World cup 2010 news

Vicente del Bosque has named Cesc Fabregas and Fernando Torres in Spain's squad for South Africa 2010, but dropped Marcos Senna and Dani Guiza.

As well as a place in Vicente del Bosque’s squad for South Africa 2010, Spanish striker Dani Guiza is also eyeing a possible final against Brazil.

Napoli's Walter Gargano is proving a surprisingly elegant heir to Uruguay's central midfield position, one held historically by a succession of bruisers.

It’s true that World Cup 2006 was available to watch in high-definition. But not for everyone. HD technology is much more widely available and much more affordable now, and so plenty of people will be watching World Cup 2010 in high definition.

If you’ve never seen football in high-definition, then my advice is not to do so. Not unless you plan on immediately getting it for yourself. Because once you’ve seen soccer in HD, it’s pretty hard to go back to the comparatively blurry world of normal television. You’ll definitely want to watch World Cup 2010 in HD. And so here are the 11 best reasons to do exactly that:

1. Andrea Pirlo’s hair. The higher the def, the more locks you can see:

2. Leo Messi’s goals. They already look good in normal def:

3. Attractive fans will be twice as attractive:

4. Player names and numbers will be visible without squinting:

5. Fernando Torres’ freckles. In HD, you can count them:

6. Robinho’s stepovers. In HD they’re almost not blurry. But only almost:

7. If one of the games is a bit dull, you can literally watch the grass grow:

8. Controversial refereeing decisions will be even more visible:

9. Vicente Del Bosque’s silver horse shoe. No definition is too high for that thing:

10. If you don’t like your commentator, you can just turn the sound down and enjoy the picture:

11. In HD, you can actually about see the (alleged) guilt on John Terry’s face: