GROUP H saw the final set of teams—Belgium, Algeria, Russia and South Korea—commenced their 2014 World Cup campaigns on Tuesday. Belgium 2-1 Algeria World Cup dark horses Belgium kicked-off their 2014 campaign […]
World Cup 2014: Germany Unleash a Statement of Intent Against Portugal and Dempsey Inspires the States to Three Welcome Points
GROUP G Although Germany are one of the favourites to win the World Cup, none of the remaining three teams should have been discounted from progressing to the knock-out stages and therefore Group G’s […]
World Cup 2014: The Swiss Fashion a Late Victory as Messi Gets Down to Business
GROUP E Switzerland 2-1 Ecuador It was a tie on paper which failed to ignite huge anticipation, yet by full-time it had been a cracker. There was significant drama in the 92nd minute, […]
World Cup 2014: Pirlo Produces Another Masterclass Against England and Drogba Inspires the Ivory Coast to Beat Japan
After being entertained by the first two days of the World Cup, the excitement and goals continued to flow in the opening games of Group C and D. GROUP C Colombia 3-0 Greece […]
World Cup 2014: Brazil Dubiously Beat Unlucky Croatia, While Holders Spain are Destroyed by the Ruthless Dutch
The World Cup kicked off on Friday but the build up to the 2014 tournament has been dominated by controversy. The $11bn cost to host the World Cup, rather than invest the funds on much needed […]
World Cup Archives—Part VII: From the Azzurri’s Bittersweet Victory to Africa’s First World Cup (Germany 2006 and South Africa 2010)
With the 2014 World Cup kicking-off in less than one week’s time, Melosport delivers the final instalment in the seven-part World Cup Archive series _____________________________ 2006 Germany World Cup After its voyage into […]
World Cup Archives—Part VI: From Allez Les Bleus to Travelling to a New Frontier (France 1998 and South Korea/Japan 2002)
As the 2014 World Cup draws increasingly closer to kick-off, Melosport continues to round-up the best of the archives across a seven-part series _____________________________ 1998 France World Cup Following on from the […]
World Cup Archives—Part V: Witnessing Diego Maradona’s Rise to Prominence and his Fall from Grace (Mexico 1986 to USA 1994)
As the 2014 World Cup draws increasingly closer to kick-off, Melosport continues to round-up the best of the archives across a seven-part series _____________________________ 1986 Mexico World Cup The land famous for […]
World Cup Archives—Part IV: The Introduction of Total Football through to Marco Tardelli’s Iconic Goal Celebration (West Germany 1974 to Spain 1982)
As the 2014 World Cup draws increasingly closer to kick-off, Melosport continues to round-up the best of the archives across a seven-part series ____________________________________ 1974 West Germany World Cup After Brazil gloriously […]
World Cup Archives—Part III: Rallying from a Natural Disaster to Winning the Jules Rimet Trophy for Good (Chile 1962 to Mexico 1970)
As the 2014 World Cup draws increasingly closer to kick-off, Melosport continues to round-up the best of the archives across a seven-part series __________________________________________________ 1962 Chile World Cup After two successive World […]
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