Articles tagged with "France"
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 10th, 2008
I know I said this poll would be a daily thing. It will -- give me time. I just thought Inara's Domenech photo ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | May 9th, 2008
It is now a part of French football lore.
In summer of 2005, the France team was sitting in fourth place in their World Cup qualifying ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | May 8th, 2008
Less than a month till Euros! What does this mean?
It means that it's time to begin again with the ever-enthralling pastime of WAG-watching. ...
Posted on: Scotland World Cup Team Blog by Ian Rose | May 7th, 2008
Add one to the growing list of May awards each season. Though Scotland is one of the two oldest international sides in football, the ...
Posted on: Romania Euro 2008 Blog by Ian Rose | May 6th, 2008
Adrian Mutu has had, by any footballing measure, a very bad week. First, he was again kept at bay by the solid defense of ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | May 6th, 2008
During the African Cup of Nations back in February, one of the big stories was the lack of accommodations for the teams. The Black ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 6th, 2008
I was in the middle of writing an email to Daryl, the editor at World Cup Blog and The Offside, where I was saying, "Chelsea. ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 5th, 2008
Just as we (or...well...I) start to get discouraged about club form, our boys in Barcelona not only start, they dominate in a 6-0 win over ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 4th, 2008
I was thinking about club form today, and I have to say I'm a little concerned. Let's take a look:
Thierry Henry at Barcelona: ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 2nd, 2008
Okay, France fans, this is your opportunity to show your support.
We're going to be running a weekly poll every Friday from now until the end ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | May 2nd, 2008
Name: Karim Benzema
Team: France
Group: C; Italy, Netherlands, Romania
Caps (Goals): 9 (3) - as of May 2, 2008
DOB: December 19, 1987 (20 years old)
Position: Striker ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | May 1st, 2008
This showed up in my inbox today and I found it entertaining.
I'm not even going to pretend it's about the play. It's ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | May 1st, 2008
Over at UEFA's Euro 2008 website, fans of all 16 teams have voted on which slogans to emblazon on the team buses. The results are ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Apr 24th, 2008
It's been a long time since we've done stuff on Willy Sagnol hasn't it?
Well, technically, it was probably yesterday. But before that it was ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Apr 23rd, 2008
First, I want to welcome Inara to the France page. A lot of you probably know Inara as the writer of the wonderful Lyon ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Apr 19th, 2008
Thierry Henry hasn't had a great season this year. Nicolas Anelka hasn't scored in twelve games.
And today Karim Benzema was carried off ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Apr 19th, 2008
Are you going to be enjoying the Olympics this summer?
You'll be doing it without France National Team coach Raymond Domenech, who won't be ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Apr 15th, 2008
If you've ever caught any clip of French football commentary (in French), chances are that you're familiar with the rough, enthusiastic voice of Thierry Gilardi. ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Apr 14th, 2008
I'm researching a post for World Cup Blog's main page on the incomparable announcer Thierry Gilardi, who passed away last month while I was in ...
Posted on: France Euro 2008 Blog by Laurie | Apr 10th, 2008
Can you believe that Euros are less than two months away? That's feeling painfully close.
So close that it's time to mark our calendars for ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Laurie | Apr 7th, 2008
He is France's all-time leading goal scorer. When he played for Arsenal, he was one of their best players ever, scoring 174 goals in ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Mar 25th, 2008
Spain coach Luis Aragones isn't a professional bookie. But if he was, he'd be slashing the odds on France and Italy winning Euro 2008. He ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Mar 24th, 2008
When you get left out of a 39 man squad, that's a pretty clear message that you're not wanted. So David Trezeguet had pretty much ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Mar 21st, 2008
With all the Euro 2008 teams in friendly action next Wednesday, here's a quick rundown of all the squad news from the teams involved:
Austria v ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 20th, 2008
Football links from World Cup Blog, The Offside and beyond...
Interview with Patrick Vignal (France Blog)
Possible replacements for Hugol (Mexico Blog)
The Swedes who will face Brazil ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Mar 19th, 2008
This time next week, all the Euro 2008 teams will be involved in international friendlies. Some will play each other, some will be play against ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 12th, 2008
Football news from around World Cup Blog, The Offside and beyond.
Don't read this if you're Canadian (Netherlands Blog)
Don't watch this if you're French (Italy Blog)
Carthage ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 3rd, 2008
Finger clickin' good links from World Cup Blog, The Offside and elsewhere.
Everything but the coach (Iran Blog)
Corner flags fight back! (Italy Blog)
Euro 2008 victory or ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 29th, 2008
The Leap Year means one whole extra Daily Dose in the month of February. Happy day. So here are the football links from around World ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 22nd, 2008
Here's an interesting concept, what if a best eleven wasn't picked on reputation but entirely on statistics? That's the the idea behind the Castrol Performance ...
