The last-eight clash in Port Elizabeth brings together two nations famed for a free-flowing, attacking style of play.Will this finally be ‘the year’? They’re not quite a favorite – that’s somewhere between Brazil and Spain right now by most accounts – but they’re certain lurking in that second tier, somewhere behind the Braspana favorite and the darkhorse tag. [...]

Association football is one the most prominent sport in Brazil. The national team of this wonderful country has won the FIFA World Cup tournament on a record number of five times in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002. It is also the only team to succeed in the qualifying rounds for every World Cup competition. [...]

Spread bettors up and down the country are united in their anticipation for the 2010 World Cup. Punters are no doubt itching to get stuck in on Sporting Index’s myriad spread markets on every single game as well as the tournament as a whole. To whet the appetite, the firm have already got a number [...]

Only one team has qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup by right and that is the host South Africa. Even current holders Italy had to undergo the qualification process and although the hosts will undoubtedly put on a show, according to the experts their team is extremely unlikely to progress beyond the group stage [...]

The FIFA World Cup Finals tournament will take place in South Africa in June and July 2010, and will attract a TV audience of billions; all following their favourite team’s progress in the world’s biggest football tournament.

Taking place every four years, the FIFA World Cup Finals tournament starts with a group stage involving 32 countries [...]

For those who will soon be deluged with World Cup advertsing this is a brief summary of this year’s tournament.What it is,who is in it,where and when it will take place,basic rules.