Month: June 2010

The World Cup has begun, but what is the meaning of World Cup? World Cup is much more than the game itself. The emotions are not restricted to the four lines that surounded the field […] […]

RUSTENBERG, SOUTH AFRICA—There were 90 minutes played here last night, but only one moment. Right now, it’s being replayed on sports television like the Zapruder film: “Up. And over. And into the net. Up. And […] […]

JOHANNESBURG—Going into this World Cup there were some concerns that Lionel Messi might be feeling the after-effects of a long, hard season as Spanish league champion Barcelona’s creative spark. Well, he’s back and he looks […] […]

AGRA, INDIA—Amruta, a shy teenager with large eyes and a pretty smile, sleeps on the dirt floor of her family’s home in a gritty slum, survives on a single meal each evening and hasn’t attended […] […]

JOHANNESBURG—Robert Green wrote his name onto the lengthening list of blundering England goalkeepers Saturday. Green let a routine shot from Clint Dempsey slip through his grasp for the Americans’ only goal in their high-profile World […] […]

RUSTENBERG, SOUTH AFRICA–Goalkeeper Robert Green’s stunning blunder cost England victory and forced his team to settle for a 1-1 draw with the United States in their World Cup opener Saturday. An apparently harmless 25-yard left-footed […] […]