It's been a wonderful world cup in terms of the number of goals scored – 145 in total - some through collective team work, while the others courtesy individual brilliance. THT's Debapriya Deb compiles the list of Top-10 goals scored in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Read more »
Gracias, Ottmar! Why The Spanish Owe It To The Swiss…
While the world looked back at the reasons for Spain's World Cup success, it was easy to forget that they were beaten in the very first game of the tournament. TheHardTackle's Akarsh Sharma tells you how it turned out to be a blessing in disguise for the World champions. Read more »
World Cup ’10 – Ten most memorable moments
Every world cup gives football fans the world over a lot of memorable moments and incidents. TheHardTackle's Somnath Sengupta performs the unenviable job of picking ten of the best moments from South Africa 2010. Read more »
World Cup ’10: Team Of The World Cup: The Best XI
With the conclusion of the main event, it's now time for post-mortem. Here's our first post World Cup contribution in which Debapriya Deb picks out the best eleven players from this campaign. Here goes THT's pick for Team of The World Cup 2010... Read more »
World Cup ’10 – Day 25: Review Of The Grand Finale Of Greatest Football Extravaganza
TheHardTackle's Debapriya Deb reviews the World Cup 2010 Grand Finale between Netherlands & Spain and lists down the key highlights of the encounter for our readers to re-live the moments. Read more »
Netherlands 0-1 Spain: Spain Leave It Late To Claim Historic Victory
In a game that will be remembered more for the thirteen yellow cards and less for the football, European Champions Spain edged out Holland in the World Cup final. An Andres Iniesta strike in the dying moments of extra time was enough for Spanish to be crowned champions of the world. Read more »
World Cup ’10 – Day 25: Preview Of The Final
The much awaited final of the World Cup sees the Dutch flair pitted against the Spanish Armada in what promises to be an high octane match. TheHardTackle's Prasanna Venkatesh gives a detailed preview of the game. Read more »
World Cup ’10: Day 24 – Round-up Of The Consolation Day
Germany became the first team in world cup history to finsih 3rd in two back to back world cups. Uruguay put up one more heroice performance inspired by Diego Forlan. Read more »
Uruguay 2-3 Germany: Spirited Germany Defend Third Place
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Uruguay fought tooth and nail in the game. They even went ahead at one stage in the second half. A last second effort saw the ball crashing with the crossbar.At the end, goals apiece from Müller, Jansen and Khedira helped Germany defend their third place successfully. Read more »
The English Football Hoax theory
The England squad failed to live up to their expectations in the World Cup, a very familiar sight for football fans the world over. TheHardTackle's Somnath Sengupta declares that fans have been been misguided by the English media into thinking that the Three Lions had a good team, while in reality England never had a chance. Read more »
