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Villa injury may open the door for Torres
Saturday 10 July 2010
Fernando Torres may yet get his wish to start the World Cup final for Spain tomorrow because of lingering fears over the fitness of striker David Villa, who is understood to be worried about a dead leg.
Robben happy to win ugly with Holland
Friday 09 July 2010
Arjen Robben would be delighted to win ugly in the World Cup final on Sunday.
Kuyt commits to Liverpool
Friday 09 July 2010
Dirk Kuyt has given new Liverpool boss Roy Hodgson some good news by declaring his wish to remain at Anfield.
James Lawton: Dutch heroes on the sidelines will be an inspiration, not intimidation
Friday 09 July 2010
Van Marwijk didn't pause when asked about the legacy of Cruyff and Krol - 'they are an inspiration'
James Lawton: Brazil's praise shows this Dutch side has what it takes to win
Thursday 08 July 2010
Lucio tips his Inter team-mate Sneijder to shine in the final
Andy Cole: Villa knows the way to goal – he just has to show his team-mates
Thursday 08 July 2010
Forward Thinking
Maradona rather than Cruyff is the idol behind Van Persie's ambition
Thursday 08 July 2010
As a football devotee, Robin van Persie can tell you the exact moment when, as a child, he fell under the spell of the game. It was when he watched the footage of Diego Maradona lifting the World Cup in 1986, and on Tuesday night he sounded like a man who could scarcely believe that he was one game away from doing the same himself.
Finally? Dutch book a date with destiny
Wednesday 07 July 2010
Bold attack pays off as 3-2 win over Uruguay sets up a 'dream chance' for Holland to lift World Cup for first time
James Lawton: Sneijder's brain power makes difference for sparkling Oranje
Wednesday 07 July 2010
In added time there was a moment when all the logic of this game was put into the most severe peril
Farewell Forlan, the reborn star who tamed the Jabulani
Wednesday 07 July 2010
T-shirts have been on sale in Cape Town (and probably in Accra as well) to those wishing to support "anyone but Uruguay". Luis Suarez's handling offence in the last minute of the tie against Ghana rendered the South Americans unpopular semi-finalists, when the whole of Africa and much of the world beyond, was desperate to see a team from that continent among the World Cup's last four for the first time.
Holland's stars seize the chance to emerge from Cruyff's shadow
Wednesday 07 July 2010
Uruguay 2 Holland 3
James Lawton: A Holland v Germany final? Fate may hand the Dutch a chance to settle old scores
Tuesday 06 July 2010
If there is any history to be dwelt upon, in the second decade of this century, it is surely the missing line which records the World Cup victory of Holland
Holland: Brotherhood is why the future's orange
Sunday 04 July 2010
Tantrums and strife are a thing of the past. Holland are finally at one, and now the world is at their feet.
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