Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Sandhya Aajkaal 14-12-2010

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

4 teams from Europe playing semifinal – 4 times


1934, 1966, 1982, 2006


3 teams from Europe playing semifinal – 8 times

1938, 1954, 1958, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002

(1974 was not included)



2 teams from Europe playing the final – 7 times

1934, 1938, 1954, 1966, 1974, 1982, 2006


2 teams from Latin America playing the final – 2 times

1930, 1962

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

FIFA World Cup 2010 – A Prediction!


2ND      ROUND

Match 
No
Fixture   
Expected
Actual
Winner
49
A 1 vs  B2
Mexico
vs Nigeria

     
Nigeria       
50

C 1 vs D 2
England vs
Serbia


England
51

D 1 vs C 2
Germany vs
USA


Germany
52

B 1 vs A 2
Argentina vs
Uruguay


Argentina
53

E 1 vs F 2
Holland vs
Paraguay


Holland
54

G 1 vs H 2
Brazil vs
Chile


Brazil
55

F 1 vs E 2
Italy vs
Denmark


Italy
56

H 1 vs G 2
Spain vs
Ivory Coast


Spain

QUARTER     FINAL

Match No
Fixture   
Expected
Actual
Winner
57

W 53 vs W 54
Holland vs
Brazil


Brazil
58

W 49 vs W 50
Nigeria vs
England


England
59

W 51 vs W 52
Germany vs
Argentina


Argentina
60

W 55 vs W 56
Italy vs
Spain


Spain

SEMI    FINAL

Match No
Fixture   
Expected
Actual
Winner
61

W 57 vs W 58
Brazil vs
England


Brazil
62

W 59 vs W 60
Argentina vs
Spain


Spain

THIRD       PLACE

Match No
Fixture   
Expected
Actual
Winner
63

L 61 vs L 62
England vs
Argentina
Argentina

FINAL

Match No
Fixture   
Expected
Actual
Winner
64

W 61 vs W 62
Brazil vs
Spain


Spain

-    Kashinath Bhattacharjee   ( June 08, 2010)


Friday, June 4, 2010

FIFA World Cup 2010 - list of players as of June 04 - 2010

Algeria

1 Lounes GAOUAOUI16 Faouzi CHAOUCHI23 Rais M BOLHI

2 Madjid BOUGHERRA3 Nadir BELHADJ4 Anther YAHIA5 Rafik HALLICHE12 Habib BELLAID14 Abdelkader LAIFAOUI18 Carl MEDJANI20 Djamel MESBAH

6 Yazid MANSOURI7 Ryad BOUDEBOUZ8 Medhi LACEN13 Karim MATMOUR15 Karim ZIANI17 Adlane GUEDIOURA19 Hassan YEBDA21 Foued KADIR22 Djamal ABDOUN

9 Abdelkader GHEZZAL10 Rafik SAIFI11 Rafik DJEBBOUR

Argentina

1 Diego POZO21 Mariano ANDUJAR22 Sergio ROMERO

2 Martin DEMICHELIS3 Clemente RODRIGUEZ4 Nicolas BURDISSO6 Gabriel HEINZE12 Ariel GARCE13 Walter SAMUEL15 Nicolas OTAMENDI

5 Mario BOLATTI7 Angel DI MARIA8 Juan VERON14 Javier MASCHERANO17 Jonas GUTIERREZ20 Maxi RODRIGUEZ23 Javier PASTORE

9 Gonzalo HIGUAIN10 Lionel MESSI11 Carlos TEVEZ16 Sergio AGUERO18 Martin PALERMO19 Diego MILITO

Australia

1 Mark SCHWARZER12 Adam FEDERICI18 Brad JONES

2 Lucas NEILL3 Craig MOORE6 Michael BEAUCHAMP8 Luke WILKSHIRE11 Scott CHIPPERFIELD20 Mark MILLIGAN21 David CARNEY

5 Jason CULINA7 Brett EMERTON13 Vince GRELLA15 Mile JEDINAK16 Carl VALERI22 Dario VIDOSIC

4 Tim CAHILL9 Joshua KENNEDY10 Harry KEWELL14 Brett HOLMAN17 Nikita RUKAVYTSYA19 Richard GARCIA23 Marco BRESCIANO

Brazil

1 JULIO CESAR12 GOMES22 DONI

2 MAICON3 LUCIO4 JUAN6 MICHEL BASTOS13 DANI ALVES14 LUISAO15 THIAGO SILVA16 GILBERTO MELO

5 FELIPE MELO7 ELANO8 GILBERTO SILVA10 KAKA17 JOSUE18 RAMIRES19 JULIO BAPTISTA20 KLEBERSON

9 LUIS FABIANO11 ROBINHO21 NILMAR23 GRAFITE

Cameroon

1 Idriss KAMENI16 Souleymanou HAMIDOU22 Guy NDY

2 Benoit ASSOU-EKOTTO3 Nicolas NKOULOU4 Rigobert SONG5 Sebastien BASSONG8 GEREMI12 Gaetan BONG14 Aurelien CHEDJOU19 Stephane MBIA

6 Alexandre SONG7 Landry NGUEMO11 Jean MAKOUN18 Eyong ENOH20 Georges MANDJECK21 Joel MATIP

9 Samuel ETOO10 Achille EMANA13 Eric CHOUPO MOTING15 Pierre WEBO17 Mohamadou IDRISSOU23 Vincent ABOUBAKAR

Chile

1 Claudio BRAVO12 Miguel PINTO23 Luis MARIN

2 Ismael FUENTES3 Waldo PONCE4 Mauricio ISLA5 Pablo CONTRERAS17 Gary MEDEL18 Gonzalo JARA

6 Carlos CARMONA8 Arturo VIDAL10 Jorge VALDIVIA13 Marco ESTRADA14 Matias FERNANDEZ19 Gonzalo FIERRO20 Rodrigo MILLAR21 Rodrigo TELLO

7 Alexis SANCHEZ9 Humberto SUAZO11 Mark GONZALEZ15 Jean BEAUSEJOUR16 Fabian ORELLANA22 Esteban PAREDES

Ivory Coast

1 Boubacar BARRY16 Aristide ZOGBO23 Daniel YEBOAH

2 Brou ANGOUA3 Arthur BOKA4 Kolo TOURE6 Steve GOHOURI17 Siaka TIENE20 Guy DEMEL21 Emmanuel EBOUE22 Souleymane BAMBA

5 Didier ZOKORA9 Ismael TIOTE12 Jean Jacques GOSSO13 ROMARIC14 Emmanuel KONE19 Yaya TOURE

7 Seydou DOUMBIA8 Salomon KALOU10 GERVINHO11 Didier DROGBA15 Aruna DINDANE18 Kader KEITA

Denmark

1 Thomas SORENSEN16 Stephan ANDERSEN22 Jesper CHRISTIANSEN

3 Simon KJAER4 Daniel AGGER6 Lars JACOBSEN13 Per KROLDRUP15 Simon POULSEN23 Patrick MTILIGA

2 Christian POULSEN5 William KVIST7 Daniel JENSEN10 Martin JORGENSEN12 Thomas KAHLENBERG14 Jakob POULSEN20 Thomas ENEVOLDSEN21 Christian ERIKSEN

8 Jesper GRONKJAER9 Jon Dahl TOMASSON11 Nicklas BENDTNER17 Mikkel BECKMANN18 Soren LARSEN19 Dennis ROMMEDAHL

England

1 David JAMES12 Robert GREEN23 Joe HART

2 Glen JOHNSON3 Ashley COLE5 Rio FERDINAND6 John TERRY13 Stephen WARNOCK15 Matt UPSON18 Jamie CARRAGHER20 Ledley KING

4 Steven GERRARD7 Aaron LENNON8 Frank LAMPARD11 Joe COLE14 Gareth BARRY16 James MILNER17 Shaun WRIGHT-PHILLIPS22 Michael CARRICK

9 Peter CROUCH10 Wayne ROONEY19 Jermain DEFOE21 Emile HESKEY

France

1 Hugo LLORIS16 Steve MANDANDA23 Cedric CARRASSO

2 Bakari SAGNA3 Eric ABIDAL4 Anthony REVEILLERE5 William GALLAS6 Marc PLANUS13 Patrice EVRA17 Sebastien SQUILLACI22 Gael CLICHY

8 Yoann GOURCUFF14 Jeremy TOULALAN15 Florent MALOUDA18 Alou DIARRA19 Abou DIABY

7 Franck RIBERY9 Djibril CISSE10 Sidney GOVOU11 Andre Pierre GIGNAC12 Thierry HENRY20 Mathieu VALBUENA21 Nicolas ANELKA

Germany

1 Manuel NEUER12 Tim WIESE22 Hans Joerg BUTT

3 Arne FRIEDRICH4 Dennis AOGO5 Serdar TASCI14 Holger BADSTUBER16 Philipp LAHM17 Per MERTESACKER20 Jerome BOATENG

2 Marcell JANSEN6 Sami KHEDIRA7 Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER8 Mesut OEZIL13 Thomas MUELLER15 Piotr TROCHOWSKI18 Toni KROOS21 Marko MARIN

9 Stefan KIESSLING10 Lukas PODOLSKI11 Miroslav KLOSE19 CACAU23 Mario GOMEZ

Ghana

1 Daniel AGYEI16 Stephen AHORLU22 Richard KINGSON

2 Hans SARPEI4 John PANTSIL5 John MENSAH7 Samuel INKOOM8 Jonathan MENSAH15 Isaac VORSAH17 Ibrahim AYEW19 Lee ADDY

6 Anthony ANNAN9 Derek BOATENG10 Stephen APPIAH11 Sulley MUNTARI13 Andre AYEW21 Kwadwo ASAMOAH

3 Asamoah GYAN12 Prince TAGOE14 Matthew AMOAH18 Dominic ADIYIAH20 Quincy OWUSU-ABEYIE23 Kevin Prince BOATENG

Greece

1 Konstantinos CHALKIAS12 Alexandros TZORVAS13 Michail SIFAKIS

2 Giourkas SEITARIDIS3 Christos PATSATZOGLOU4 Nikos SPIROPOULOS5 Vangelis MORAS8 Avraam PAPADOPOULOS11 Loukas VYNTRA15 Vasileios TOROSIDIS16 Sotirios KYRGIAKOS19 Sokratis PAPASTATHOPOULOS22 Stelios MALEZAS

6 Alexandros TZIOLIS10 Georgios KARAGOUNIS18 Sotiris NINIS21 Konstantinos KATSOURANIS23 Athanasios PRITTAS

7 Georgios SAMARAS9 Angelos CHARISTEAS14 Dimitrios SALPINGIDIS17 Theofanis GEKAS20 Pantelis KAPETANOS

Hondurus

1 Ricardo CANALES18 Noel VALLADARES22 Donis ESCOBER

2 Osman CHAVEZ3 Maynor FIGUEROA4 Jhony PALACIOS5 Victor BERNARDEZ14 Oscar GARCIA16 Mauricio SABILLON21 Emilio IZAGUIRRE23 Sergio MENDOZA

6 Hendry THOMAS7 Ramon NUNEZ8 Wilson PALACIOS10 Julio Cesar DE LEON17 Edgar ALVAREZ19 Danilo TURCIOS20 Amado GUEVARA

9 Carlos PAVON11 David SUAZO12 George WELCOME13 Roger ESPINOZA15 Walter MARTINEZ

Italy

1 Gianluigi BUFFON12 Federico MARCHETTI14 Morgan DE SANCTIS

2 Christian MAGGIO3 Domenico CRISCITO4 Giorgio CHIELLINI5 Fabio CANNAVARO13 Salvatore BOCCHETTI19 Gianluca ZAMBROTTA23 Leonardo BONUCCI

6 Daniele DE ROSSI7 Simone PEPE8 Gennaro GATTUSO15 Claudio MARCHISIO16 Mauro CAMORANESI17 Angelo PALOMBO21 Andrea PIRLO22 Riccardo MONTOLIVO

9 Vincenzo IAQUINTA10 Antonio DI NATALE11 Alberto GILARDINO18 Fabio QUAGLIARELLA20 Giampaolo PAZZINI

Japan

1 Seigo NARAZAKI21 Eiji KAWASHIMA23 Yoshikatsu KAWAGUCHI

3 Yuichi KOMANO4 Marcus Tulio TANAKA5 Yuto NAGATOMO6 Atsuto UCHIDA13 Daiki IWAMASA15 Yasuyuki KONNO22 Yuji NAKAZAWA

2 Yuki ABE7 Yasuhito ENDO8 Daisuke MATSUI10 Shunsuke NAKAMURA14 Kengo NAKAMURA17 Makoto HASEBE18 Keisuke HONDA20 Junichi INAMOTO

9 Shinji OKAZAKI11 Keiji TAMADA12 Kisho YANO16 Yoshito OKUBO19 Takayuki MORIMOTO

Korea DPR (North)

1 RI Myong Guk18 KIM Myong Gil20 KIM Myong Won

2 CHA Jong Hyok3 RI Jun Il5 RI Kwang Chon8 JI Yun Nam9 JONG Tae Se13 PAK Chol Jin14 PAK Nam Chol16 NAM Song Chol21 RI Kwang Hyok

4 PAK Nam Chol6 KIM Kum Il11 MUN In Guk15 KIM Yong Jun17 AN Yong Hak19 RI Chol Myong22 KIM Kyong Il23 PAK Sung Hyok

7 AN Chol Hyok10 HONG Yong Jo12 CHOE Kum Chol

Korea Republic  (South)

1 LEE Woon Jae18 JUNG Sung Ryong21 KIM Young Kwang

2 OH Beom Seok3 KIM Hyung Il4 CHO Yong Hyung12 LEE Young Pyo14 LEE Jung Soo15 KIM Dong Jin22 CHA Du Ri23 KANG Min Soo

5 KIM Nam Il6 KIM Bo Kyung7 PARK Ji Sung8 KIM Jung Woo13 KIM Jae Sung16 KI Sung Yueng17 LEE Chung Yong19 YEOM Ki Hun

9 AHN Jung Hwan10 PARK Chu Young11 LEE Seung Yeoul20 LEE Dong Gook

Mexico

1 Oscar PEREZ13 Guillermo OCHOA23 Luis MICHEL

2 Francisco RODRIGUEZ3 Carlos SALCIDO4 Rafael MARQUEZ5 Ricardo OSORIO12 Paul AGUILAR15 Hector MORENO16 Efrain JUAREZ19 Jonny MAGALLON

6 Gerardo TORRADO8 Israel CASTRO18 Andres GUARDADO20 Jorge TORRES

7 Pablo BARRERA9 Guillermo FRANCO10 Cuauhtemoc BLANCO11 Carlos VELA14 Javier HERNANDEZ17 Giovani DOS SANTOS21 Adolfo BAUTISTA22 Alberto MEDINA

Netherlands

1 Maarten STEKELENBURG16 Michel VORM22 Sander BOSCHKER

2 Gregory VAN DER WIEL3 John HEITINGA4 Joris MATHIJSEN5 Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST12 Khalid BOULAHROUZ13 Andre OOIJER15 Edson BRAAFHEID

6 Mark VAN BOMMEL8 Nigel DE JONG10 Wesley SNEIJDER14 Demy DE ZEEUW18 Stijn SCHAARS20 Ibrahim AFELLAY23 Rafael VAN DER VAART

7 Dirk KUYT9 Robin VAN PERSIE11 Arjen ROBBEN17 Eljero ELIA19 Ryan BABEL21 Klaas Jan HUNTELAAR

New Zealand

1 Mark PASTON12 Glen MOSS23 James BANNATYNE

2 Ben SIGMUND3 Tony LOCHHEAD4 Winston REID5 Ivan VICELICH6 Ryan NELSEN18 Andy BOYENS19 Tommy SMITH

7 Simon ELLIOTT8 Tim BROWN11 Leo BERTOS13 Andy BARRON15 Michael McGLINCHEY16 Aaron CLAPHAM17 Dave MULLIGAN21 Jeremy CHRISTIE

9 Shane SMELTZ10 Chris KILLEN14 Rory FALLON20 Chris WOOD22 Jeremy BROCKIE

Nigeria

1 Vincent ENYEAMA16 Austin EJIDE23 Dele AIYENUGBA

2 Joseph YOBO3 Taye TAIWO5 Rabiu AFOLABI6 Danny SHITTU17 Chidi ODIAH21 Uwa ECHIEJILE22 Dele ADELEYE

4 Nwankwo KANU10 John Obi MIKEL12 Kalu UCHE13 Yussuf AYILA14 Sani KAITA15 Lukman HARUNA20 Dickson ETUHU

7 John UTAKA8 Yakubu AIYEGBENI9 Obafemi MARTINS11 Peter ODEMWINGIE18 Victor OBINNA19 Chinedu OGBUKE OBASI

Paraguay

1 Justo VILLAR12 Diego BARRETO22 Aldo BOBADILLA

2 Dario VERON3 Claudio MOREL4 Denis CANIZA5 Julio Cesar CACERES14 Paulo DA SILVA17 Aureliano TORRES21 Antolin ALCARAZ

6 Carlos BONET8 Edgar BARRETO11 Jonathan SANTANA13 Enrique VERA15 Victor CACERES16 Cristian RIVEROS20 Nestor ORTIGOZA

7 Oscar CARDOZO9 Roque SANTA CRUZ10 Edgar BENITEZ18 Nelson VALDEZ19 Lucas BARRIOS23 Rodolfo GAMARRA


Portugal

1 EDUARDO12 BETO22 DANIEL FERNANDES

2 BRUNO ALVES3 PAULO FERREIRA4 ROLANDO5 DUDA6 RICARDO CARVALHO13 MIGUEL21 RICARDO COSTA23 FABIO COENTRAO

8 PEDRO MENDES14 MIGUEL VELOSO15 PEPE16 RAUL MEIRELES19 TIAGO20 DECO

7 CRISTIANO RONALDO9 LIEDSON10 DANNY11 SIMAO17 NANI18 HUGO ALMEIDA

Serbia

1 Vladimir STOJKOVIC12 Bojan ISAILOVIC23 Andjelko DJURICIC

2 Antonio RUKAVINA3 Aleksandar KOLAROV5 Nemanja VIDIC6 Branislav IVANOVIC13 Aleksandar LUKOVIC16 Ivan OBRADOVIC20 Neven SUBOTIC

4 Gojko KACAR7 Zoran TOSIC10 Dejan STANKOVIC11 Nenad MILIJAS14 Milan JOVANOVIC17 Milos KRASIC18 Milos NINKOVIC19 Radosav PETROVIC22 Zdravko KUZMANOVIC

8 Danko LAZOVIC9 Marko PANTELIC15 Nikola ZIGIC21 Dragan MRDJA

Slovakia

1 Jan MUCHA12 Dusan PERNIS23 Dusan KUCIAK

2 Peter PEKARIK3 Martin SKRTEL4 Marek CECH5 Radoslav ZABAVNIK16 Jan DURICA21 Kornel SALATA22 Martin PETRAS

6 Zdenko STRBA7 Vladimir WEISS8 Jan KOZAK10 Marek SAPARA15 Miroslav STOCH17 Marek HAMSIK19 Juraj KUCKA20 Kamil KOPUNEK

9 Stanislav SESTAK11 Robert VITTEK13 Filip HOLOSKO14 Martin JAKUBKO18 Erik JENDRISEK

Slovenia

1 Samir HANDANOVIC12 Jasmin HANDANOVIC16 Aleksander SELIGA

2 Miso BRECKO3 Elvedin DZINIC4 Marko SULER5 Bostjan CESAR6 Branko ILIC13 Bojan JOKIC19 Suad FILEKOVIC22 Matej MAVRIC

8 Robert KOREN10 Valter BIRSA15 Rene KRHIN17 Andraz KIRM18 Aleksandar RADOSAVLJEVIC20 Andrej KOMAC21 Dalibor STEVANOVIC

7 Nejc PECNIK9 Zlatan LJUBIJANKIC11 Milivoje NOVAKOVIC14 Zlatko DEDIC23 Tim MATAVZ

South Africa

1 Moneeb JOSEPHS16 Itumeleng KHUNE22 Shu-Aib WALTERS

2 Siboniso GAXA3 Tsepo MASILELA4 Aaron MOKOENA5 Anele NGCONGCA14 Matthew BOOTH15 Lucas THWALA20 Bongani KHUMALO21 Siyabonga SANGWENI

6 MacBeth SIBAYA7 Lance DAVIDS8 Siphiwe TSHABALALA10 Steven PIENAAR11 Teko MODISE12 Reneilwe LETSHOLONYANE13 Kagisho DIKGACOI19 Surprise MORIRI23 Thanduyise KHUBONI

9 Katlego MPHELA17 Bernard PARKER18 Siyabonga NOMVETHE

Spain

1 Iker CASILLAS12 Victor VALDES23 Pepe REINA

2 Raul ALBIOL3 Gerard PIQUE4 Carlos MARCHENA5 Carles PUYOL11 Joan CAPDEVILA15 SERGIO RAMOS17 Alvaro ARBELOA

6 Andres INIESTA8 XAVI10 Cesc FABREGAS14 XABI ALONSO16 Sergio BUSQUETS20 Javier MARTINEZ21 DAVID SILVA

7 David VILLA9 Fernando TORRES13 Juan Manuel MATA18 PEDRO19 Fernando LLORENTE22 Jesus NAVAS

Switzerland

1 Diego BENAGLIO12 Marco WOELFLI21 Johnny LEONI

2 Stephan LICHTSTEINER3 Ludovic MAGNIN4 Philippe SENDEROS5 Steve VON BERGEN13 Stephane GRICHTING17 Reto ZIEGLER22 Mario EGGIMANN

6 Benjamin HUGGEL7 Tranquillo BARNETTA8 Gokhan INLER11 Valon BEHRAMI14 Marco PADALINO15 Hakan YAKIN16 Gelson FERNANDES20 Pirmin SCHWEGLER23 Xherdan SHAQIRI

9 Alexander FREI10 Blaise NKUFO18 Albert BUNJAKU19 Eren DERDIYOK

Uruguay

1 Fernando MUSLERA12 Juan CASTILLO23 Martin SILVA

2 Diego LUGANO3 Diego GODIN4 Jorge FUCILE6 Mauricio VICTORINO16 Maximiliano PEREIRA19 Andres SCOTTI22 Martin CACERES

5 Walter GARGANO8 Sebastian EGUREN11 Alvaro PEREIRA14 Nicolas LODEIRO15 Diego PEREZ17 Egidio AREVALO18 Ignacio GONZALEZ20 Alvaro FERNANDEZ

7 Edinson CAVANI9 Luis SUAREZ10 Diego FORLAN13 Sebastian ABREU21 Sebastian FERNANDEZ

USA

1 Tim HOWARD18 Brad GUZAN23 Marcus HAHNEMANN

2 Jonathan SPECTOR3 Carlos BOCANEGRA5 Oguchi ONYEWU6 Steve CHERUNDOLO12 Jonathan BORNSTEIN15 Jay DeMERIT21 Clarence GOODSON

4 Michael BRADLEY7 DaMarcus BEASLEY8 Clint DEMPSEY10 Landon DONOVAN11 Stuart HOLDEN13 Ricardo CLARK16 Francisco TORRES19 Maurice EDU22 Benny FEILHABER

9 Herculez GOMEZ14 Edson BUDDLE17 Jozy ALTIDORE20 Robbie FINDLEY