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Germany beats Uruguay by 3-2 to finish in third place

After an exciting game in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium of Port Elizabeth, Germany defeated Uruguay by 3-2 and finished third in the World Cup 2010 finals. Diego Forlán and Thomas Müller scored one goal each and are leading the Top Scorer race with five goals, together with Wesley Sneijder and David Villa that still [...]

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World Cup Golden Ball nominees announced

With just two games left to play in the Football World Cup, the shortlist for the Golden Ball award has been announced and it contains few surprises. As you would expect, those up for the best player gong are mainly from teams who progressed to the latter stages of the tournament. Three members of Spain’s [...]

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Spain in the World Cup final for the first time after beating Germany

Spain defeated Germany by 1-0 in the Moses Mabhida Stadium of Durban, and will now play against the Netherlands in the World Cup 2010 final this Sunday. Both Spain and the Netherlands will compete for a chance to win the first World Cup trophy in their history, with the Spanish team reaching the final game [...]

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The Netherlands in the World Cup final again after 32 years

The Netherlands managed to beat a tough Uruguay team by 3-2 in the Cape Town Stadium, and will be playing in the World Cup 2010 final for the third time in history and after 32 years. Now the Netherlands hope to break the unlucky against them final game tradition, and win the World Cup trophy [...]

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Spain beats Paraguay by 1-0 to advance in World Cup semi-finals

After a stressful victory against Paraguay, Spain will once again meet with Germany for the World Cup 2010 semi-finals in a game that awakes memories from the 2008 Euro final. Paraguay could have easily been the winner in the Ellis Park Stadium of Johannesburg in at least two separate occasions (Nelson Valdez’ goal in 41′ [...]

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Germany humiliates Argentina, moving on to semi-finals

Germany destroyed Argentina by 4-0 in the Cape Town Stadium, and is advancing to the World Cup 2010 semi-finals after scoring four goals for the third time already in the tournament. Argentina of Lionel Messi and Diego Maradona was the grand favourite coming into the game, but after another superb performance it looks like Germany [...]

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Uruguay in the semi-finals after beating Ghana in penalty shoot-out

In one of the most exciting games in the World Cup 2010 tournament, Uruguay beat Ghana by 4-2 in the penalties and is advancing to the semi-finals stage for the first time after 1970. The score at the end of regular and overtime was at 1-1, with Ghana committing suicide in 120′ after Asamoah Gyan [...]

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The Netherlands triumph against Brazil, advance to semi-finals

The Netherlands are in the World Cup 2010 semi-finals after beating five time champions Brazil by 2-1 in the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium of Port Elizabeth. Despite being behind the score for the biggest part of the game, the Netherlands made a total come back during the second half, to complete their triumph while leaving [...]

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Spain beat Portugal and advance to World Cup 2010 quarter-finals

Spain defeated Portugal with a goal by David Villa in 63′, completing the list of the eight teams in the World Cup 2010 quarter finals. This is the 6th time in history for Spain to be in the World Cup’s Top 8, and since Portugal is now out (following France and Italy) Germany is the [...]

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Paraguay beats Japan in penalty shoot-out, continues to quarter-finals

Paraguay and Japan were tied at 0-0 after regular and extra time in the Loftus Versfeld Stadium of Pretoria, so the most…boring second round match of the World Cup 2010 had to be settled with a penalty shoot-out. Paraguay successfully converted all five penalties into goals, beating Japan by 5-3 and advancing to the quarter [...]

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