News from the teams

And now we are in for some Football!

Read these interesting articles about your favorite teams in the World Cup Blog:

65% of you say Essien’s absence’s irrepleaceable + Ghana land in SA + injury update and more

Updates of Didier Drogba Proportions (Large)

South Africa vs Mexico : A preview

Nigeria: Mikel Obi Out of the World Cup party

Cameroon can win the World Cup and Squad Numbers

Which of the 23 Algerian Players Will Be Remembered After FIFA World Cup 2010?

Japan’s best World Cup goals

A more detailed wrap of Australia’s 23-man World Cup squad

Best Korean World Cup Goals

Mayhem at North Korea Warm Up Game in South Africa

President Lula Thinks This Will Be Robinho’s Cup

Argentina prepares World Cup in Pretoria

Gerardo “Tata” Martino: Manager of Paraguay

Encuesta Semanal: ¿Fue suficiente la preparación de Chile?

Uruguay 4 – 1 Israel and off they go

News for June 6, 2010 (Mexico)

Jozy Altidore Back in Training

Still not a clear idea… (Honduras)

What’s Your Ideal Starting XI? Your Worst Case Starting XI? (Denmark)

France’s problem positions – Valbuena could be the solution

Breaking: Rio Will Miss World Cup

Every Training Session Counts, Klose: I Will Score In The World Cup

If Only Watching the Azzurri Could Be This Pretty…

Laughter in South Africa: Oranje trains and looks forward to Arjen!

Portugal 3 – 1 Cameroon : Are we there yet?

The Final 23: Brkić Sent Home

Spanish NT News of the Day June 1st, 2010

Switzerland 1-1 Italy – In other words: PROGRESS

Are Greece’s World Cup 2010 Generation Motivated By The Ghosts of USA ‘94?

Keeping Them Out: Goalkeepers (Slovakia)

Slovenia v New Zealand or Dragons v All Whites Preview

Australia v New Zealand: Australia win by Points Decision

32countries 2010

These are the 32 participants of the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa!

With links to their team pages on the official FIFA WebSite http://de.fifa.com/

• A

  RSA South Africa

  MEX Mexico

  URU Uruguay

  FRA France
• B

  ARG Argentina

  NGA Nigeria

  KOR Korea Republic

  GRE Greece
• C

  ENG England

  USA USA

  ALG Algeria

  SVN Slovenia
• D

  GER Germany

  AUS Australia

  SRB Serbia

  GHA Ghana
• E

  NED Netherlands

  DEN Denmark

  JPN Japan

  CMR Cameroon
• F

  ITA Italy

  PAR Paraguay

  NZL Newzealand

  SVK Slovakia
• G

  BRA Brazil

  PRK Korea DVR

  CIV Ivory Coast

  POR Portugal
• H

  ESP Spain

  SUI Switzerland

  HON Honduras

  CHI Chile

Hello world!

How strange it feels in Germany now that all our guests have returned home. The country seems sort of dazed, still – though the glorious summer weather continues – the flags are still on the cars and on windows and balconies – discussions are still going on regarding Zidane or Jürgen Klinsmann – but the excitement is gone. Sober, back to normality. WE MISS YOU!

I hope to fill the gap somehow with this blog.

In the beginning I guess posts will still be mainly on football but as time goes by I think other subjects will appear. Everything is interesting. Culture, cuisine, music, history – whatever our corresponents will come up with. Just normal everday life. Special holidays. Places of interest and touristic advice. For me this already starts to build up new excitement … there is life after the World Cup! And we can still stay connected.

It is my ambition and I will do everything I can to find at least 1 correspondent from each of the 32 countries. I have already started to invite people that I think will be great authors for this blog. As a part time internet marketer I am a member of many international communities and networks and have met online people from all over the world. This is how the idea came to mind to create this blog. To make good use of my many international contacts.

Of course for some countries it will be much easier than for others to find “ambassadors”. It’s obvious that for e.g. the USA I would have many, many candidates. To ensure balance I will keep the maximum of corresponents for each country to 3.

Now if someone from any of the countries happens to read this and would like to volunteer to become an “ambassador” you are welcome to apply for one of the correspondents seats for this blog. Post a comment here and I will get back to you. I will be pleased to meet motivated authors – whether you take an interest in football or not.

That’s it for today – more to come. Must go now chasing for ambassadors. To get the most interesting stuff for you to read.

Heidrun Karin Peters – Site Admin, username heipet

PS. Oh and by the way – 32 countries is misleading. Actually it’s 32 + 1 countries. I have added South Africa as the future host of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.