Football Week News Headlines http://www.Footballweek.com en-gb Copyright 2009 Footballweek.com http://www.footballweek.com/siteimages/decor/logo.gifhttp://www.Footballweek.com Saturday 6 March 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5072 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5072 Frederic Piquionne scored twice as crisis club Portsmouth became the first team into this season's FA Cup semi-finals with a 2-0 win at home to fellow Premier League side Birmingham City on Saturday. Friday 5 March 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5071 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5071 FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Friday he has confidence in South Africa's security plans for the 2010 World Cup and urged the world to trust the tournament hosts. Friday 5 March 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5070 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5070 Michael Owen will be out injured until the end of the season after learning he needs surgery to repair the hamstring injury that forced him out of last weekend's League Cup final. Tuesday 2 March 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5066 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5066 South Africans proudly declared themselves nearly ready Tuesday, 100 days before they host football's World Cup. Tournament organizers have been repeatedly Tuesday 2 March 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5068 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5068 Steven Gerrard admits he will be joining every England fan in keeping his fingers crossed that Wayne Rooney stays fit for the World Cup. Rooney caused a brief Tuesday 2 March 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5067 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5067 Fabio Capello is confident England's World Cup preparations have not been significantly disrupted by the fallout from the near farcical events that led to John Terry being stripped of the captaincy. Tuesday 2 March 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5069 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5069 Thierry Henry on Tuesday said he would prefer the successor to national boss Raymond Domenech to be named after the World Cup, and not before the tournament as planned. Tuesday 23 February 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5065 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5065 FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke says South Africa isn't ready yet to host the World Cup, and he still doesn't know where all the teams will be based during the tournament. Sunday 14 February 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5064 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5064 Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted he misses life at Manchester United and would consider a return to Old Trafford in the future. Saturday 13 February 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5062 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5062 FA Cup holders Chelsea shrugged off the absence of captain John Terry to cruise into the quarter-finals with a 4-1 win over Championship side Cardiff in the fifth round on Saturday. Saturday 13 February 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5063 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5063 Stoke striker Ricardo Fuller cancelled out a Shaun Wright-Phillips goal to earn a 1-1 draw at Manchester City in the FA Cup fifth round on Saturday. Thursday 11 February 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5061 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5061 FIFA president Joseph Blatter has lashed out at critics of South Africa's ability to host this summer's World Cup in the wake of the terror attack on the Togo football team at last month's Africa Cup of Nations in neighbouring Angola. Thursday 11 February 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5059 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5059 Louis Saha had a night to remember by scoring both of Everton's goals in a 2-1 win over Premier League leaders Chelsea that threw the title race wide open again on Wednesday. Thursday 11 February 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5058 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5058 Chelsea captain John Terry will be allowed to miss Saturday's FA Cup match against Cardiff amid turmoil in his private life. Thursday 11 February 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5057 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5057 Wolverhampton Wanderers shocked Tottenham for the second time this season as the Premier League strugglers claimed a 1-0 win over Harry Redknapp's team at Molineux on Wednesday. Thursday 11 February 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5060 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5060 West Ham eased the pressure on manager Gianfranco Zola after moving out of the relegation zone with a crucial 2-0 win over Birmingham at Upton Park on Wednesday. Monday 8 February 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5056 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5056 Bolton defender Gary Cahill's chances of going to the World Cup with England have been destroyed by a blood clot in his arm which is likely to mean he misses the rest of the season. Saturday 6 February 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5054 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5054 John Terry was sacked as England captain by head coach Fabio Capello Friday, just four months before the World Cup, over an alleged affair with the ex-girlfriend of international team-mate Wayne Bridge. Saturday 6 February 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5055 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5055 Alex McLeish will re-double his efforts to sign Kris Boyd and Roman Pavlyuchenko when the summer transfer window opens in Augst, after drawing a blank last month in his efforts to spend a large slice of owner Carson Yeung's 20 million pounds transfer pledge. Thursday 4 February 2010 http://www.Footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5053 http://www.footballweek.com/news/article.asp?id=5053 The storm centred on John Terry's future as England captain is not the only headache that Carlo Ancelotti has to deal with at the moment.