Fighting talk from All Whites

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 four sides have a point each after their first match – and put one foot into the knockout stages. Bookmakers may have the All Whites…

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 other, having clashed in a friendly warm-up ahead of last year’s FIFA Confederations Cup, in which Italy scraped a 4-3 victory. Chiellini and his team…

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 greatest result in the rugby-mad country’s football history and sees no reason why they can’t build on the euphoria and make the round of 16.“It’s…

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 of the month unless he can find another club or persuade his current employers, Middlesbrough, to offer him a new deal.The 28-year-old’s threat in the…

The All Whites were back in the township of Daveyton on Thursday to train as a full squad for the first time since securing an historic and dramatic draw against Slovakia in Rustenburg. After the session, All Whites coach Ricki Herbert spoke to New Zealand and international media, including several Italian journalists, about New Zealand’s…

Now the Plymouth Argyle striker is front and centre for his nation as they look to make their mark at South Africa 2010.All Whites coach Ricki Herbert described the 1-1 draw against Slovakia in their opening Group F encounter as his country’s best ever result. And the 191cm targetman Fallon played a key role in…

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 to feature against the All Whites in Nelspruit on Monday morning (NZT).“The hernia is small but even a small hernia can cause great pain,” says…

Wood was aged just 18 years 187 days when he took the field against Slovakia as a second-half substitute. Rufer was nearly a year older at 19 years 168 days when he crossed the white line against Scotland in Spain in 1982.West Bromwich Albion rookie Wood is proud to have added yet another impressive milestone…