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Global Soccer: Something Is Very Rotten in the State of Soccer

BOCHUM, Germany For many years, European soccer has looked east toward China, Hong Kong and Singapore hoping that the day would never dawn when its own sports were contaminated by match fixing on anything like the levels of Asia. News and features from ...

From ROB HUGHES, International Herald Tribune,  22 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Switzerland national football team,  Robert Hoyzer,  Lega Calcio Serie A,  Theo Zwanziger,  Gianni Infantino

Global Soccer: At World Cup Qualifiers, Praise for the Little Guys

In the final analysis, we might just get away with clinging to the notion that the World Cup is still a sporting contest that is good for the world. It is a close call. News and features from around the world of soccer and the Web. On Wednesday night, ...

From ROB HUGHES, The New York Times,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: FIFA,  Antar Yahia (footballer),  Karim Ziani (footballer),  Thierry Henry,  William Gallas

Global Soccer: For Swiss Youth, the World Calls

When the Swiss boys returned home from Africa on Tuesday as the champions of world youth soccer, they were met with civic pride and major questions about how many of them the nation can hold on to. Members of Switzerland's U-17 soccer team celebrated ...

From ROB HUGHES, The New York Times,  17 Nov 2009

Related Topics: FIFA,  Ottmar Hitzfeld (footballer),  Sepp Blatter,  Bayern Munich,  Borussia Dortmund

Global Soccer: With World at Stake, Far More Than a Game

The penultimate lap of the marathon of World Cup qualifying left little decided with just three certainties: Cameroon, Nigeria and New Zealand advanced to the last 32 in South Africa. News and features from around the world of soccer and the Web. For 12 ...

From ROB HUGHES, International Herald Tribune,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Rory Fallon,  Ricki Herbert,  Plymouth Argyle,  Obafemi Martins,  FIFA

Global Soccer: Now or Never at Soccer's Last-Chance Saloon

Nerves are getting frayed, sporting decorum is being thrown out the window. The World Cup will be played in South Africa next year, but the last nine places to qualify for the 32-nation event must be decided this weekend, or by next Wednesday night at ...

From ROB HUGHES, International Herald Tribune,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: FIFA,  Raymond Domenech,  Richard Dunne,  Patrice Evra,  Manchester United

Suicide shocks Germany

The official website of the Hannover 96 soccer club was blacked out, except for a simple statement: "Wir trauern um Robert Enke." He was the club's goalkeeper, its captain, its most likely player to make Germany's World Cup team next year. On Tuesday ...

From ROB HUGHES, Toronto Star,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hannover 96,  Robert Enke,  FC Barcelona,  Angela Merkel,  Oliver Bierhoff

Global Soccer: A Goalie's Lonely Death Leaves Questions

The official Web site of Hannover 96 soccer club was blacked out Wednesday except for the simple, tragic statement: “Wir trauern um Robert Enke.” We mourn for Robert Enke. News and features from around the world of soccer and the Web. Fans lit candles ...

From ROB HUGHES, The New York Times,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Robert Enke,  FC Barcelona,  Hannover 96,  Oliver Bierhoff,  Carl Zeiss

Global Soccer: Pulling Attention With a Yank of a Pony Tail

The Major Soccer League playoffs may be in full swing in the United States, but it is a female soccer player who has been appearing coast to coast on television this week. News and features from around the world of soccer and the Web. But even David ...

From ROB HUGHES, International Herald Tribune,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Mountain West Conference,  FIFA,  David Beckham,  ESPN

Global Soccer: Ballack and the Eastern Promise

While Michael Ballack prepared to play for Chelsea against Manchester United in London on Sunday, his first club, Chemnitzer F.C., was making the long trek to Hamburg for a match in the Regionalliga Nord. News and features from around the world of ...

From ROB HUGHES, International Herald Tribune,  8 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Chelsea F.C.,  Michael Ballack,  Manchester United,  Bayern Munich,  Franz Beckenbauer

Global Soccer: Some Win by Attack, Others Succeed With Defense

The Russians bring many things to the Champions League. After a whole set of them applied 10-man defending to freeze out Barcelona in Kazan, one of their countrymen, Andrei Arshavin, guided Arsenal to a wonderfully liberated victory in London. News and ...

From ROB HUGHES, International Herald Tribune,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Arsenal Football Club,  Andrei Arshavin,  Rubin Kazan,  Liverpool F.C.,  Abou Diaby

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