Knockout stages

Today is the first day of the knockout stages of the world cup and where we see what the fancied teams are really made of, it should be interesting. Roy Hodgson fancies Brazil to recapture the trophy they last won in 1994. He likes the look of the Argentinians going forward but is worried about them at the back.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup-2010/teams/brazil/7852478/Roy-Hodgson-Dungas-blend-gives-Brazil-the-edge-as-Europeans-and-Africans-struggle.html

Marina Hyde on our one sided rivalry with the German football team.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2010/jun/24/england-germany-rivalry-world-cup-2010

Cannavaro laments Italy's lack of top class talent.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/8762335.stm

Oliver Kahn wonders where all the English goalkeeping talent went.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/kahn-critical-of-english-keepers-2010553.html

Laurie Penney of the new statesman attacks the hypocrisy of labours opposition to the budget.
http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2010/06/welfare-state-labour-8217

Philip Stephens of the FT is the latest to question the description of the budget as "progressive".
http://blogs.ft.com/westminster/2010/06/progressive-vince-and-nick-should-have-a-word-with-david-w/

Obama and congress have begun to tame Wall street, but wonder what on earth the European's, including the British government despite Cameron's protestation's, are doing.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/fresh-from-taming-wall-street-obama-takes-on-the-world-2010992.html

Peter Galbraith questions US strategy in Afghanistan.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/jun/24/stanley-mcchrystal-afghanistan-rolling-stone

A guardian interview with the great Larry David.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/jun/26/larry-david-interview

Rodriguez