Best World Cup Internet Sites

June 8th, 2006 • Related • Filed Under

I’ve been bookmarking my favourite World Cup Sites and I thought I’d share them with you. if you have any sites you think should be on the list, leave the url as a comment and I’ll add the site. Also, let me know who you think is going to win - I’ll start a poll later on today.

I can’t believe the World Cup starts tomorrow! For the last four years I’ve been reading and hearing how this is England’s best chance to win the World Cup. I’m not a true believer, as even though England have some good players they never seem to play well as a team. I also think they are going to struggle without Rooney - I don’t think he’s going to take part. My theory is that their abilities are balanced better with their club teams e.g. Chelsea have Makelele to mop up after Lampard, Beckham has a great team around him in Spain etc etc. Anyway I’ll be cheering England on all the way and I won’t ever stop believing like in the great MarsBelieve Campaign.

Brazil are the favourites, but I don’t agree. I think the climate will suit European players or players used to playing in Europe so I’m going for Argentina to win and they are slowly creeping up the ‘Who Will Win The World Cup Poll’ as the majority of their team play their club football in Europe. I know lots of people will disagree with me.

GUIDE TO THE BEST ONLINE WORLD CUP 2006 SITES

  • General/News

Official Yahoo! Site: I thought they overpaid for the rights in 2002, but I guess they didn’t as they’ve stumped up the cash again.

ESPN: The yanks have actually done a good job, even though they still call the game soccer!

Google Maps: I love this site. It shows via Google maps who’s playing at the world cup with feeds for the latest news on each team (Updated)

BBC: They always get it right online

  • Videos/Fun

MarsBelieve: If you’re an England fan you have to check out this site

WorldCupBlog: Great site where fans are sending in their own videos. Great for seeing what the fans are up to both at the games and also in Germany

Trivia game: Are you a real football fan? then test your knowledge

  • Fixtures/Results:

Calendar: Great site that lets you add all the games to your chosen diary - Outlook supported as well

  • Games/Fun

Free Wallchart: The Guardian have a sexy chart for printing

free screensavers: from Top downloads

free wallpapers: Includes previous championships

ringtones: Let everyone know who you are supporting

  • Betting/Sweepstake:

Betfair: I won’t be betting this year, but these guys will have the best odds

Ladbrokes: Your money is in safe hands

Sweepstake: Setup a office sweepstake

  • Fansites/Blogs

2006 World Cup: Keep up to date with the latest news

BBC Blog: The BBC have a team of reporters who are keeping this blog up to date

Spiegel: Good commentary

  • Tickets

Official Tickets: I’d advise using this site to buy tickets to avoid getting ripped off.

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Everton is based in London and has worked in the internet and mobile space for over ten years now, and before that worked in corporate strategy and consulting. He has a degree in Economics from Cambridge University, and currently runs the Portal and online operations for one of the largest ISPs in the UK. He also writes for Windows 7 News.

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  1. #1

    Comment by Virender Ajmani on 11 June 2006:

    Thanks for the mention of my Google Maps FIFA World Cup Soccer Mashup.

    Regards,
    Virender Ajmani
    http://www.mibazaar.com/worldcupsoccer

  2. #2

    Comment by Virender Ajmani on 18 June 2006:

    I updated the FIFA World Cup Soccer News + Google Maps mashup. I have added “Top 20 Best Paid Soccer Players” as mentioned in Forbes magazine

    thanks

  3. #3

    Comment by Everton Blair on 18 June 2006:

    [Comment ID #1069 Will Be Quoted Here]

    Your table needs updating - Ballack and Shevchenko have just signed mega paydeals with Chelsea.

  4. #4

    Comment by Virender Ajmani on 18 June 2006:

    Thanks for the reply. I have added additional notes from Forbes on Ballack. I will research further on the new paydeals for Ballack and Shevchenko and make a note of it on the site.

    Thanks again
    Virender Ajmani

  5. #5

    Comment by Jasmine on 28 September 2007:

    Did you know that the official World Cup committee decided that all the tickets will have RFID tags that will contain the name, address, birth date, nationality, and ID card or passport number of the person who bought the tickets. I feel that this is an invasion of personal privacy and it shouldn’t be allowed.

  6. #6

    Comment by Premature on 27 November 2007:

    I didn’t know that … And I really don’t understand why they would go to such extremes. I don’t think this helps as far as security is concerned. London Tickets are a lot simpler and we don’t really expect this sort of problems

  7. #7

    Comment by Johny B on 21 January 2008:

    London Tickets are a lot simpler? Now what do you actually mean by that?

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