5 New World Cup Stadiums For South Africa 2010
The World Cup 2010 has brought a whole new set of fixtures to South Africa! Five brand new stadiums have been built as part of the 9 host city venues. A Funny Old Game brings you the low down on these shiny new stadiums.
One of the most artistic football venues in South Africa the 70,000...
Michael Dawson Jets Out To South Africa To Replace Injured Rio Ferdinand
Tottenham Hotspur defender Michael Dawson has been called up to the England World Cup squad to replace injured captain Rio Ferdinand. The ink was barely dry on the newspapers containing stories about Dawson’s deep disappointment at being cut from the initial 30 man training squad.
Dawson and Tottenham team mate Tom Huddlestone were in the same...
Dutch Fear Robben May Miss Out On World Cup
Following his fantastic season with Bayern Munich many had hoped that Arjen Robben would help light up the World Cup finals in South Africa. He was injured as Holland cruised to victory against Hungary.
Robben scored twice during the game, he injured himself trying to pull off a trick on an attack. The ‘unnatural’ movement of...
Mikel Out Of Nigeria Squad With Knee Injury
Chelsea’s John Obi Mikel has ruled himself out of the up coming World Cup finals having failed to fully recover from a knee injury. As part of the treatment he had the knee operated on and even managed to take part in a full training session with his Nigerian team mates.
He decided to withdraw from...
James Corden’s World Cup Live
If your looking for an alternative 2010 Fifa World Cup show then James Corden’s World Cup Live might be for you. It’s going to have loads of humour and if you like James it should be a great alternative to Gary ‘Walkers’ Lineker. It starts on Saturday, 12 June 2010 at 9:45pm and if...
Gerrard To Captain England During The World Cup
Having lost captain Rio Ferdinand to a training ground injury Fabio Capello was forced to find a new captain to lead his team in the World Cup. In a dressing room of leaders many of whom have captained their clubs who would he choose?
John Terry was out of the running following his off field indiscretion...
Drogba Could Miss The World Cup With Elbow Injury
Ivory Coast & Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was injured in a World cup warm up match against fellow finalists Japan. The match was part of the preparation for the finals in the training camp in Switzerland.
Drogba who has the expectation of a nation weighing on his shoulders not has an injured elbow. He was rushed...
Rio Ferdinand Injured In Training Accident And Ruled Out Of The World Cup Tournament
England captain Rio Ferdinand has been ruled out of his record equalling fourth world cup. He was injured in the last minute of the first England training session.
The session was designed to sharpen the ball winning skills of the defenders and hone the ball keeping ability of the forward players. While tackling Emile Heskey the...
World Cup Charity Single Shout For England With James Corden And Dizzee Rascal
Tonight James Corden and Dizzee Rascal performed the unofficial England anthem ‘Shout For England’, which will be a World Cup charity single where all royalties will be going to Great Ormand Street Hospital. It is to be released early due to massive public demand and will be available from Wednesday next week.
Of course the...
Capello Commits To South Africa World Cup Squad
Is Fabio Capello turning into a tinker man? Capello has done a lot of chopping and changing of the team against Mexico and Japan. Is this the right time for this? The answer is probably. Otherwise how was Fabio supposed to make the last minute tough decisions he has made.
The news is out...
Top World Cup Fans Face Paint
The official FIFA 2010 World Cup South Africa shows face painted fans in support of their country so here at A Funny Old Game we thought we’d bring you some of the best World Cup face painted fans.
As you can see some fans take the sport of face painting very seriously indeed! Click on the...
World Cup 2010 South Africa Sweets
Go back to your youth, or if your in your youth enjoy it with old skool sweets. They are not so readily available these days but still have cracking flavours, so for a nostalgic sweet sensation head over to the best online sweet shop.
For the World Cup 2010 they are laying on chocolate footballs in...
