After the bad performance of Ronaldo, the main football player of Real Madrid, in the last Spanish league and the disappointing results of the team, Pele started to criticize Ronaldo by saying that he doesn’t deserve to be a defender in such a big team. Ronaldo, of course, couldn’t keep silent but started to defend himself and attacked Pele by saying that he is a bad example of a Brazilian citizen who can’t stop attacking other Brazilians…

Ronaldinho is set to be awarded European Footballer of the Year on Monday, BBC reported on Sunday.
The Barcelona and Brazilian playmaker has already claimed the Fifa and FIFpro World Player of the Year gongs and he is now favourite to win the Ballon D'Or, which is voted for by European football journalists selected by French magazine France Football.

The award 'The Ballon D'Or' which is widely accepted to be the highest accolade available to a player playing his trade in Europe, is celebrating its 50th anniversary. The Ballon D'Or was first won by Stanley Matthews in 1956 while George Best won it in 1968.

England striker Michael Owen agreed to sign a four-year contract to join Newcastle United, ending his time at Real Madrid.
The 25-year-old Footballer passed his medical and completes his move on Wednesday for a fee of more than $27.11 million.
He would have preferred to return to his former club but Liverpool coach Rafa Benitez appeared reluctant to buy him back.
Owen joined Real last August after eight seasons at Liverpool in which he scored 158 goals in 297 matches, and was named European Footballer of the Year in 2001.

Zinedine Zidane surprised football audiences around the world by announcing he was coming out of international retirement to rescue France's wavering national team in their struggle to qualify for the World Cup 2006.
The return of the former World Footballer of the Year will be crucial.
With him, the French team gains an extra weight and an extra threat for the team's rivals.
Zidane has played 93 times for the national team scoring 26 goals including two goals in the 1998 World Cup final win against Brazil.

England football team captain David Beckham is going to extend his contract at Real Madrid by two years till 2009.
The 30-year-old, who has often said he is enjoying his time at the Spanish giants and would like to end his career there, asked club president Florentino Perez for the extension.

Beckham signed a four-year contract in June 2003 after being transferred from Manchester United for 35 million euros.

It has been a while since the last matches between Asian teams for the qualifications for the coming FIFA world cup in Germany, but this month there will be 4 exciting matches on the 17th, for the final round of Asian qualification matches.

Here is the schedule:

Striker Ronaldo said it would be his last year with the Brazilian National Team in the Fifa World Cup 2006 in Germany. It would be his fourth world cup participation, and he feels he has to give a chance to the new football players finding their way in Brazil.
The Brazilian star still has four years with Real Madrid, and will probably end his career when his contract with the Spanish team expires.

For Saudi Arabia, Korea Republic, Iran and Japan, their places are secure at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Games in Germany.

These teams completed a full day with success, after playing their matches with confidence and strength.

The matches were as follows:

Korea DPR vs. Japan 0:2
Saudi Arabia vs. Uzbekistan 3:0
Kuwait vs. Korea Republic 0:4
Iran vs. Bahrain 1:0

We are back with news about the Asia qualification matches that have begun again today; with hot matches that lighted up the stadiums, and excited audiences cheering for their teams.
The S.A. match was the most heated and extremely exciting, the Green Saudi’s came on hard on the Blue Kuwaiti’s and gave them a big 3 in the net!

The matches for today were as follows:

Bahrain vs. Japan 0:1
Iran vs. Korea DPR 1:0
Saudi Arabia vs. Kuwait 3:0
Uzbekistan vs. Korea Republic 1:1

Here is a list of the upcoming matches to be held in June between the Asian teams for the World Cup 2006 Qualifications:

03-Jun-2005
Saudi Arabia vs. Kuwait

03-Jun-2005
Uzbekistan vs. Korea Republic

03-Jun-2005
Iran vs. Korea DPR

03-Jun-2005
Bahrain vs. Japan

In the exciting fight between the Asian teams to qualify to the World Cup 2006 games held in Germany, the results of the remaining 8 teams are as follows:

GROUP A

Korea Republic 6 points
Saudi Arabia 5 points
Kuwait 4 points
Uzbekistan 1 point

GROUP B

Iran 7 points
Japan 6 points
Bahrain 4 points
Korea DPR 0 points

On the 25th of March there are four hot football matches that have been waited for for some time; as part of the Asia World Cup 2006 Qualifications, 4 matches will be held on the same day:

South Korea vs. Bahrain
North Korea vs. Saudi Arabia
Kuwait vs. Uzbekistan
Iran vs. Japan

You will find all the results here on WALEG Sports

Who do you think will qualify to the World Cup 2006 from Asia?

Korea Republic
Saudi Arabia
Uzbekistan
Kuwait
Japan
Bahrain
Iran
Korea DPR

The Football World Cup 2006 Qualification Process “Asia”

The 32 nations were drawn into eight groups of four teams. The winners Iran, Kuwait, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Uzbekistan, Japan and Bahrain moved on to the Final Stage which will start in February 2005.
The top two teams from each group will qualify for the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany, while the two third placed teams meet in a home and away play-off to decide who will face the fourth-place team from the North America, Central America and the Caribbean Zone in a two-leg play-off with the winner qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals in Germany.