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Five Reasons To Watch La Liga This Season
The English Premiership is said to be the most exciting...

I think I'm falling in love with SA football
Recently I’ve noticed some subtle changes in my...

Top 10 Harsh Managerial Casualties
South African football has a bad reputation when it comes...

The world's biggest spenders
Real Madrid are the top spenders in European and world football, having spent over R1 000-billion in the last decade on transfer fees, as revealed by...

Uefa Champs League play-off draw
The draw for the 2010-11 Uefa Champions League that took place in Switzerland today has thrown up a number of interesting clashes in the play-off...

Time for Sedibe to make his mark
Now, post the World Cup, is the time for Leslie Sedibe to stand up and be counted. The SA Football Association’s CEO won a lot of friends with...

First World Cup, now Olympics?
The Olympic Games have never been staged in Africa, but the recent football World Cup in South Africa may change that in the near future.

Ten Post World Cup Transfer Flops
Clubs sometimes get caught up in the hype of the World Cup and sign players without doing the proper research, as these 10 examples show.

Adidas reflect on 2010 World Cup
KICK OFF caught up with adidas Public Relations manager Zobuzwe Ngobese to get his views on the recently-completed 2010 Fifa World Cup.

The difference between success and failure
We look at what was the difference between success and failure at the 2010 World Cup.

32 Teams, 32 World Cup facts
Some interesting facts on each of the 32 teams who competed at the World Cup.

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly of the WC
We take a brief look at some of ‘The Good, The Bad and The Ugly’ things from the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.

World Cup Final Player Ratings
KICK OFF rates the players in Sunday night’s World Cup Final, which saw Spain beat Netherlands 1-0.

Fascinating World Cup Facts & Figures
Who has run the furthest, how many cards have been shown, what's the corner-to-goals ratio ...

Five stars for the future
With the second round over and only eight matches to go, Castrol Performance data reveals which young players have made a name for themselves on the...

Queiroz to carry the can for Ronaldo failure
Cristiano Ronaldo didn't hang about to talk to reporters after Portugal's World Cup exit in Cape Town.

Getting the edge in penalty shootouts
For many teams, the knockout stages of the World Cup signals the daunting prospect of a nail-biting penalty shoot-out.

Netherlands have the team to win it
Maarten Stekelenburg believes the Netherlands will go a lot further than just the Last 16 encounter against Slovakia.

Germany v England: Old rivalry renewed
Saturday's 2010 FIFA World Cup Last 16 clash between Germany and England in Bloemfontein will be another installment in what is one of the great ...

Led by El Loco
Coach Marcelo Bielsa has transformed Chile into an exciting attacking force – and it works wonders ... most of the time.

Bafana Bafana's downfall
It is pointless blaming Bafana Bafana players for the first round World Cup exit. They didn't hold a gun to Carlos Alberto Parreira's head to select...

KICK OFF readers on Bafana
KICK OFF readers are left with mixed emotions following Bafana Bafana’s win over France yesterday, but elimination from the World Cup.

How it has all gone wrong for France
France’s trip to the World Cup has descended into something like a plot from a complex thriller.

First round impressions
With the first of the Group rounds ending today, soccer pundits say, as is the case in many previous World Cups, initial impressions have not been...

Why this will be Argentina's year..
They didn't sweat as much for the victory the way the score line suggests; but what matters is that they still managed to snatch all three points...

Why France has the Blues
France needs a convincing win over Uruguay on Friday at the World Cup to stop the mounting criticism of coach Raymond Domenech's beleaguered team...

'Penalty takers must ignore keeper'
Penalty takers hoping to snatch World Cup glory from their opponents in the final few shots of a match should completely ignore the goalkeeper and...