Colombia overcame Mali 2-0 on Tuesday to become the first team to reach the knockout phase of this Fifa U-20 World Cup. The hosts, roared on by a passionate crowd in Bogota, took a first-half lead through Jose Valencia before James Rodriguez sealed victory late on. Colombia are top of Group A on 6 [...]
Jeret “Speedy” Peterson (December 12, 1981 – July 25, 2011) was a World Cup aerial skier from Boise, Idaho, skiing out of Bogus Basin. A 3-time Olympian, he won the silver medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Olympic silver medalist Jeret “Speedy” Peterson was found dead in a remote canyon in Utah [...]
Former FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam has been banned from football for life. The sport’s governing body’s ethics committee found him guilty of attempted bribery. But Bin Hammam says he will appeal the decision. Mohamed bin Hammam vowed to overturn his bribery conviction and life ban from football on Sunday, calling the decision [...]
The Copa America 2011 Final will shockingly feature Paraguay and Uruguay, as favorites Brazil and Argentina were eliminated in the quarterfinal round. Paraguay has yet to win a match as they played to a draw in all 5 games so far, but advanced on penalty kicks against Brazil and Venezuela. Uruguay played incredible defense [...]
Japan become the first Asian nation to win the women’s World Cup after a thrilling final against the USA in Frankfurt. IF something is worth winning, it is worth losing, too, though the USA women’s soccer team assuredly was not quite feeling that Sunday evening. For almost a month, Hope Solo, Abby Wambach, Alex Morgan [...]
Hope Solo and Alex Morgan have become stars in the 2011 Women’s World Cup, but their path to widespread recognitions has been anything but the same. On one hand you have Solo, a long-time USA Women’s National Team keeper that’s become a star, the face of the team in this year’s World Cup. On the [...]
The USA Women’s Soccer Team has made it to the final game of the Women’s World Cup for the first time in 12 years. They take on Japan’s team on Sunday. Christine Brennan, USA Today Sports columnist, previews the match-up with Hari Sreenivasan. In the 12 years since the USA women’s soccer team won the [...]
Rochester’s Abby Wambach and WNY Flash player Marta played key roles in a wild USA soccer team win over Brazil at the Women’s World Cup. It did not look hopeful. It did not look possible. It did not look, even a little, like the USA women’s soccer team, playing with 10 players instead of 11 [...]
The USA women have a tough quarterfinal matchup with Brazil. Find out what they need to do to win the game. The United States and Brazil will square off in the marquee quarterfinal match of the 2011 Women’s World Cup on July 10. Brazil qualified for the quarterfinals by winning all 3 games in Group [...]
The United States and Brazil were always expected to renew their rivalry in the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup, but perhaps not so early in the tournament. The USA lost its final group play match against Sweden, and the 2-1 score line that doesn’t quite reflect Sweden’s command of the match. The defeat marks the [...]
