FIFA 2018 World Cup To Be In St. Petersburg While Qatar Prepares For 2022 World Cup With AFC Asian Cup

On Sunday, January 23, 2011 it became official: St. Petersburg, Russia is to be the site of the 2018 FIFA World Cup. On this day, FIFA signed the Declaration of Appointment jointly with the Football Union of Russia (FUR) and the Local Organizing Committee (LOS) to make Russia the host country for the 2018 FIFA [...]

More World Cup Stars to join Premiership Clubs for the new season?

With the World Cup footy fest over and the start of the new Premiership season on the horizon there has been a lot of speculation about some of the players who made a big impact in South Africa moving to English clubs before the transfer window closes on the 31 August. There can be no [...]

Salute the World Cup winners – Spain and South Africa

As predicted by Paul the Octopus, most pundits and online betting sites, the 2010 World Cup final was won by Spain in Johannesburg last night. A single goal from Andres Iniesta late in extra time was enough the sink the Netherlands and so Spain go into the history books as the eighth nation to win [...]

Possibly the most boring World Cup ever?

So Spain are champions but my god the 2010 World Cup was incredibly boring. I can count the amount of decent games on one hand and that is honestly no exaggeration. It was a World Cup where an octopus was the star of the show as Paul correctly predicted every German game and indeed in [...]

Holland v Spain – Predictions please

We are now less than two hours from kick-off in the biggest game in world football. The World Cup final. Holland and Spain go head-to-head in the magnificent Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg and I for one simply can’t wait. Football Corner wants to know your prediction for the game. Paul the octopus thinks Spain [...]

World Cup Final: Holland V Spain Odds + Best Tips

This is going to be a great game, but don’t be expecting many goals. The stats from past World Cup finals show most finals are low scoring matches. The Holland v Spain Odds make Spain the favourites, no shockers there. So put your money on Spain to win this Sunday. Out of the last five [...]

Three cheers for Howard Webb

Howard Webb will ref the World Cup final on Sunday between Holland and Spain. First of all, congratulations to Howard. Thoroughly deserved. I must admit, I had a few quid on him to ref the final at a juicy 16/1 so you can probably guess I am fairly happy with FIFA’s decision. I hope you [...]

So who is going to win the World Cup?

Can you believe it? We are already down to the last two in this summer’s World Cup. Spain and Holland will meet this Sunday in the magnificent Soccer City stadium as both go in search of their first World Cup triumph in their historys. You may know already, I started working for FootballQ’s a few [...]