Articles tagged with "FIFA"
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jun 25th, 2006
Although FIFA is doing its best to ensure that Ecuador fans gets as few tickets as is practicable, there may yet be some empty seats ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jun 22nd, 2006
Will Ecuador's players be as ready for England as is the Ecuadorian media? FIFA has a run-down of how various Ecua newspapers are gearing ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 21st, 2006
We saw it during the France-South Korea game. A shot by France appeared to be across the goal line only to not be ruled ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 20th, 2006
There are stupid criminals and then there are really stupid criminals. A thief in Munich falls into the latter category. After stealing a ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 18th, 2006
Leave the lederhosen at home. That is the message one can take away from the Dutch fans after hundreds of them were told to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 17th, 2006
Ah yes, the early days of the Internet. Those were simpler times before everyone and their mother began to call themselves a blogger. ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jun 17th, 2006
FIFA will not sanction Ecuador striker Ivan Kaviedes for his masked goal celebration against Costa Rica. Just so you read that right, let me ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jun 16th, 2006
Relive some of the highlights of Ecuador's 3-0 win over Costa Rica. But be forewarned: the video was edited by FIFA, so there' very ...
Posted on: Costa Rica World Cup Team Blog by Bruno | Jun 14th, 2006
Fifa announced that referee Coffi Codjia, from Benin, will work tomorrow's game between Costa Rica and Ecuador. Celestin Ntagungira of Rwanda and Aboudou Aderodjou, from ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 13th, 2006
While FIFA is downplaying reports of scandalous corruption within its hallowed halls, the world's football governing body is concentrating on more important things, like Mexico ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jun 10th, 2006
Ecuador striker Agustin Delgado, who tallied one goal and one assist, is FIFA's man of the match in the 2-0 win over Poland. El ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by Os Davis | Jun 9th, 2006
O boy o boy o boy...here it is.
World Cup time. The literal kickoff of the greatest month-long holiday ever.
And, more specifically for the purposes of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 8th, 2006
Did you know that FIFA has a Technical Study Group? Well, they do and lest you think they are just sitting around drinking beer ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jun 7th, 2006
South American teams will continue to have "all vs. all" qualifiers for South Africa 2010. CONMEBOL has employed the home-and-home approach to qualifying since ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jun 7th, 2006
Ecuador's Ivan Hurtado is one of the national team captains profiled by FIFA. Hooray for Bam Bam:
"The most-capped player in Ecuador's history, Ivan Hurtado ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jun 7th, 2006
My colleague and caretaker of this website, Bob Kellett, recently wrote an interesting piece entitled "Referees vs. The Devil". Interesting timing in light of ...
Posted on: Togo World Cup Team Blog by Nick O'Neill | Jun 7th, 2006
Togo is a small country of 5 million people in West Africa. Their place in the FIFA World Cup 2006 is helping Togo and its ...
Posted on: Paraguay World Cup Team Blog by Daniel | Jun 5th, 2006
Andreas Herren, spokesman confirmed yesterday than the FIFA had open an investigation against the Paraguay FA’s concerning the sale of Paraguayan tickets mainly for the ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jun 4th, 2006
FIFA is reporting that Suarez will in fact start Cristian Mora on goal against Poland. Mora is also my pick, and I think it ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Jun 2nd, 2006
When not measuring the whiteness of uniforms, sometimes FIFA puts out videos of the World Cup teams.
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 31st, 2006
FIFA have 960 balls at the ready for the 64 games that will comprise the World Cup in Germany this summer.
Each match will ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | May 31st, 2006
I just read on the BBC's website that there seems to be a lot of controversy surrounding the penalty kick awarded to Steven Gerrard during ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Harvey Morrell | May 30th, 2006
Who Ate All the Bratwurst is reporting that FIFA and Yahoo have teamed up to provide FREE World Cup highlights on FIFA's official World Cup ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Harvey Morrell | May 25th, 2006
FIFA adopting new world rankings. Wonder if the new ones will be any more realistic than the current system?
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | May 24th, 2006
Sometimes I fear that I am the only one appalled by that embarrassing jackass Sepp Blatter. How the man stays in charge of FIFA ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 21st, 2006
FIFA has put up profiles of the 736 World Cup participants, including La Tri.
Posted on: Serbia World Cup Team Blog by Lyle | May 18th, 2006
FIFA officially profiles the good guys.
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | May 17th, 2006
As we reported a couple of days ago, sales of merchandise featuring the half naked World Cup lion mascot Goleo have been more dismal than ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | May 16th, 2006
FIFA once again reaffirmed that they will not entertain banning Iran from this summer’s World Cup. This of course is music to all of us ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | May 16th, 2006
We do our fair share of FIFA-bashing around here because frankly they are pretty easy to bash. It is only right and natural that ...
