Archive for February 17th, 2010

Uruguayan soccer player Juan Carlos Gonzalez dies at 85 – People’s Daily Online (World Cup Qualifying)

Juan Carlos Gonzalez, one of the survivors of the Uruguayan national team that won the FIFA World Cup of 1950, died on Monday at the age of 85. Gonzalez won many league titles during the 1940s playing for club Penarol of Montevideo. The website of Read more about this World Cup article

The idea of holding a global soccer tournament was first mooted at FIFA’s 1920 Congress, resulting in the first FIFA World Cup™ in 1930. Uruguay, Olympic football champions in 1924 and 1928, were granted host status. Only 13 teams took part, with Read more about this World Cup article

Forlan: I’m a better player now – FIFA (Uruguay Football News)

Forlan: I’m a better player now – FIFA
players who are going to the World Cup were getting text messages. Maxi Rodriguez was getting them faster than everyone else and he was keeping me posted. It’s a very hard group (Uruguay have been drawn in Group A with South Africa, Mexico and

Add as Friend – FIFA
Title chases in Italy, relegation races in Spain and big clashes in Colombia and Uruguay headline the Round 22 menu of FIFA World Leagues Predictor. This user did not activate this game. 1. When you enter and participate in McDonald’s FIFA WORLD CUP

Can 2010 tourism snatch victory from jaws of defeat? – Biz Community
As international tour operators report 25-year low bookings of FIFA World Cup travel packages and local organisers fear profiteering could deter more soccer fans than alarmist reporting about violent crime, is there any way that 2010 tourism can be

Canada to face Argentina in friendly – CBC News
Canada will meet Argentina in an international friendly, one of the last games the South American powerhouse will play before heading to South Africa for the World Cup. The Canadian Soccer Association announced Monday that the Canadian national team

Forlan: I’m a better player now – FIFA (World Cup Football)

Forlan: I’m a better player now – FIFA
players who are going to the World Cup were getting text messages. Maxi Rodriguez was getting them faster than everyone else and he was keeping me posted. It’s a very hard group (Uruguay have been drawn in Group A with South Africa, Mexico and

Can 2010 tourism snatch victory from jaws of defeat? – Biz Community
As international tour operators report 25-year low bookings of FIFA World Cup travel packages and local organisers fear profiteering could deter more soccer fans than alarmist reporting about violent crime, is there any way that 2010 tourism can be