Articles tagged with "football"
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 18th, 2008
The European dream is behind us, now we're no more than spectators watching everyone's else tragedies and dreams unfold. This blog supports the Netherlands from ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 14th, 2008
This is our fourth comic from Chris Toy, who's as prolific with an inkpen as the Dutch are in front of goal.
In the latest offering, ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 9th, 2008
You'll like this. The very talented Chris Toy recently launched a football-themed web comic titled Studs Up.
We had a look and we like. Some very ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 9th, 2008
After spending yesterday with his family Benaglio, that gave him an opportunity to clear his mind following Saturday's drama, is ready for the win-or-lose fight ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 9th, 2008
In front of the press Alexander Frei could barely withhold a flow of tears:
"My dream has been crushed. I have to admit that I've cried ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 8th, 2008
Name: Ludovic Magnin
Date of Birth: 20th April 1979
Place of Birth: Sion, Switzerland
Height: 1m85
Position: Left-Back
Current Club: VfB Stuttgart, Number 21
Club History: 1987-1996 FC Echallens, 1996-1997 ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 8th, 2008
Name: Johan Djourou
Date of Birth: January 18th, 1987
Place of Birth: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height: 1m92
Current Club: Arsenal FC, Number 20
Position: Centre Back
Club History: 1996-2003 ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 8th, 2008
Frei's dreadful injury will not require surgery. He will have to stay put for 6 weeks and get ready for the 2010 World Cup qualifiers. ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 8th, 2008
Name: Johan Vonlanthen
Date of Birth: 1st February 1986
Place of Birth: Santa Marta, Colombia
Height: 175 cm
Position: Striker, Right Midfielder, Attacking Midfielder
Current Club: Red Bull Salzburg, ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 8th, 2008
Hakan Yakin's disappointment (AP/Ivan Sekretarev)
Vonlanthen believes he will score, but the ball miserably hits the woodwork (Keystone/Laurent Gillieron)
A sad fan after the game ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 7th, 2008
"Our EURO is not over yet!" Despite his own troubles and Frei's injury Kuhn wants to encourage his team. "We have to recover to be ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 7th, 2008
Two years have passed since Switzerland's last competitive game. A series of ups and downs in prestigious friendlies and games you regret having watched were ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 5th, 2008
Name: Hakan Yakin
Date of Birth: 22nd February, 1977
Place of Birth: Basel, Switzerland
Height: 1m80
Position: Attacking Midfielder, Playmaker, Centre Forward
Current Club: BSC Young Boys, Number 10
Club History: ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 5th, 2008
(interview with Patrick Muller, in French - you will need real player)
Patrick Muller doesn't feel ready to begin his European adventure, probably his last as ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 4th, 2008
Full Name: Tranquillo Barnetta
Date of Birth: May 22nd, 1985
Place of Birth: St. Gallen, Switzerland
Height: 1.76m
Current Club: Bayer Leverkusen (DEU), Number 7 - 93 games, ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 4th, 2008
After having spent most of Monday at his wife's bedside Kuhn has found his way back to the training camp in Canton Schwyz. "The prognosis ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | Jun 3rd, 2008
It will take some time before the Swiss (and English) public will forget the extraordinary goal that Derdiyok scored in Capello's first game as an ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 27th, 2008
Lyrics:
German
Trittst im Morgenrot daher,
Seh' ich dich im Strahlenmeer,
Dich, du Hocherhabener, Herrlicher!
Wenn der Alpenfirn sich rötet,
Betet, freie Schweizer, betet!
Eure fromme Seele ahnt
Gott im hehren Vaterland,
Gott, den ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 27th, 2008
Some games are truly more important than what they seem.
Now Slovakia isn't Brazil but I think one should still respect the likes of Vittek, ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 19th, 2008
3 weeks before the start of Euro 2008 the Swiss Football Awards took place in Bern.
Swiss Player of the Year:
TRANQUILLO BARNETTA (Bayer Leverkusen)
Super League Player ...
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 19th, 2008
Some funny ads by myswitzerland.com.
Thanks to boulderwoman for these videos.
19 days to Euro 2008!
Posted on: Switzerland Euro 2008 Blog by Jan | May 14th, 2008
Dear Laurie, I'm using the same template you used for the France team (hope you don't mind).
Group: A; Switzerland, Czech Republic, Portugal, Turkey. All games ...
Posted on: South Africa World Cup Team Blog by football365 | May 6th, 2008
As a South African and a fan of football I was overjoyed when FIFA awarded my home country the rights to host the 2010 World ...
Posted on: Czech Republic Euro 2008 Blog by Os Davis | Feb 7th, 2008
Managed to catch Eurosport's abbreviated version of Poland v. Czech Republic in Cyprus, for the best, perhaps, given the result.
Roll the highlight clips (such as ...
Posted on: Czech Republic Euro 2008 Blog by Os Davis | Jan 5th, 2008
For those of you who have read Bill Simmons over at The Worldwide Leader in [American] Sports’ electronic version – a.k.a. espn.com – recently and ...
Posted on: Czech Republic Euro 2008 Blog by Os Davis | Dec 26th, 2007
Now that was sick.
I don't understand Americans who think there isn't enough scoring in futball...
Posted on: Czech Republic Euro 2008 Blog by Os Davis | Dec 26th, 2007
Whoa, Petr Cech is in after all; by now, he may be wishing he’d rested up a bit. And while Czech backers must be a ...
Posted on: Czech Republic Euro 2008 Blog by Os Davis | Dec 26th, 2007
Chelsea vs. Aston Villa in fifteen minutes or so, and the biggest story on Boxing Day appears to be the absence of Petr Cech. (What, ...
Posted on: Czech Republic Euro 2008 Blog by Os Davis | Dec 18th, 2007
...behind only Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Spain, and Germany. Not too shabby at all...
Who else thinks the Czechs are going to do some serious damage in ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 14th, 2007
Brazilian coach Professor Neto gave a speech in South Africa recently, arguing that for football to develop in the 2010 World Cup host nation, the ...
