World Cup news


Le Rondin holds final World Cup celebration

FOOTBALLS were flying and vuvuzelas were blasting at Le Rondin School yesterday as pupils took part in a final celebration of the World Cup.


World Cup crunch game makes a ghost town of St Peter Port

ENGLAND’S crucial World Cup match brought parts of Town to a standstill yesterday as fans crammed into anywhere showing the game.


Our World Cup kicks off ‘peacefully’

IT’S STARTED – and if you can manage to ignore that first-half moment of madness which is the stuff of every goalkeeper’s nightmares – then the result wasn’t all that bad really if you were one of the island’s many England fans.


This Saturday night was fever football

GUERNSEY was gripped by football fever on Saturday as England kicked off its South Africa 2010 World Cup campaign.


‘Do support England but don’t frighten the horses’

A HORSE rider is warning that cars flying England flags could cause a serious accident.


‘Another American win – just like the War of Independence’

ONE American islander rates today’s World Cup match between England and the USA as the biggest clash between the countries ‘since the War of Independence’.


Pilgrim Nigel’s World Cup trip is a mission of Faith

A TRIP to watch the World Cup in South Africa is about more than football for one islander.


Kenya pose biggest test in island’s cricket history

GUERNSEY face their biggest challenge to date when they meet Kenya tomorrow.


Nepalese a stern test

PAKISTAN star Ijaz Ahmed believes the country which Guernsey will face on Wednesday have the talent to reach the World Cup in future.


Merrien is officially ranked world no. 2

JUST how good is Alison Merrien? The answer, plainly, is very nearly the best.

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