They knocked out Brazil then France — two teams who are technically far superior to the United States outfit. Next, in the final, they take on Japan — a team of “tiny little girls” who are just as technically gifted as the French and the Brazilians. The typically determined and ruthless display of raw ‘woman [...]

America has huge soccer potential, but will get nowhere with the “English long ball” — which is as archaic, outdated and superfluous as the British monarchy. “American soccer is unique. America is unique. We can and should learn from other soccer nations, but we should develop and play an American style. There is no question that there is a great deal to learn from other soccer-playing nations. We should, however, take these lessons and use them in the context of an American style.”

TheSpoiler.co.uk: Sport tries its best to be clean, porno is always dirty. Sport is noble and healthy. Porno is always bad and wrong. Yet for all their efforts to keep a distance, they just can’t help running into each from time to time and making sporno, without meaning to at all. Click on pictures to [...]

They came to Green Point Stadium, Cape Town, in droves, the Boers — to cheer their team from the motherland. The Boers are descendants of the Dutch-speaking settlers of the eastern Cape frontier in Southern Africa during the 18th century as well as those who left the Cape Colony during the 19th century to settle [...]

Luis Suárez is new villain after ‘hand of God’ claim: Diego Maradona step aside — there is a new pretender to the throne of most vilified World Cup figure. Step forward Luis Suárez, the Uruguayan striker whose last-minute goal-line handball helped his country reach the semifinals in which they will play Holland on Tuesday, and [...]