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- Martino set to remain Paraguay boss
Gerardo Martino has agreed to stay on as Paraguay coach until after the Copa America next year.
Paraguay's football federation (APF) said on Thursday that they would give Martino time to consider his position following speculation the Argentinian would step down after leading La Albirroja into the World Cup quarte View more »- World Cup top 10
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Flying high: could Siphiwe Tshabalala's World Cup heroics for South Africa alert Premier League View more »- 'Best year' turns sour for Forlan
Uruguay striker Diego Forlan left Cape Town devastated on Tuesday night but is at least able to look back on the best year of his career.
Forlan scored his fourth goal of the tournament against Holland, but it was not enough to stop Bert Van Marwijk's men winning 3-2. After the disappointing result, Forlan has bee View more »- Villar unimpressed with World Cup
Paraguay captain Justo Villar has lashed out at FIFA for giving the World Cup to South Africa, claiming the country were not prepared to host the tournament.
South Africa has generally garnered praise for its hosting of football's showpiece event but Villar insists that behind the scenes it was a different story.
View more »- Martino quits Paraguay post
- Paraguay coach Gerardo Martino has resigned following his team's elimination from the World Cup. Martino's men made it to the quarter-finals before losing 1-0 to Spain thanks to a late David Villa strike. "My four years are over," Martino said on US television network Fox Sports. "But I will stay around to help f View more »
- Santa Cruz upbeat despite defeat
Roque Santa Cruz insisted there was no point dwelling on what may have been after Paraguay bowed out of the World Cup with a 1-0 quarter-final defeat to Spain.
Oscar Cardozo had a penalty saved by Iker Casillas in the second half as the South Americans went out after their best-ever performance at the finals.
" View more »- World Cup WAGs - Larissa Riquelme (Paraguay)
Larissa Riquelme may not strictly be a WAG, but she is Paraguay's top lingerie model and has become the official cheerleader of her country as they attempt to reach the World Cup semi-final today.
She has promised to run around naked if Paraguay win the World Cup, just as Diego Maradona said if Argentine do it. I View more »- Del Bosque hails Spain progress
Spain coach Vicente del Bosque saluted his players for making history on Saturday night but admitted they scraped into the World Cup semi-finals by the skin of their teeth.
David Villa's late goal - after both sides had missed penalties - secured victory over a brave Paraguay team who had matched the European cham View more »- Paraguay 0 Spain 1
Seven heaven: David Villa (left) was the difference as Spain beat Paraguay in dramatic fashion
It took two penalties and several rattles of the woodwork to separate Spain and Paraguay on Saturday night, but eventually Europe continued its quarter-final eclipse of Latin America when David Villa scored an 85th minute w View more »- Villa strike sends Spain through
David Villa enhanced his reputation as the World Cup's outstanding striker with a late winner to give a below-par Spain a 1-0 victory over Paraguay.
The 28-year-old struck his fifth goal of the finals to send the perennial underachievers to their first-ever World Cup semi-finals.
Both sides contrived to miss pe View more »
