The World Cup Golden Ball and Golden Boot awards have been handed out, so now it’s time for the big ones. Presenting BigPond Sport’s World Cup awards of 2010, for the tournament’s best goal, worst dive, best eye candy, greatest refereeing blunder and more. The Young Maradona Award:Best Goal : Giovanni van Bronkhorst’s long-range strike (Netherlands v Uruguay) The Klinsmann-Rivaldo Award: Worst Dive: Kader Keita (Ivory Coast v Brazil) The Old Maradona Award: Most Entertaining Personality : Diego Maradona The Saudi Arabia Award: Wost Team : France The Kevin Costner’s Waterworld Award: Biggest Flop : Wayne Rooney tops the lot. With the weight of a nation on his shoulders after a stellar season for Manchester United, Rooney failed to fire against relative minnows the USA, Algeria and Slovenia, with many Englishmen back home calling for the country’s best player to be dropped from the starting side. In the end, England’s thrashing at the hands of Germany looked sadly inevitable. The Senegal Class of ‘02 Award: Biggest Surprise Packet : Brett Holman The Zinedine Zidane Award: Best Brain Explosion : Felipe Melo (Brazil v Netherlands) The David Beckham Award: Best Eye Candy : Fabio Cannavaro, Sara Carbonero, Larissa Riquelme The Roberto Baggio Award: Worst Miss : Yakubu Aiyegbeni (Nigeria) The David Seaman Award: Worst Goalkeeping Blunder : Robert Green (England) The Graham Poll Award: Worst Refereeing Mistake : Mauricio Espinosa (Uruguay) The Punxsutawney Phil Award: Best …
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