Howard webb
JOHANNESBURG - On the one hand, the story of the 2010 World Cup is easily told: Spain were crowned world champions for the first time, German youngster Thomas Mueller topped the scorer charts and Diego Forlan was an unlikely winner of the Golden Ball for best player.
JOHANNESBURG - English referee Howard Webb created World Cup history last night by dishing out a record 15 cards in a brutal final between Spain and the Netherlands.he Yorkshire cop issued 14 yellow cards and one red card, more than doubling the previous record in the final of 24 years ago.
JOHANNESBURG - When English referee Howard Webb booked Dutch defender John Heitinga in the 57th minute of Sunday's World Cup final between the Netherlands and Spain, he was probably not aware that he was just writing his name into the history books.