World Cup Weekend Update...

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players using a spherical ball.

It is the most popular sport in the world.

Football or Soccer... whatever you want to call it... is still a "beautiful game"...

Unless you live in the United States.

"X123x: how lame

X123x: i dont loike soccer"

The World Cup has hosted 76 of the World's countries unlike the World Series which hosts one, maybe two countries if Toronto ever makes it in.

Sporting events, especially a World Sporting event such as the World Cup, gives a chance for all countries to put aside their differences, forget about their financial troubles and cheer...

(some even skip work to watch)

The First Weekend of World Cup is over, and what a surprising weekend of matches so far...

Group A all tied up with 1 point a piece.

South Africa and Mexico tying the opener at 1-1.

France and Uruguay following suit with their 0-0.

Group A matches set to continue on the 16th and 17th with

Hosts South Africa taking on Uruguay and France taking on Mexico.

	11/06 16:00	Johannesburg - JSC		South Africa	1:1	Mexico
	11/06 20:30	Cape Town		Uruguay	0:0	France
	16/06 20:30	Tshwane/Pretoria		South Africa	Background	Uruguay
	17/06 20:30	Polokwane		France	Background	Mexico

South Korea and Argentina take top spots in Group B, bringing in the first "W's" of the tournament with wins over Greece and Nigeria.

Greece and Nigeria try to make up some points on the 17th.

	12/06 16:00	Johannesburg - JEP		Argentina	1:0	Nigeria
	12/06 13:30	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Korea Republic	2:0	Greece
	17/06 16:00	Mangaung/Bloemfontein		Greece	Background	Nigeria
	17/06 13:30	Johannesburg - JSC		Argentina	Background	Korea Republic

In an interesting surprise Group C's top spot goes too.... Slovenia?

Green turned England's 4min goal into a 1-1 tie with USA,

as Slovenia beat Algeria.

USA and England hope to over come their draw on the 18th.

	12/06 20:30	Rustenburg		England	1:1	USA
	13/06 13:30	Polokwane		Algeria	0:1 (0:0)	Slovenia
	18/06 16:00	Johannesburg - JEP		Slovenia	Background	USA
	18/06 20:30	Cape Town		England	Background	Algeria

Group D ends off the weekend with top spots going to Germany and Ghana.

	13/06 20:30	Durban		Germany	4:0 (2:0)	Australia
	13/06 16:00	Tshwane/Pretoria		Serbia	0:1 (0:0)	Ghana
	18/06 13:30	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Germany	Background	Serbia
	19/06 16:00	Rustenburg		Ghana	Background	Australia

The highly anticipated Groups E - H matches start on Monday with match-ups featuring noted powerhouse teams such as Italy taking on Paraguay,

Portugal taking on Ivory Coast,

Brazil taking on poor North Korea,

and Spain taking on Switzerland.

	14/06 13:30	Johannesburg - JSC		Netherlands	Preview	Denmark
	14/06 16:00	Mangaung/Bloemfontein		Japan	Preview	Cameroon

	14/06 20:30	Cape Town		Italy	Preview	Paraguay
	15/06 13:30	Rustenburg		New Zealand	Background	Slovakia

	15/06 16:00	Nelson Mandela Bay/Port Elizabeth		Côte d'Ivoire	Background	Portugal
	15/06 20:30	Johannesburg - JEP		Brazil	Background	Korea DPR

	16/06 13:30	Nelspruit		Honduras	Background	Chile
	16/06 16:00	Durban		Spain	Background	Switzerland

*Match times are local

Group Standings

Matches