Articles tagged with "fifa"
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 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 14th, 2006
Just when you thought FIFA couldn't mishandle the ticket allocation system any more, along comes Phase 4 which will take place online Wednesday and which ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 14th, 2006
In the UK, the Times newspaper has been pushing a campaign to try to rid football of diving. The paper had its feelings hurt ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Feb 12th, 2006
Fan of the Warriors? Want to see them in Germany? Good luck getting tickets from the Trinidad and Tobago Football Federation (T&TFF).
The T&TFF has ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 11th, 2006
From Angola to Trinidad, there are a number of football players practising their countries' national anthems in time for the World Cup. They are ...
Posted on: Sweden Euro 2008 Blog by Nicke | Feb 8th, 2006
The Swedish Soccer Association, SvFF, has finished the ticket draw. Over 300 000 tickets were applied for by 130 000 persons. Applicants that receive tickets ...
Posted on: Angola World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Feb 8th, 2006
Yamba Asha was hit up with a nine-month suspension following a failed doping test in October. Now his club team, Atlético Sport Aviacao, is ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Feb 7th, 2006
Sometimes it seems to me as if some of the Iranian football officials, in certain clubs and the federation, are actively trying to get Iran ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 3rd, 2006
From today's emailbox:
Due to the high demand for tickets for the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany (TM), the ticket applications correctly processed and accepted had ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Jan 31st, 2006
I was curious to read this past week that Manchester United defender Gary Neville had been charged with improper conduct by the English Football Association ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 31st, 2006
The good news is that FIFA has added 50,000 more tickets to today's lottery. The bad news is that there are more than 6 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 29th, 2006
This just in from World Cup Blog's Unfair News Correspondent: FIFA is thinking about allowing the winning nation to keep the World Cup trophy ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 19th, 2006
I had this dream the other night that the World Cup kicked off and there was no one in the stands watching.
My dream might not ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 18th, 2006
FIFA has released its rankings of all the world's teams today and as usual they must be taken with a grain of salt.
No surprise that ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 17th, 2006
Don’t put away those tuxedos quite yet. After FIFA pulled the plug on its B-list stars-studded opening gala, the city of Berlin has come ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 13th, 2006
In a blow to David Hasselhoff’s chances of re-launching his marginally successful musical career, organizers have cancelled the World Cup finals opening gala. After ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by WC Bob | Jan 9th, 2006
While FIFA has rebuked calls by some members of Germany's parliament to ban Iran from the World Cup for its president's remarks regarding Israel and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Dec 29th, 2005
While FIFA has rebuked calls by some members of Germany's parliament to ban Iran from the World Cup for its president's remarks regarding Israel and ...
