Photograph: Tom Jenkins</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Sport/Pix/pictures/2014/9/23/1411463050733/Bafana-Bafana-014.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=d0f770dfc6e2c0eebe2949c2b57ce1ef"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Tom Jenkins</media:credit> <media:description>Sout Africa's FA have also identified the need to establish football academies in the country’s nine provinces. Photograph: Tom Jenkins</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>Quinton Fortune</dc:creator> <dc:date>2014-09-23T09:06:46Z</dc:date> </item> <item> <title>Patrice Evra: from public enemy No1 to France’s understated leader | Stuart James</title> <link>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/29/patrice-evra-france-world-cup-2010-2014-nigeria</link> <description><em>C</em>astigated after France’s players boycotted training at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, Patrice Evra has rebuilt his reputation under Didier Deschamps and is sure to start against Nigeria<p>The footage belongs in the World Cup hall of infamy. Patrice Evra, hands tucked inside his pockets, is stood on the pitch at France’s training base in Knysna, arguing with Robert Duverne, the fitness coach. Raymond Domenech, the France manger, steps in and holds back Duverne, who is furious. Evra heads in one direction and Duverne in the other, leaving Domenech reduced to the humiliating role of <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/jun/21/world-cup-2010-raymond-domenech-france" title="">reading out a statement from the players explaining why they are boycotting training</a>.</p><p>It was an extraordinary scene, one that was played out in front of the world’s media in South Africa and provoked outrage in France. Nicolas Anelka, the man at the centre of the dispute, received <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/football/2010/aug/18/france-football-nicolas-anelka-ban" title="">an 18-match ban from the French Football Federation</a>. Evra, the captain and leader of the rebellion, was suspended for five games. The real punishment, though, was the damage to Evra’s reputation.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/29/patrice-evra-france-world-cup-2010-2014-nigeria">Continue reading...</a></description> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/france">France</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-2014">World Cup 2014</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/worldcup2010">World Cup 2010</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/world-cup-football">World Cup</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/football/football">Football</category> <category domain="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/sport">Sport</category> <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2014 11:46:18 GMT</pubDate> <guid>https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/29/patrice-evra-france-world-cup-2010-2014-nigeria</guid> <media:content width="140" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/6/29/1404038349765/Patrice-Evra-014.jpg?width=140&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=7c6ebdd8a3c232620ceeabeada94a9a1"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> <media:description>Patrice Evra jokes that he still has not found the ‘traitor’ who leaked the story about Nicolas Anelka’s row with France coach Raymond Domenech. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images</media:description> </media:content> <media:content width="460" url="https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2014/6/29/1404038349765/Patrice-Evra-014.jpg?width=460&quality=85&auto=format&fit=max&s=5d0d4d672b067714f90cd6f6a6338b17"> <media:credit scheme="urn:ebu">Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images</media:credit> <media:description>Patrice Evra jokes that he still has not found the ‘traitor’ who leaked the story about Nicolas Anelka’s row with France coach Raymond Domenech. Photograph: Franck Fife/AFP/Getty Images</media:description> </media:content> <dc:creator>Stuart James in Brasília</dc:creator> <dc:date>2014-06-29T11:46:18Z</dc:date> </item> </channel></rss> If you would like to create a banner that links to this page (i.e. this validation result), do the following:
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