As the New Zealanders stayed glued to their spots waving flags, a grinning Prime Minister John Key lingered in the VIP box, apparently content to drink in the glory of…
Only a Vincenzo Iaquinta penalty prevented Marcello Lippi’s Azzurri dropping all three points as the All Whites, who took an early lead through Shane Smeltz, produced a courageous and intelligent…
Ricki Herbert, New Zealand coachI think our entire country, which numbers four million inhabitants, came to a stop to watch our performance. It’s an incredible result for football in New…
Arguably just as unthinkable is the manner in which Ricki Herbert’s side set about taking a fully merited point from the all-star Italians. Faced with a team 74 places above…
The Wellington Phoenix only met up with the squad in South Africa last week following surgery on his injured shoulder. He sat out the draw against Slovakia but is keen…
Nelsen will lead an unchanged line-up against the Azzurri at Mbombela Stadium, where a win for either side would see them break free of the Group F logjam – all…
Newly married – his honeymoon has had to wait until the All Whites’ adventure in South Africa is over – Killen will find himself out of work at the end…
The All Whites stunned a highly-rated Slovakia side with a stoppage-time goal to earn a 1-1 draw in their opening match on Tuesday. Coach Ricki Herbert called the point the…
The two sides go head-to-head on Sunday (2am Monday NZT), with both having drawn their opening Group F games in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.They are no strangers to each…
The world’s most expensive goalkeeper was substituted at half-time in Italy’s FIFA World Cup opener against Paraguay due to the problem, with Federico Marchetti taking his place.Marchetti now looks set…