There isn’t a sport in the world that is loved more than football. Its truly a worldwide sport equally popular from Europe to Africa, Asia to America – all throughout the year. However, as the World Cup approaches, the excitement knows no bounds as fans are looking all over the internet for their favorite players and teams.

This list consists of 15 such sites, which would stream the matches and you get to watch them for free online. There are many other sites, mostly paid, which will offer live online telecast of world cup matches. But here are the top 15 list of sites which offers you free services.

1. Justin.TV

Justin.TV  is a well known site for live streaming. For World cup fans, it has a World Cup channel which will live telecast the soccer match in HD.

2. Goalazo.com

The expression Goalzo in Spanish refers to an outstanding goal. So Goalazo.com gives a flavor of that side of football calling itself “The poetry of football”. It is a perfect site for discussions about the World Cup 2010, English Premier League, Spanish La Liga and anything related to football. It brings you daily news, match videos and highlights, daily photos, which bringing you the fun of community discussions and gossips.

3. Ustream

Ustream also has a soccer HD channel for World Cup 2010. You can also connect with social media sites and chat with other visitors while watching a live match.

4. Footymix.com

Footymix in its simplest form is a football social bookmarking website but in essence it’s much more. Footymix is a community of football fans that add there favorite football content everyday which results in a collection of popular football news, video’s and pictures. Members of the community are able to write their own football related blogs and follow like-minded community members who post content that they like.

5. worldcup2010fantasygame.com

This new and unique football fantasy prediction game, suitable for all ages, brings the excitement of the forthcoming World Cup 2010 Finals to your PC screen. From the group stages through to the final itself, can you predict who will win ? The game is a brilliant souvenir of what promises to be a fantastic football event.

6. From Sport

from Sport has a various channels for sports. You can watch Football, Tennis, Basketball, Golf and other sports. You can easily switch to Football channel clicking the link on the Football link at the menu bar.

7. TV Bunch

TV Bunch is another site to watch multiple sports including soccer. You can find the schedule of soccer World cup on this site. Interface is nice and you can easily switch to the football channel.

8. soccer.tel

In their own words, Soccer.tel is gateway to the beautiful game of football. It keeps you update with the latest news, results, fixtures, highlights, reviews and previews from the World Cup to the MLS.

9. Fromthepressbox.co.uk

Fromthepressbox.co.uk is a blog which mainly focuses on the Premier League, which discusses  the topical issues of the day, as well as looking at the lower leagues which sometimes the press overlook. It’s written from a fans perspective, and has a focus on the exploits of Birmingham City FC. This summer it will include daily reports on the World Cup from an England fans view, and as well as traditional blogging, will introduce video blogging to the site.

10. Goal.com:

com is one of the bigger names in Football bringing you with daily news, match analysis and player ratings from matches around the world. While the content is sometimes shallow and controversial, it definitely is one of the regularly updated news site out that.

11. Worldcupblog.org:

This comes with a separate blog for each of the countries playing in the Worldcup. Some of the country’s blogs like that of Argentina’s is highly updated, while some may not be updated as much. Each blog caters to the country hardcore fanatics that like to discuss their team formation and strategies.

12. ESPN 3

ESPN 3 is the part of ESPN, a well known sports channel. Hence it’s no surprise that they are offering their online viewers a chance to watch matches on the web. Though it is available only through certain internet service providers, it’s still deserves being in the list.

13. First Row

First Row is for live football matches. You can follow the schedule of World cup on the site and watch high quality streams.

14. Sina

Sina is a Chinese site. It gives you news of the event, details of players, the news and some other information about the World Cup. There are videos available too.

15. Footytube.com

This is one of the most popular sites for watching daily match videos. It has recently opened up its api too. There is a forum where users discuss about their teams and players and matches. If you missed a match on TV, this is a quick way to catch up with the results.

There are many other sites, mostly paid, which will offer live online telecast of world cup matches. If you’ve got suggestions for better free sites, let us know in the comments.