Articles tagged with "fifa"
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 ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 16th, 2006
Recently named to Ecuador's World Cup roster, Barcelona midfielder Edwin Tenorio has also made the FIFA / UNICEF goodwill roster. I feel compelled to ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 11th, 2006
It doesn't happen every day, but sometimes in sports you come across a guy who is just a good dude. Presently I'm talking about ...
Posted on: Saudi Arabia World Cup Team Blog by Shahed | May 11th, 2006
“On my observation of the qualified teams to the World Cup, Saudi Arabia is considered the best in duration of the training and number of ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Harvey Morrell | May 10th, 2006
FIFA President Wants 'Evils' Out of Game. Is this a job for The Shadow? Or is Sepp (der Dep) just starting his re-election campaign a ...
Posted on: Croatia Euro 2008 Blog by Soze | May 9th, 2006
FIFA wrote a nice piece on a young Croatian Player Luka Modrić. If the selection coach Kranjčar places him on the squad list of ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 4th, 2006
FEF chief Luis Chiriboga confirmed that all ten of the CONMEBOL confederations reiterated their support of the current round robin World Cup qualification scheme used ...
Posted on: Brazil World Cup Team Blog by Euler Costa | May 4th, 2006
There are two sites announcing Brazil’s starting eleven for the Croatia game in Berlin. I think they are jumping to conclusions. Eurosport and Fifa are ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | May 3rd, 2006
"If it ain't broke, fix it." Or so says the High Tinkerer, Sepp Blatter. The South American football confederation, CONMEBOL, has expressed to ...
Posted on: Poland Euro 2008 Blog by Os Davis | May 2nd, 2006
Hey, one of our guys made the fifa.com front page!
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 30th, 2006
There's one thing we, as a diverse group of football enthusiasts (read: nuts), can agree on: FIFA can be one confounding, arrogant organization. It ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 28th, 2006
What in the heck is wrong with FIFA?! Did you know they claimed that "Soccer World Cup 2006" was their patent?! Yes, the sentence!
I just ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Apr 27th, 2006
Far be it from us to take pleasure from FIFA's pain, but that is exactly what we are doing today. In a federal courtroom ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Apr 27th, 2006
In a blow to all of humanity, FIFA announced today that Anheuser-Busch, brewers of the paint thinner piss water known as Budweiser, will continue to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Apr 25th, 2006
We've been hyping the Argentina teen sensation Sergio Aguero since before he was even a seed in his father's loins. We've showed you his ...
Posted on: World Cup Referees by Aaron | Apr 24th, 2006
I saw the yellow DHL delivery van in the driveway this morning as it was about to take off. "Hey, DHL!", I yelled out ...
Posted on: Trinidad and Tobago World Cup Team Blog by Stacy-Marie Ishmael | Apr 22nd, 2006
Thanks to FIFA's latest headline-grabber - "T&T's white Warrior" - even more people will be familiar with the sensational Chris Birchall. Birchall is a talented, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Apr 20th, 2006
It is hard for us to be fans of credit card companies. The debt we rang up when we were in college is going ...
Posted on: Ecuador World Cup Team Blog by Trent | Apr 19th, 2006
As you can see here, Ecuador have dropped one spot to 39 in FIFA's latest national team rankings. In a vacuum, Ecuador often seem ...
Posted on: Tunisia World Cup Team Blog by Bessam | Apr 19th, 2006
WOW 21. Though I like this number I would love to see the formula. We were recently beaten 1-0 by Serbia and Montenegro who are ...
Posted on: Iran World Cup Team Blog by Afshin Afshar | Apr 19th, 2006
FIFA’s monthly rankings are a funny thing. On one hand they to give you a measure on how each team is doing, on the other ...
Posted on: Germany Euro 2008 Blog by Harvey Morrell | Apr 19th, 2006
As usual, the latest FIFA/Coca Cola rankings leaves one scratching one's head. Italy whips Germany 4:1 and drops two slots to number 14. The ...
