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World Cup 2014: Germany Unleash a Statement of Intent Against Portugal and Dempsey Inspires the States to Three Welcome Points

By Melosport on June 17, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

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

By Melosport on June 15, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

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

By Melosport on June 15, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

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

By Melosport on June 14, 2014 • ( 5 Comments )

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)

By Melosport on June 7, 2014 • ( 2 Comments )

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)

By Melosport on June 6, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

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)

By Melosport on June 4, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

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)

By Melosport on June 1, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

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)

By Melosport on June 1, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

World Cup Archives—Part II: From Capoeira Disappointment to the Emergence of Pele (Brazil 1950 to Sweden 1958)

By Melosport on May 21, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

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 ________________________________________________ Following the humanitarian devastation inflicted by the Second World War (1939-1945), […]

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