Articles tagged with "FIFA"
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Mar 17th, 2006
There are many who question the logic of FIFA's ranking system. Still more are appalled by the way the governing agency has handled ticket ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Mar 16th, 2006
FIFA has invited the world's top forty-four referees to attend a five-day clinic next week in Frankfurt. Among them are two Australians, six Asians, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 13th, 2006
Score one for the world's journalists. FIFA announced today that it is lifting the restrictions it was trying to impose on the use of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 10th, 2006
We hope that all of you fair readers join World Cup Blog in raising your glasses in a toast to FIFA president Sepp Blatter who ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Mar 9th, 2006
Ah, the trials and tribulations of Austin "Jack" Warner. In a few weeks' time he'll be facing the FIFA Ethics Committee over his involvement ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 7th, 2006
FIFA have announced that players in this summer's World Cup will undergo extensive medical tests including heart checks. This will be in addition to ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 6th, 2006
Jurgen Klinsmann, coach for Ecuador’s Group A foes Germany, is still making friends and influencing people as the World Cup steadily approaches. This time, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 6th, 2006
The margin between advancing far in the World Cup and an early exit is so slim that the loss of a key player or two ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Mar 6th, 2006
Ecuadorian Coach Luis Suarez is meeting with FIFA officials and the coaches of several other national teams in Germany today. FIFA is staging the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 5th, 2006
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has lashed out at the German Football Association's handling of sales of World Cup tickets. "The Germans have chosen a ...
Posted on: Togo World Cup Team Blog by Nick O'Neill | Mar 5th, 2006
Togo is listed on FIFA World Ranking as #59, ahead of Angola and behind Guatemala (bet the Angola fans are mad!). We will have to ...
Posted on: England World Cup Team Blog by Shawn | Mar 4th, 2006
Sven would like more time to select his squad. And as injuries keep piling up in the back and uncertainties won't clear themselves in ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Mar 3rd, 2006
I am still pissed off about what happened to my countrywomen during the Costa Rica friendly outside of the stadium.
Maybe football fans all around the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 2nd, 2006
Maybe that German consumer advocacy group does know about something more than just facial creams after all. It was reported today the stadium in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2006
This might come as a bit of a surprise to you Germans out there, but the World Cup does not belong to you. After ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Feb 28th, 2006
It's hard to think of any other sports during a World Cup year, but for those readers who live in Ecuador, note that FIFA is ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2006
How does one get over the hurt of not being able to perform with David Hasselhoff in Germany? It is a question I have ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 24th, 2006
Newspapers and media around the world have joined World Cup Blog in denouncing FIFA's attempts to limit the photos and images they are allowed to ...
Posted on: Togo World Cup Team Blog by Nick O'Neill | Feb 23rd, 2006
FIFA, the world governing football body suddenly thinks it owns soccer, the internet and freedom of expression. With the world's biggest football tournament to start ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 23rd, 2006
Forget all this talk about canceling the World Cup because of a few dead birds in Germany. FIFA says the games will go on. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 22nd, 2006
Pity the poor Soca Warriors of Trinidad and Tobago. They have officially received the curse of Jack Warner. On Tuesday with Franz Beckenbauer ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Feb 22nd, 2006
Well, what he actually said was, "We don't care. It's not our business." Nonetheless, I think the Trini rendition does the sentiment more justice: dat ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Feb 21st, 2006
Simulation: Discerning the Real from the Pretend
FIFA President Sepp Blatter recently came under heavy criticism for saying he was too busy to throw his ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 21st, 2006
The editors of this publication would like to formally apologize for letting you down. By now, you know that we are the most trusted ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 19th, 2006
Yesterday we learned that the World Cup footballs come from factories in Thailand. Today we learn that the turf comes from a farm in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 18th, 2006
This past week FIFA announced its rules for press coverage at the World Cup this summer and they include a ban on news organizations publishing ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 16th, 2006
This is Jack. Jack works for FIFA. Jack owns a travel company. Jack is a naughty boy who thought he could use ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 16th, 2006
At World Cup Blog we are quick to point out FIFA's many mistakes. From ticket scams to preventing David Hasselhoff from performing at the ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Feb 15th, 2006
Dennis Lawrence is a very good looking guy. More importantly, he scored the goal that sent the Warriors to the World Cup. There's a well-written ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Feb 14th, 2006
It’s an unfortunate and abhorrent reality that football stadiums throughout the world are often used as breeding grounds for hatred and bigotry. I wish ...
