Posts Tagged "netherlands"

Sanity has prevailed as the International Cricket Council (ICC) backed down from an earlier decision to reduce the 2015 World Cup from 14 to 10 teams.

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Well, it looks like the International Cricket Council is finally getting somewhere. In less than a week, the organisation has not only hinted that there could be a qualification window open to the Associate nations for the 2015 edition of the World Cup in Australia/New Zealand, but it’s also hinted that it could get rid [...]

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Want to play a new game? We’ll call it “Associate For A Year”. First prize – a trip to the 2015 ICC World Cup. This year’s entrant is … Australia!

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The Netherlands’ path to Johannesburg’s Soccer City for Sunday’s World Cup final has been flawless, so far, both in qualification and at the finals here.

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Approaching a history making World Cup final, either Spain or the Netherlands will win a first ever title. Spain produced its best performance last time out, while the Dutch have played a results-based brand of football.

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It might have taken three-quarters of the game here to finally wrestle the initiative, but Bert van Marwijk was ultimately able to win the tactical battle against Oscar Tabarez, while his men in Oranje were able to show just enough mental strength to get the job done.

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With a couple of days off from the World Cup, it is the perfect time to reflect, and more importantly, look forward to the final eight games of the tournament.

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It took until the 64th minute for Japan coach Takeshi Okada to react to his side going a goal down against the Netherlands, and even then it was only to take off his team’s most effective player. Such is the 2010 World Cup, where conservative tactics rule and a paralysing fear strikes at the heart [...]

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Wesley Sneijder fired the Netherlands to a comfortable 1-0 win over Japan and pole position in World Cup Group E here on Saturday.

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World Cup organisers faced protests at home and abroad Wednesday as the Netherlands condemned “absurd” arrests over a marketing stunt and thousands of South Africans protested the tournament bill.

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Both the Netherlands and Italy were on show for the first time, but it was the former showing it was a World Cup bolter and the latter held to a surprise draw which could see the pair face each other in a potentially mouth-watering Round of 16 clash.

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The Netherlands managed to grind out a 2-0 win over Denmark on Monday despite struggling to live up to the billing as one of the most dangerous attacking teams at the World Cup.

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The Netherlands open their World Cup campaign against Denmark on Monday determined to brush off their tag of group phase heroes, knock-out stage zeros, but the Danes are hoping for an upset.

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Injured Netherlands winger Arjen Robben is on his way to South Africa and will join the squad on Saturday.

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Harry Kewell says Australia’s performance against the Netherlands shows just how much work the Socceroos have left to do before next year’s World Cup.

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With the transfer window now officially closed, let’s have a look at what is going to happen with Real’s group of Dutchmen who were linked with moves.

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