The 5 Hottest Portugal Players in the FIFA World Cup 2010

Portugal. The country that has given us pastéis de Belém also gifted us with Luis Figo and Cristiano Ronaldo. During the 2006 World Cup Portugal secured fourth place. This year they have managed to land in the Group of Death, facing Brazil, North Korea and Côte d’Ivoire respectively.

While we are eager to see how Portugal will fare out this time around let’s move on to more important stuff – which Portuguese players are most deserving of your attention:

1.    Cristiano Ronaldo – Ronaldo began his career as a youth player for Andorinha, where he played for two years, then moved to Nacional. In 1997, he made a move to Portuguese giants Sporting CP. Ronaldo's precocious talent caught the attention of Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson and he signed the 18-year-old for £12.24 million in 2003. The following season, Ronaldo won his first club honour, the FA Cup, and reached the Euro 2004 final with Portugal, in which tournament he scored his first international goal. 2008, Ronaldo won the Champions League with United, and was named player of the tournament. He was named the FIFA World Player of the Year.

2.    Hugo Almeida - a veteran of international competitions, he has been playing for the Portuguese national team since 2004. When Hugo’s not busy donning his country’s colours, he serves as a center forward for Werder Bremen.

3.    Simao Sabrosa – making his debut for Portugal in 1998. Simao is an old pro when it comes to international competitions. Currently playing for Atletico Madrid’s hot coach, Simao is married with two kids and once even released a DVD called Como Se Faz um Campeão  for kids to learn his football techniques.

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Germany Vs Australia:Germany beats Australia 4-0, as Podolski, Klose, Muller and Cacau score, all details and highlights

Germany Vs Australia match ended with an injury affected Germany beating Australia comprehensively by 4-0 as Podolski (8), Klose (26), Muller (68) and Cacau (70) scored once each in the FIFA World Cup 2010 at South Africa. 
Germany’s Podolski banged the net with his goal in the 8th minute of Germany Vs Australia match. Aussie goalkeeper Mark Schwarzer couldn’t defend and match started going in Germany's way.

It was not late before Klose drove the ball to the goal successfully in 26th minute and made the score 2-0. Australia was seen struggling and their defence was not up to the mark in the match.
In the 68th minute of the game, to add to the agony of Australians, Muller netted it to take the German lead to 3-0. The goal was followed by another one from Cacau in the 70th minute.

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Germany Vs Australia- final scores, 4-0.

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Football World Cup 2010 schedule - Indian Time, TV channel telecast, timing details

FIFA World Cup 2010 has start Today. Millions of Football Fans have been waiting for this moment. Here is the TV schedule of FIFA World Cup 2010 for football fans. Today, the opening Match would be played between South Africa and Mexico which will start at 7:30 PM Indian time. It is expected that Viewers around 214 countries would witness the ongoing games. The TV viewer ship is expected to be whopping 26.3 billion across of globe. See the world cup is expected to be one of the largest events to be viewed globally. The advertising revenue are expected to sky rocket during this world cup telecast. A part from TV viewers ship large number of audience are expected to view this world cup on internet. And for the first time a huge number of mobile users are expected to watch this world cup streaming in there mobile phones. ESPN Sports has acquired the rights to the 2010 FIFA World Cup including TV, broadband, mobile, VOD and radio rights. The matches however will be available live on demand. FIFA World Cup TV Schedule matches can be viewed here.

Country	Broadcaster(s)
Albania	Free-to-air: RTSH Cable/Satellite (pay): SuperSport Albania (DigitAlb)
Andorra	Free-to-air:TF1,France Télévisions
Argentina	Free-to-air: Canal 7, TelefeCable (pay): TyC Sports Satellite (pay): DirecTV
Armenia	Free-to-air: H1
Australia	Free-to-air: SBS
Austria	Free-to-air: ORF
Azerbaijan	Free-to-air: Lider TV
Bangladesh	Free-to-air: Bangladesh Television Satellite (pay): ESPN STAR Sports
Belarus	Free-to-air: BTRC
Belgium	Dutch: Free-to-air: VRT
	French: Free-to-air: RTBF
Bolivia	Free-to-air: Unitel, Red Uno
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Free-to-air: BHRT
Brazil	Free-to-air: Rede Globo, Rede Bandeirantes Cable/satellite (pay): SporTV, BandSports, ESPN Brasil Globo 3D (8 matches)
Bulgaria	Free-to-air: BNT
Canada	English: Free-to-air: CBC Cable/satellite (pay): Bold (nightly encores only)
	French: Free-to-air: SRC
	Spanish: Cable/satellite (pay): Telelatino
Chile	Free-to-air: TVN (33 matches) Satellite (pay): DirecTV (all matches)
China (People's Republic of China)	Free-to-air: CCTV
Colombia	Free-to-air: Caracol, RCN (40 matches total) Satellite (pay): DirecTV (all matches)
Costa Rica	Free-to-air: Teletica, Repretel
Croatia	Free-to-air: HRT
Cyprus	Free-to-air: CyBC
Czech Republic	Free-to-air: ?T
Denmark	Free-to-air: DR (10 matches), TV2 (32 matches) Cable/Satellite (pay): Canal 9 (21 matches)
Ecuador	Free-to-air: Gama, TC Satellite (pay): DirecTV
El Salvador	Free-to-air: TCS
Estonia	Free-to-air: ERR
Fiji	Free-to-air: Mai TV
Finland	Free-to-air: YLE
France and overseas territories	Free-to-air: TF1 (27 matches), France Télévisions (37 matches) Satellite/cable/IPTV (pay): Canal+ (37 matches, 8 exclusive)
Georgia	Free-to-air: GPB
Germany	Free-to-air: ARD (28 matches), ZDF (27 matches), RTL (9 matches) Satellite (pay): Sky Deutschland (all matches)
Greece	Free-to-air: ERT
Hong Kong	Free-to-air: ATV (4 matches), TVB (4 matches) Cable (pay): Cable TV Hong Kong (all matches)
Hungary	Free-to-air: MTV
Iceland	Free-to-air: RÚV (46 matches) Cable (pay): Stöð 2 Sport (18 matches)
Indonesia	Free-to-air: RCTI (46 matches), Global TV (20 matches)
Iran	Free-to-air: IRIB
Ireland	Free-to-air: RTÉ
India	Free-to-air: Doordarshan Satellite (pay): ESPN STAR Sports
Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives,Sri Lanka	Free-to-air: varies by country Satellite (pay): ESPN STAR Sports
Israel	Hebrew: Free-to-air: Channel 1
	Arabic: Free-to-air: Channel 33
Italy	Free-to-air: RAI (one match per day) Satellite (pay): SKY Italia (all matches)
Japan	Free-to-air: NHK (22 matches), NTV (5 matches), Fuji TV (5 matches), TBS (5 matches), TV Asahi (4 matches), TV Tokyo (3 matches) Satellite (pay): SKY PerfecTV! (all matches)
Kosovo	Free-to-air: RTK
Latvia	Free-to-air: LTV
Liechtenstein	Free-to-air:SRG SSR idée suisse (SF)
Lithuania	Free-to-air: LRT (46 matches), LNK (18 matches)
Luxembourg	Free-to-air: RTL
Macau	Free-to-air: TDM
Macedonia	Free-to-air: MRTV
Malaysia	Free-to-air: RTM, TV3 Satellite (pay): Astro (all matches)
Maldives	Free-to-air: Television Maldives, Cable (pay): MediaNet (all matches)
Malta	Free-to-air: PBS (46 matches) Satellite (pay): Melita Sports (all matches)
Mexico	Free-to-air: TV Azteca, Televisa Satellite (pay): Sky Latin America, TVC Deportes
Middle East and North Africa	Satellite (pay): Al Jazeera Sports
Mongolia	Free-to-air: C1
Moldova	Free-to-air: TRM
Monaco	Free-to-air: TMC
Montenegro	Free-to-air: RTCG
The Netherlands	Free-to-air: NOS
Nepal	Free-to-air: NTV Satellite (pay): ESPN STAR Sports
New Zealand	Free-to-air: TVNZ (22 matches) Satellite (pay): Sky (all matches)
Nicaragua	Free-to-air: Televicentro
Norway	Free-to-air: TV2 (32 matches) Satellite (pay): Viasat (32 matches; rights purchased from NRK)
Pakistan	Free-to-air: PTV Cable (pay): TEN Sports (rights purchased from ESPN Star Sports)
Panama	Free-to-air: RPC, TVMax (40 matches total) Cable (pay): Cableonda Sports (24 matches)
Paraguay	Free-to-air: SNT
Peru	Free-to-air: ATV Satellite (pay): DirecTV (all matches)
Philippines	Free-to-air: ABS-CBN, Studio 23 Cable (pay): Balls
Poland	Free-to-air: TVP
Portugal	Free-to-air: RTP (28 matches), SIC (18 matches) Cable/satellite/IPTV (pay): SportTV (all matches; 18 are exclusive)
Republic of China	Cable (pay): Era Television IPTV (pay): ELTA TV
Romania	Free-to-air: TVR
Russia	Free-to-air: Channel One (26 matches), VGTRK (38 matches)
San Marino	Free-to-air: RAI
Serbia	Free-to-air: RTS
Singapore	Free-to-air: MediaCorp (4 matches) Cable (pay): StarHub TV (all matches) IPTV (pay): mio TV (all matches)
Slovakia	Free-to-air: STV
Slovenia	Free-to-air: RTV Slovenija
South Africa	Free-to-air: SABC Satellite (pay): Supersport
South Korea	Free-to-air: SBS Cable/satellite (pay): SBS Sports Channel
Spain	Free-to-air: Telecinco (8 matches), Cuatro (16 matches) Satellite (pay): Canal+ (all matches) Canal+ 3D (10 matches)
Sub-Saharan Africa : Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic,Chad,Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea-Conakry, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali,Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone,Swaziland, Tanzani, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zanzibar, Zimbabwe	Free-to-air: see list of countries Satellite (pay): Supersport
Sweden	Free-to-air: SVT (32 matches), TV4 (32 matches)
Switzerland	Free-to-air: SRG SSR idée suisse
Thailand	Free-to-air: TV3, TV7, MCOT9, NBT11 Satellite (pay): TrueVisions
Turkey	Free-to-air: TRT
Ukraine	Free-to-air: UT1, ICTV
United Kingdom (England,Scotland,N. Ireland,Wales)	Free-to-air: BBC, ITV ((southern) ITV1,(northern and central) STV,UTV) Cable/satellite (pay): British Eurosport, ESPN UK (highlights)
United States American Samoa,Guam,Northern Mariana Islands,Puerto Rico,U.S. Virgin Islands	English: Free-to-air: ABC (10 matches) Cable/satellite (pay): ESPN (54 matches), ESPN 3D (25 matches)
	Spanish: Free-to-air: Univision (56 matches), Telefutura (8 matches) Cable/satellite (pay): Galavisión (highlights)
	Portuguese: Cable/satellite (pay): ESPN (40 matches)
Vietnam	Free-to-air: VTV
Vatican City	Free-to-air:RAI
Venezuela	Free-to-air: Meridiano, Venevisión Satellite (pay): DirecTV (all matches)

A part from tv viewers ship large number of audience are expected to view this world cup on internet. Many site that offers World Cup 2010 Live Stream are your online sites in your respective countries. Here is the list of World Cup 2010 Online Internet Schedule. Internet

Country	Broadcaster
Argentina	Canal 7
Brazil	Rede Globo
Canada	CBC
Ireland	RTÉ
Mexico and Latin America (except Brazil and Argentina)	Televisa
Portugal	RTP
United Kingdom (England,Scotland,N. Ireland,Wales)	BBC
United States	ESPN

And for the first time a huge number of mobile users are expected to watch this world cup streaming in there mobile phones. you can also watch a world cup 2010 Live match on your mobile phone in your respective countries. Here is the list of world cup 2010 Mobile and Cellular Schedule. Mobile and Cellular Services/Broadcasting

Country	Broadcaster
Argentina	Canal 7
Portugal	RTP, Vodafone
United States	ESPN
United Kingdom	BBC

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