Football Association Calls for Delay in FIFA Elections

Football associations have called on FIFA to shift its election which was scheduled to hold on June 1. With the suspension of the other contenders in the office of the FIFA president as a result of corruption charge; the current president of the association Mr. Sepp Blatter is the sole contender for the post of the president. The other candidate for the election Mohammed Bin Hammam withdrew from the race. The FA had decided to abstain from voting as a result of the corruptions charges that was leveled against FIFA.

The FA has now called on FIFA to postpone the election and wanted an outside body to improve on the governance system of FIFA. The chairman of FA David Bernstein said that the association is basing its decisions on two grounds: the allegation of corruption that is leveled against FIFA EXCO members makes it difficult to support any of the members for the election. The second reason according to him is that the lack of accountability and transparency make governance in the body unsatisfactory.

He therefore called on the postponement of the election to give time for reform minded candidates to emerge for elections. He also called for the appointment of an independent body to recommend on best way to bring about improved governance. He called on the national associations to support the stand of the FA on this issue.

Spain World Champions

Soccer City, South Africa: Spain won the FIFA Soccer World Cup 2010. Spain the European Champions lifted the World Cup with a 1-0 victory over Netherlands in the final match played at Soccer City Johannesburg.
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The goal of the match was scored by midfielder Andres Iniesta. The winning goal came at 116th-minute in the match which moved to extra time after both teams failed to score in the regular time.

Spain was in control of the match at most part though they failed to score. Still, Robben’s pace was a persistent threat to the Spaniards and he almost scored in 82nd minute. Xavi and Iniesta played well, but they failed to score in regular time. Spain coach Del Bosque replaced David Villa with Fernando Torres during the extra time and minutes later Iniesta produced the winning goal.

World Cup Pre-Quarter

FIFA Pre quarter South Africa: The FIFA World Cup Football 2010 last 16 teams are identified when Spain defeated Chile and Switzerland ended up with a goalless draw with Honduras. Here is the complete run down of pre-quarter matches.

In the first pre-quarter match today Latin American force Uruguay will meet Asian tigers South Korea. In a second match the “never die” United States will meet Ghana, the lone African team to enter in Round of 16.

Portugal Crushed North Korea

Portugal crushed North Korea by 7 goals to nil in their FIFA world cup 2010 match. The Group G second match between Portugal vs North Korea was completely dominated by the European team especially in the second half where 6 goals were scored.

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Real Madrid star RONALDO scoring his Goal for Portugal

Man of the match Ronaldo not only created numerous chances to score but also hit a goal by himself in the 87th minute when Portugal completed demolishing N.Korea by 7 goals.