Er du litt lei av Norsk Tipping?

Mange vil nok si at Norsk Tipping utfører et monopol i forhold til tipping her hjemme i Norge. Men nå er det en del som har tatt affære- og tilbyr tipping på nett. Ville det ikke vært veldig deilig å sittet hjemme og slappet av mens man tippet online?

Mange mener i hvert fall det!

Perlemarkedet i Beijing

Ny artikkel som tar for seg perlemarkedet i Beijing har nettopp blitt publisert på nettstedet Beijing-reiser. Mange vil nok dra innom perlemarkedet en eller annen gang i løpet av ferien sin til Beijing, men det er ikke godt å si når på dagen du egentlig bør dra dit.

Litt informasjon om perlemarkedet:

- Lave priser
- Gunstige prutemuligheter
- Mange artikler som selges over disk
- Utrolig mange turister i Beijing som drar hit for å kjøpe ting

Perlemarkedet i Beijing har i det siste blitt omtalt som et mekka for de som ønsker å kjøpe falske merkeklær, noe det i høyeste grad også er. Perlemarkedet i Beijing er ikke akkurat for de som bare skal ha seg en vanlig t-skjorte.

Har du et stort ønske om å dra til Ayia Napa?

Sommeren står for tur, og fotballsesongen er absolutt i gang. Og i den forbindelse er det stor aktivitet på mange av de typiske charterstedene som Ayia Napa og Berlin. Men det er Ayia Napa på Kypros det skal dreie seg om i denne artikkelen - for flere og flere ungdommer velger å dra til Ayia Napa uten å helt ha fått med seg hva som foregår der nede først.

Til å starte med; Ayia Napa er en ren partydestinasjon. Det finnes ikke noe som kalles en "rolig kveld på byen" når du er ute og drikker i Ayia Napa. Enorme nattklubber med hvert sitt tema preger den ellers rolige fiskerlandsbyen på sommerstid, noe som gjør at byen tiltrekker seg tusenvis av partyklare ungdommer hvert år.

Partyferie.com skriver i sin artikkel "Ayia Napa - verdens beste uteliv" følgende:

"Tusenvis av nordmenn, svensker og dansker reiser årlig til feriedestinasjoner der du finner billig øl, ungdommelig stemning og verdens villeste uteliv. Ayia Napa på Kypros blir ofte sett på som den store vinneren blant stedene ungdom ferierer i sommermånedene."

Det er kanskje ikke så langt unna sannheten..?
Ta deg en tur innom Ayia Napa i sommer og sjekk ut partylivet der. Vi kan garantere deg to ting; du får sett VM , og du vil ikke bli skuffet over hvor vilt det er der nede.

Ikke la fotball bli en dopingsport!

"Ikke la fotball bli en dopingsport!", er det mange som sier. Og hylekoret blir ikke mindre av at flere av de andre store idrettene i verden sliter med akseptable holdninger ovenfor doping. Sykling, friidrett og vinter-sport er blant de mest utsatte sportene. Fotballen ligger foreløpig langt ned på lista.

For når IOC-sjefen går ut og blir bekymret for doping under OL, så er det noe galt. At russere, spanjoler og øst-europeere blir tatt for doping er blitt en vanesak. Løsningen på problemet vil vel mest sannsynlig være å hive ut juksemakerne fra all sport i all fremtid.

Mens dopingpraten går rundt OL i Vancouver hører vi ingenting fra fotballfronten. Verken i Premier League, La Ligà, Tippeligaen eller VM i Sør-Afrika. Ingen bekymrede presidenter går ut i forkant av fotball-VM og ber folk skjerpe seg. Jeg vet ikke om det er fordi fotballspillerne ikke doper seg, eller fordi kontrollene av fotballspillere suger.

Er sporten "vår" så ren som det gis uttrykk for?

Cristiano Ronaldo på Ullevaal... KONGE!

Der de fleste nordmenn ser for seg et tårevått farvel til alt som kalles EM 2012, ser jeg for meg et stjernespekket Portugal som møter opp på Ullevaal til dyst mot Norges beste menn. For det er ikke hver dag Cristiano Ronaldo, Deco og Bosingwa tar turen til Norge for å spille match.

Resten av kampene blir nok relativt normale. Danmark og Island er nok land vi kommer til å slite mot, men hovedkampen for meg blir i hvert fall mot Portugal. Det er ikke hver dag verdens beste spiller kommer til Ullevaal.

FIFA World Cup: Group A - who will win, who to say goodbye?

South Africa
World Cup second-worst team, just ahead of New Zealand, will be raised by an enthusiastic home crowd. I doubt that there is enough.
Which NOK helps more is that Carlos Alberto Parreira is brought back as coach.
He has some good results to show for, but the material he has to work with the extreme number of notches worse than what he had to work with before.

Have a couple of good players, but defensively and offensively, it is too weak. A Pienaar in the form can save some credit, but I have found it hard to believe that there is enough.
It's also possible that Parker be suspended for 6 months, so when it gets even worse for a bad team.
Mexico
My favorite to win this group. They have been satifised with the way they brought themself to the Fifa world cup 2010, and now they are going to win this group A.
They have strong performance during Aguirre, including victory in the Gold Cup, and in addition, they have an excellent stable.
Pardo, Marquez, Salcido, Osorio and Guardado are all players who hold a very high standard.
But the key for Mexico lies in their excellent goalkeeper Ochoa. He has an extreme reaction time and a fantastic range. Bonus is that if he performs in the World Cup, so will the big European clubs make up the eyes, can raise him even more.
Uruguay
Uruguay is a very unstable team, which quickly can be the joker in this group.
Offensive it may be fireworks at times. Suárez and Forlan are both players who can bucket the goal of the functioning of the joints behind.
A somewhat unstable layer of defense can lead to them being chopped for the weak in this group.
But the midfield with such Eguren, Perez and Rodriguez may be the sending Urugay further.
France
This is not the team it once was.
They have by all means good players, but it is not a team good enough to take World Cup gold in FIFA World Cup 2010.
Central line in particular is France's problem. Gallas is not a class stops, in midfield, it has no real leader. On top, they have no tips that make goals, certainly not on the national team.
Benzema is good, Anelka is good, Henry's good, Gignac is good, but they are not the same players when they play for Les Bleus.
Domenech also has not shown anything to indicate that he can get these players to provide much more special when it comes. Do they look further ahead of Uruguay, but much much longer than that, they do not.

FIFA World Cup: Where will Liverpool be next season?

You might know that Anfield is not a place to play FIFA World Cup, and that Liverpool is not a nation. But it interesting to see where the Liverpool-players will be when FIFA World Cup 2010 kicks of in the middle of july. Many players, as Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard, are going to play in the FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and they absolutely need a club to be in when they come home.Bathing ball is just the optimum that could have happened to all ABL supporters and tops a terrible season start for the LFC.

9 matches are done, and I speak now of Liverpool's games, and further opportunities for a possibilities to get a medal in the Premership this year - I know it's the excact same opportunities that England has to take the FIFA World Cup 2010 trophy home to England.

There have been 4 losses and 5 wins. And 1 win and 2 loss in CL
* It started against Tottenham, which I had not seen. But have heard that the victory was fully deserved, and a tame performance of LFC.
* Then grind the Stoke 4-0, everything good again. The game well, and the goals flowed into.
* Then perform the losing at home 1-3 for Villa, after a very tame show. It was a game that should go quickly into the history books as one of Liverpool's worst performances.
* Fighter against Bolton could soon gone both ways, and we talked again about the league title because it showed the winning determination (note that)
* Liverpool win as his second match in a row after crushing Burnley 4-0. Burnley which also scored his first away goals in the weekend ..
* 3 victories in a row is a fact, having inked a victory against Debrecen. A team that does not smell burnt off, at least not when they are away meets one of Europe's supposed best team lost.
* The fight against West-Ham that followed was exciting and fun, where they eventually won 2-3. But in terms of West-Ham's poor season start, it was perhaps not as impressive?
* Then turn the Hull 6-1 in a convincing front position and 5 victories on the staircase in the PL and CL do that thing looks OK. So begins the dark period:

* Defeat against Fiorentina fully deserved. Dedication and win like totally missing, and either the defensive or the offensive set in any manner that completely together.
* Loses 2-0 at SB, and blame that we can not expect so much more there. The game was however also here unimaginably poor from LFC's side, little / no creativity.
* Performing, so to lose against Sunderland, a game that just should not be remembered a long time for us supporters.
* Only in this match against Lyon to score LFC again, and should be scoring more. The skills they do not, and instead of using the mentality of the top teams have to decide battalions of this towards the end, they do the opposite and lose deserved 2-1.

To summarize, we have lost every single match against opposition that is around the level to Liverpool. The game in these battles have been terribly bad for the LFC to be, and there are no referees, bad luck or unfortunate part of a struggle somvi can blame. The victories have come over the evidence against worse teams(Although one can discuss whether West-Ham and Bolton are worse teams of course).

These laws really not good for the rest of the season, and something drastic should be done. I'm not saying kick Benitez, I owe nor the sale of Alonso, and not the owners. I think though Benitez has a helvettes job to do to get the spirit back in the team. The same team that last year played good football against opponents of the same caliber as LFC. The only difference is a right back out and a better right back into. A midfielder out. This should not be NOK to tilt an entire team out of balance as it has now been done.

Torres and Gerrard are otherwise harmed, but the loss of the row started before they got their injuries, and had also participated in the games where the game was just as little inspiration as tonight.

On the other hand, it is with a win against United at the weekend maximum 6 points out of 1st place, and many battles will still be played. Fortunately for us LFC supporters are the other top teams also attended the slams. Things can still turn around, but they should turn around quickly so that LFC hopefully not hooked by both the CL and PL before the November round.

Nå er det ikke lenge igjen til World Cup 2010: South Africa!

Som mange vet, så er det i år klart for at et afrikansk lag skal være vertskap for det velkjente fotball-VM. På engelsk blir fenomenet omtalt som "World Cup 2010: South Africa", og er blant verdenseliten på å arrangere gode arrangementer. Problemer med disiplin, voldssamfunn og infrastruktur kan absolutt være et problem under World Cup 2010: South Africa, men vi håper og tror på at alt skal gå bra under VM.

Sør-Afrikas VM-forberedelser er absolutt i rute! Mange har sett seg forundret på at stadionene er mye mindre enn de som ble brukt både under Tyskland-VM, men også i Sør-Korea og Japan. Vil World Cup 2010: South Africa bli preget av at stadionene er for små, og at ikke nok folk slipper inn?Bekymringer for at VM-arenaer i Durban og Cape Town kan kjøre over budsjettet har også vært heftig diskutert da Sør-Afrika ikke er et av de mest pengesterke landene i verden. Alle World Cup 2010: South Africa-stadioner er satt til å være ferdig innen 31 oktober 2009.

Nå har det vært en del kaos rundt dette med Togos skyteepisode i Afrika-VM, men forhåpentligvis ser vi ikke liknende tilstander under World Cup 2010:South Africa. Det ville i så fall lagt en stor demper på hele arrangementet om vertsnasjonen ikke klarte å holde terroristforsøk unna sitt eget VM.

Det ble også annonsert at Durban vil spille vertskap for VM 2010 kvalifiseringen uavgjort. Dette vil finne sted ved Durban's International Convention Centre på 23 november 2007. Forberedelsene til den første VM på det afrikanske kontinentet er allerede godt i gang, til tross for den siste VM hadde vært mindre enn et år siden. Kvalifiseringen uavgjort vil være den offisielle lanseringen av turneringen og vil bli direkte overført til over 200 land.


The 2010 World Cup vil holde på fra 11 juni til 11 juli. 13 europeiske nasjoner, 5 Asiatiske og Oseaske lag og totalt 8 kvalifiseringer for det amerikanske kontinentet vil bestride turneringen. Vertslaget for World Cup 2010: South Africa, Sør-Afrika, kvalifiserer seg automatisk. De tar sin plass sammen med 5 andre afrikanske land.

FIFA World Cup: Will there be any violence in South Africa?

As the whole world knows, Africa is one of the most violent places to be on earth- many people, especially in the poorest countries, are being killed every day. South Africa is responsible for the life of millions of people when the Fifa World Cup 2010 kicks of in the middle of July 2010. Will there be any violence or terrorist attacks in the FIFA World Cup 2010?

Many wonders why there is a such moment in an African nation. Murders, high rates of crime and low police budget doesn't really fit into a great FIFA World Cup. But as we know, many World Cups in the soccer history have been greatful - many of them in countries like South Africa.

The English National team are worried about the high crime rate in South Africa and will be placed in one of the best and safest hotels in South Africa during the championship. Let's just hope that there will not be any violence or crime in the FIFA World Cup 2010: South Africa!

Will Norway reach any Fifa World Cup soon?

As we all know, Denmark is the only team from the Nortern part of Europe that qualified to the FIFA World Cup 2010: South Africa. Many peopled, especially in Norway, thought that their national team would be one of the best teams in their qualification group. But as we saw, they didn'¨t reach the FIFA World Cup as they hoped.

Personally I think the Netherlands and Scotland will be too strong for Norway. Although we were very close now in the European Championship qualifier I do not think we are when the World Cup. In the championship-whale pimps are usually the top two teams going forward, and the two best teams in this group is undoubtedly the Netherlands and Scotland. On the other hand, there is no doubt that miracles can happen in football, and that Norway is continuing from this group may not be a miracle once, so one should never say never. I hope at least we can do it, but faith has not.

When it comes to qualifying for the Euro in 2012 and the future of Norway in general, I think Norway can have better opportunities. I say with regard to all the young talents in Norwegian football, for example, Nordtveit, Skjelbred, Elyounoussi and Huseklepp. It's not obvious that these players will develop into good football players, but in this field, I have faith.

The struggle against Wales yesterday was terrible, but in the struggle Asked Hareide with a relatively experimental and b-dominated team, and we tend to deliver better football when it comes, so my thoughts about qualification is not based on the struggle in all.

FIFA World Cup: Will the Chelsea players be the best?

Chelsea football club is located in the classy streets of the big city London, England. There has always been a remarkable noise around chelsea, and the supporters are one of the best supporters in the whole Europe. But in 2010 there will be FIFA World Cup in South Africa, and many of the Chelsea players are involved. Will the Chelsea players be the high profiles of FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa?

So what if Chelsea score late? Is that the end result or the result after 89 minutes that count?
Is it only Chelsea who do this? No, most of the big teams are good at such things. Just a bit of what makes them so good. Chelsea are often scoring goals after 85 minutes, and many of the players are very fit. This migtht be a key to success in FIFA World Cup in South Africa because of the hot climate in the summer.

To say that they had worn if it was against United instead of Stoke do not have much to say. Had it been against United, they played with a different setting than against Stoke.
The mental setting depends on who you play against so it is speculation that it holds.

Regarding Adebayor he might get some matches quarantine and a fine. Really nasty done to RVP. And not least, very foolish to run 100 meters in order to celebrate his goal in front of the Arsenal fans.
Although they have said both this and that if he he can not behave this way.
When it comes to value him as they did, but when Adebayor and Toure creates a bad atmosphere in the play group so there is nothing more than a good idea to sell them.
If one does not fit in with the rest of the players and the only brawler when it does not help even if you are the best.
Arsenal are a better team without him and Kolo Toure.

But I have to at least say that the Chelsea players on any national team will be good players in the South African World Cup in 2010. I think they will be the best, as simple as that.

FIFA World Cup: Will Japan be the best Asian team?

Japan is a country that has been host for big sport events in the earlier year. The Olympic games is the biggest thing Japan has hosted, and now they have their national team in the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. Many people are wondering on how the Asian team will be doing, but many are also thinking of that China is not a country. North Korea, South Korea and Japan (and also Australia/New Zealand) are the countries that will participate from the great east.


Japan was introduced to football people as a soccer nation in the 2002 World Cup, but also participated in the previous World Cup in 1998. 2010 World Cup is actually their fourth world championship in a row. It is also their fourth in total, since they did not participate until 1998. Previous World Cup in Germany ended badly for the Japanese with two losses and one draw and straight into the group stage. Also, when was the dog in a pretty tough group. Their strongest performance came at home in 2002 when they managed to struggle through from the group stages before they crashed out in the last sixteen.

17 games have played Japan in 2009 and it ended with 11-3-3. The most interesting results are perhaps 5.1 at home over Finland, 4-0 at home over Chile, 4-0 over Belgium, loss 2.1 for Australia away defeat 3-0 against the Netherlands away, 4-3 win over Ghana, 2 -0-win over Scotland and 0-0 against host nation South Africa. A little mixed results in other words, but you should never write off anyone.

Japan does not have many big stars, but you might remember the Japanese star Shini Ono that were playing in the Netherlands for Feyenoord, Rotterdam. Unfortunately he is no longer a football player and will not play for Japan in the FIFA World Cup 2010. Most of their players are housed in the domestic league, which can be said to be somewhat mediocre. Most of their stars are concentrated in the midfield and devices such as Shunsuke Nakamura, Junichi Inamoto, Daisuke Matsui, Makoto Hasebe and Keisuke Honda. In addition to these players should be as Seigo Narazaki, Yuji Nakazawa, Yasuhito Endo, Keiji Tamada, and star shot Shinji Okazaki, who has 15 goals in 20 appearances for Japan, as they turn to the more experienced team of Japan will have hope in a tough group.

I think that Japan don't have any big chances to do a great FIFA World Cup in South Africa, but I didn't really think that Greece would win the European Championship in 2004 either, so both of these teams could surprise in the FIFA World Cup 2010!

FIFA World Cup: This is David Beckham

You might have heard about David Beckham, one of the world's best football players at all times? The Englishman was born in England in 1975 and have played for clubs like Manchester United, Real Madrid and LA Galaxy. He has been captain for the English national team in several years, and faces now the biggest event in his life; the FIFA World Cup in South Africa 2010.

England haven't been better in the qualification since they won the World Cup in 1966, so there are many optimistic people in David Beckham's home country. England haven't won a championship title in football for a very long time, and that says something about how hungry Fabio Capello and his men are in the World Cup in 2010.

The key players England will face in the FIFA World Cup 2010 will be players like;
- John Terry (Chelsea)
- David Beckham (AC Milan)
- Wayne Rooney (Man Utd)
- Aaron Lennon (Tottenham)

Who to be captain is not clear, but Capello has said that David Becham is absolutely one of the best candidates. Beckham has played some great matches for England, and is the player with most of the matches. He has already beaten the legend George Best!

This is how you get FIFA World Cup 2010 tickets

Have you ever been waiting for going to a Soccer World Cup? Be on the stadium and watch your national team take the precious FIFA World Cup championship? Now the dream can be true. This is how you can be able to get FIFA WOrld Cup 2010 tickets.

First you have to know where the FIFA World Cup 2010 is going to be. The country is South Africa, and is located south in Africa. The main cities are Johannesburg, Kozuna and Cape Town. The FIFA World Cup Finale is going to be played in the capital Cape Town. But to get tickets to the final, you need a lot of luck and a lot of cash.

There are two ways to get FIFA World Cup 2010 tickets.

The first way to get these tickets is to sign up on www.fifa.com, which is the official website for the World Cup in South Africa. You need to register also on this site : FIFA.com Club, which also is free. Once you've done these two things, you are absolutely able to order tickets to the matches in the World Cup.

The other way to order Fifa world cup 2010 tickets is to order them trough FNB Visa official Mascot Pre-paid card, which is a South African company. But you have to be careful when you are ordering your tickets trough this one. The FNB Visa Official Mascot Pre-paid card is in a way having a lottery on who that are the lucky people than are able to buy some tickets. Remember; very many people wants the same tickets as you, so you better be early if you want to get some tickets to the first FIFA World Cup on African soil!

FIFA World Cup: The best Premiership team?

Many people are waiting for the great FIFA World Cup next summer. But until then, we have to watch Premier League. Liverpool vs Manchester United is always the big theme when it comes to who's the best football team in England. Here's a assessment wether Liverpool or Manchester United is the best English football team.

On the keeper spot will Liverpool win with the Spanish keeper Reina, but Van der Sar is not far behind. Reina has been a real class keeper for several years and he is probably at his best age. Van der Sar is a bit old, but absolutely a great player too.

In the right and left back spot getting both teams a point when, respectively, Evra and Johnson wins there.

Both United's stoppers are better than Liverpool's who also has good midtbacks. Carragher has had a terrible season so far and this may be a sign that he begins to lose his skills and should let Agger and Skrtel take over the responsibility of the defense. Liverpool should really invest in some good soccer players in the back side.

At midfield, winning both Fletcher and Carrick against Lucas. Marcherano it is a bit difficult to say with. Carrick is probably the one he should be compared with and then I had perhaps been forced to choose Carrick, but it is very smooth so let's say 1 point each there.
One can argue that Marcherano is more important to Liverpool than Carrick is, but for me it says more about the stable to Liverpool than how good each of these players are.

So it's 3 points to Liverpool and 5 for United so far.

Venstrekant Giggs win easily against Riera as for me very oppskrytt if your opinion is that you go after. At the same time I think Yossi should have been selected on venstrekant, but Giggs win against him though with a much smaller margin. Some are happy to disagree with the decision, but Gigg's routine is priceless, and put him over Benayoun in my eyes.

On the right side is the Kuyt against Valencia and where I must choose Kuyt. Last year he was kanksje PL's best right edge and has done well this year too. Valencia could possibly be better, but I do not consider the potential.

Attacking midfielder / striker is hanging the position I have the greatest difficulty in determining just because Rooney is not playing in a clean hanging striker / offensive midfielder role as I see it.
It is for me to compare Anelka and Lampard. If not impossible then at least incredibly difficult.
Both are very good, but one is clearly more important than the other. This is both because of broad in the stable and his skills.
Selects when the words to give Gerrard 1 point.

Although Berbatov is a class striker Torres is clearly better.

When the result is 6-6 if I compare each player. This is smoother than I'd expected, but the reason I believe that United's starting eleven is better than Liverpool's is because the United has several players who contribute to goals.
Liverpool has mainly 3 goalscorers plus a few goals here and there from the other.
United have far more. Rooney, Berbatov, Owen, Fletcher, Giggs, Valencia, Carrick and, at times, Vidic and Ferdinand.

Liverpool is almost bound to have at least Torres or Gerrard on the pitch in order to assert themselves and there is the really big difference between these teams. United can do without Rooney, Fletcher, Vidic, Ferdinand and Berbatov. Maybe not all of these at once against a storlag, but the difference is big when a Liverpool's "main-men" are out there not to talk about when both are gone.

The reason that Aquilani is not included in this "analysis" is because he has not played in the PL yet and have not proven what he can. I have not seen much of him from Serie A does so then I have no reason to judge him.

Then I would say that Manchester United and Liverpool are both good teams, but Manchester United have a better manager and routine. They will definately rank higher than this Liverpool team on the Premier League table. This i sthe conclusion on who's the best premiership team; Manchester United!

What chances do South Africa have in their own FIFA World Cup?

South Africa is the first African nation to host a FIFA World Cup, and many people are wondering how they are going to fix all the problems that includes infrastructure, police, security and things that a World Cup-nation have to fix before this big global event. However, the South African football is under great development. They are getting more and more star players in the bigger leagues in Europe as Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga and aslo in France.

They do not have VM on their board, but they have two. Both of these are recent and there is talk of 1998 and 2002. Both times they ended on 3 place in their group, and they were very close to move forward in 2002. This means that there is something hopeless team in question and that at home they can easily become dangerous. They were not bad in the Confederations Cup last summer, and as we already know: The host nation of FIFA World Cup is "always" surprising the great audience of these events.

The team's results in 2009 can probably safely be said to be mixed. 5 wins, 3 draws and a total of 10 loss Says fasiten. At home they have, however, only lost twice if you look away from the Confederations Cup. Wins against Poland, uavjort against Japan and extra time against Spain in Conf. Cup must be said to be the year's highlights.

Key players that may be mentioned include captain Aaron Mokoena. Portsmouth player is approaching 100 appearances and played an important cog in the team's defense. Fulham player Kagiso Dikgacoi may not be seen as a star player, but he has thus one match for Fulham. Wing Teko Modis from Orlando Pirates have a total 9 goals in 40 appearances since 2007. Another big star is Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy has scored 32 goals for the national team. Steven Pienaar must of course be mentioned as perhaps the team's best player.

This South African team has abilities to go far in the FIFA World Cup, but I have to say that I see Portugal, England, Spain and other countries as bigger favorites than South Africa. You will anyway be hearing these anoying sounds from the South African people during this World Cup.

Is it possible that Argentina will win the World Cup 2010?

Argentina has numerous world championship behind them. They are a proud nation in the World Cup context, with 4 finals where 2 ended with a trophy. Argentina won the FIFA World Cup in 1978 and 1986. World Cup in 1986 was dominated by Argentina, with Diego Maradona as the best player and with his famous "Hand of God"! In 2010, he might respectively stand on the sidelines and lead Messi and co to a playoff. In FIFA World Cup in Germany in the last world championship, ended with the quarter-finals for the team from South America, the time they lost to host nation Germany after a Miroslav Klose goal, and the then coach José Pekerman resigned after the World Cup.

The team's results in 2009, is a bit not quite convincing with regard to Argentina's quality. Set formula year 2009 say 8 wins and 5 losses, and none of the fighting has ended in a draw. But it scary for Argentina is that the matches against Brazil, Spain and Bolivia have ended in defeat. It and could defeat the great nations is important in a World Cup finals, but losing 6.1 to Bolivia, there is no looking at him. The qualification to the World Cup, was not a hitch, 8 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses are fasiten, and the team had to fight until the very end of qualifying, but managed the words with 5 points margin.

When one talks about Argentina's key players, we can not come about without Lionel Messi. The player who has dazzled many, and which many believe is the world's best footballer. Does the light blue began to work, it may soon be magic. As the last stronghold is the Juan Pablo Carrizo has been most in the past, and looks like the first choice for Argentina. In defense, there are many good players and pick on, Burdisso, Zanetti, Samuel, Coloccini, Heinze and Insua to name a few. In midfield, it is raw party, with Cambiasso, Banega, Gago, Di Maria, Datolo, Maxi, Mascherano (C) and Lucho to name a few, and it is not worse at peak position. Tevez, Messi, Aguero, Lavezzi, Higuain, Palermo, Millito and star shot Eduardo Salvio. Argentina can pick and take from the top shelf, and competition for places has the absolute. This is a team that can step right up, and even win the 2010 World Cup.

But I honestly have to say that I really don't hope to see Argentina win the World Cup. Diego Maradona is the whole reason. Sarcastic, coky and very annoying leader which hasn't really behaved the way a good national team leader should behave at all. I wish Argentina good luck in the FIFA World Cup 2010, but I don't really hope they win the championship.

Norway&Sweden NOT to host the European Championship 2016

Today the Norwegian newspaper Verdens Gang writes about how the Norwegian and Swedish goverment not will give any support to host the European Championship in 2016. And that's great. This is the two best reasons why Norway should not host EC 2016:

- Too long distance between the stadiums

Norway is a long country with great mountains, fjords and things like that. The infrastructure on the other hand is not great at all. Between Norway's two biggest cities, Oslo and Bergen, a train trip takes 7 hours. Oslo-Trondheim takes about the same time. If you are going to travel 300,000 people from Oslo to Trondheim or Stavanger, it will be a mess.

- The national team sucks

In fact, Norway haven't been to a European or World Championship since 2000. There is 9 (!) years since their last participation in the World Cup, which might give the Norwegian people something to think about. The national team has nothing to do in World Cup or European Championship.

The future might look a bit brighter now that Stale Solbakken has taken over as the national coach from 2012, but until then.. no chance for the norway nation team in football.

Group G: "Group of death" - South Africa World Cup

Many people are wondering after the World Cup groups are selected on how group G will be. Portugal, Ivory Coast, Brazil and North Korea are all member of the group many will call "Group of death". Portugal was not the best team when they played the qualification. Brazil won 8 of their 10 matches in the qualification, and Ivory Coast went trough the African qualification very easy.

But is really the group G so terribly difficult? Ivory Coast is really good enough to deal with Portugal and Brazil? And North Korea will probably be the sacrifice?
So how can we call this "group of death"? I would like to be wrong, and I'd like a new case of the Norwegian group in USA World Cup in 1994, but I do not think the Ivory Coast is strong enough , and that Brazil will win the group with seven points, ahead of Portugal's five. I really hope Portugal will find out that Cristiano Ronaldo should play attacker and not wing.

Ivory Coast will come to South Africa World Cup with players like Arthur Boka, Kolo Toure, Yaya Toure, Didier Zokora, Bonaventure Kalou, Salomon Kalou, Arouna Kone, Didier Drogba, Emanuel Eboue, Aruna Dindane and Abdul Kader Keita. These are all players with good international experience, and these are all players that has a chance in nearly every Premier League team and do that team stronger. So what's up with this Ivory Coast team in World cup?

Ivory Coast are, of course, a real outsider in this championship, and definitely good enough to move on from the group say. They included the team know that they are represented by some of the best players in some made Kappeler, and most players hold the day in the best leagues in Europe. That they also play at "home" is of course a great advantage. Maybe Africa's best card of the final will be a world champion in football.

The conclusion is that we find 3 good teams and 1 bad team in the group G. North Korea wont have a chance against the three better teams. But one good team has to fail, and I will put my money on Ivory Coast for not going further in the FIFA World Cup in South Africa 2010. It's sad, but it's nearly the hard fact.

What is my favorite team in FIFA World Cup 2010?

My Favorite team in FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa will be Portugal in that they have both Cristiano Ronaldo and Deco, who are both hungry for success. I really enjoy seeing Portugal when they are at their best. Denmark won the qualification group against Portugal, Sweden, Hungary, Malta and Albania, but I will say that Cristiano Ronaldo and the rest of the Portugal team won every heart in Europe. I Portugal don't win the World Cup 2010, I have really no idea about who should win, but it'd be cool with England or the Netherlands.

Still angered over the way France qualified for last night, have never liked the especially well before either, so now I wish they certainly an early exit. I really really hope that Thierry Henry will get his penaly for cheating France to the World Cup 2010 in South Africa. Give him two or three matches away from the pitch. That would just be a fair penalty, and France will have to play without one of their best players.

I hope England and Portugal makes good championship, and that the African teams shows up, in particular, I hope for Ghana and Nigeria. Ghana shocked the world with great football and great entertainment in 2006 in World Cup in Germany. Unfortunaltely they lost against Brazil in the 1/16- finale.

My tip to win the World Cup is "boring" Brazil. With Spain as the biggest challenge. As I see it, the two best teams in the world. England, Italy, Germany, Netherlands and Argentina should also be included. My outsider: Ivory Coast.

I know just one thing ... and that is that this will be one of the best World Cups in the soccer history!