5 Great online resources to follow the 2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 World Cup begins today in South Africa, and apart from watching matches live on TV or streaming online on your pc, there are other ways to follow the World Cup: Google, Twitter, Yahoo!, YouTube and the best sport news websites and blogs have prepared something special for football fans worldwide.
#5 The Official YouTube Blog lists a few interesting channels to subscribe to, and it’s a safe bet to say YouTube will the be number one destination online for match highlights and interviews.
#4 If you are interested in real-time updates on your team or live matches, what’s better than Twitter? The hashtag spam fest has already begun, as you can see from the screenshot below.
#3 I must confess that the Google football gadget for iGoogle could become my favorite during the next weeks. It seems to offer a convenient way to access information on group standings, fixtures, results and news about the World Cup.
#2 Yahoo! will focus on content and has a dedicated portal for the 2010 World Cup news coverage. The Dirty Tackle soccer blog will offer frequent daily posts filled with humor, nonsense and sarcasm.
#1 If you are into football tactics and appreciate match previews and a well thought post-match analysis with informative graphs and diagrams, Zonal Marking is the football blog you are looking for. The 32 teams playing in the 2010 World Cup have been analyzed in their strengths and weaknesses; we can expect high quality match reports (and many user comments) in the days to come.
Do you know any other good websites or Twitter accounts to follow during the World Cup? Connect with Facebook and share a link in the comments below!
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