A 63nd minute strike by David Villa secured Spain’s 1-0 win against their neighbours Portugal at the Green Point Stadium in Cape Town on Tuesday (June 29). Paraguay required a penalty shoot out to prevail over Japan in an earlier encounter at the Lotus Versveld Stadium in the capital Tshwane. After the two sides failed [...]

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Brazil’s Selecao weathered the early surge from an athletic Chilean side to ran out 3-0 winners at the Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg on Monday. A header by defender Juan and a strike from Luis Fabiano steered the Selecao to a 2-0 half time lead. Then striker Robinno added a third goal in the second [...]

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Ghana’s Black Starts qualified for the second round at the 2010 world Cup in South Africa on Wednesday (23 June). Despite going down 1-0 to Germany in Johannesburg, Ghana are the first and probably the only African team that will qualify for the knockout phase at the World Cup. In Mbombela Australia staged a surprise [...]

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Hosts South Africa crashed out of the World Cup but salvaged some national pride with a 2-1 victory over France in Blomfontein/Managung on Tuesday. This landmark victory was not enough to progress to the knockout phase of the competition as Uruguay piped Mexico 1-0 in the other group a fixture in Rustenburg. Group winners Uruguay, [...]

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European champions Spain bounced back from their opening defeat against Switzerland to beat Honduras 2-0 in Johannesburg on Monday. In Nelson Mandela Bay, Chile piped Switzerland by a solitary goal in the other Group H preliminary to strengthen their chances of advancing to the knockout phase of the competition. Chile head the Group with six [...]

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