by Rayed Mamun UK Correspondent

The World Cup draw in Durban is only 400 days away now! I thought it’d be a good opportunity to think about which teams names will be in those little balls to be drawn out for the groups for 2010. Here are my predictions and why I think each team should be there: (more…)

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by Martin Sejas

Mourinho’s declaration that he will head back to England when his contract is up at Inter raised a couple of eyebrows yesterday. Is he sick of Italy already? Or does he simply love England more than Italy? Whatever the case, the fact is that he has made his intentions known publicly. For one, the Board of Directors at Inter Milan will not be too pleased with what he said yesterday, given that he still has a while to go before his time at Inter is up. After a brilliant start to his tenure at Inter, it is perfectly normal think that his English intentions could now distract the ‘Special One’ and at the same time, the team’s performance on the pitch.

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by Rayed Mamun, UK Correspondent

Saturday night is yet another Australian edition of what the Spanish like to call ‘El Clasico’. Melbourne Victory come up against Sydney FC at the Telstra Dome, and it has all the makings of a classic, spiteful affair. (more…)

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by Martin Sejas

Premier League football was back this weekend and despite the international break, it was a case of déjà vu for pretty much all the teams. Hull City continued its wonderful start to the season both home and away to notch up another win against West Ham while Manchester United and Chelsea imposed their dominance in ruthless fashion with thrashings against West Bromwich and Middlesbrough respectively. Arsenal’s poor form also looked like continuing for yet another week until a wonderful second half assured a come from behind victory at home against Everton.

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by Martin Sejas

What another great couple of days of international football played all over the globe. If there’s anything that shows the universality of football (apart from the World Cup itself), it’s the fact that qualifiers are played on all continents at pretty much the same time. Not to mention the passion shown by both players and fans alike when the national team is on show. These last couple of days have given a good indication as to which teams will be there in 2010 and which ones won’t be.

Firstly, starting with Africa, which wrapped up Round 2 of its qualifying campaign on the weekend. Most of the big teams have gone safely through to the third and final round of African qualifying, however a notable absentee is Senegal who could only muster a draw with Gambia in their final game at home. This led to scenes of chaos and riots in the streets of Dakar, which is justified, given higher expectations since the team qualified for the 2002 World Cup. However, violence is not what football needs even if emotions take over and hopefully there won’t be a repeat of similar scenes in the next qualifying round.

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