Articles tagged with "general-banter"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Dec 12th, 2006
It is no secret that Brazil wants to host the 2014 World Cup and it is no secret that Brazil is the frontrunner to host ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Dec 1st, 2006
It is hard to imagine Germany's football team wearing anything other than Adidas, but evidently the Swoosh empire is looking to change that. The ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Nov 27th, 2006
Determining how many automatic spots in the World Cup each region deserves is always a great pub debate and it is one that FIFA will ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Nov 21st, 2006
After much discussion and hubbub about the need to improve officiating through the use of technology, FIFA Grand Poohba Sepp Blatter announced today that goal-line ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 24th, 2006
When last we heard from Oasis' Noel Gallagher he was making drunken offers to try to lure football players to play for his beloved Manchester ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 23rd, 2006
After captaining Italy to the World Cup, defender Fabio Cannavaro is the betting favorite to be named FIFA Player of the Year when the award ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 23rd, 2006
The FIFA ethics committee met for the first time Monday and pledged to address corruption, doping, racism and match fixing in football.
After that they will ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 16th, 2006
You have to give the Benelux countries some credit for being organized. While none of us probably has anything written on our calendars for ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 16th, 2006
A leading football administrator says that the six confederations are set to restructure the way FIFA is run so that the confederations have more power ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 11th, 2006
One of the first posts I ever made on this site was way back in December and it was about FIFA being upset with a ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 28th, 2006
Without saying that Brazil has been officially awarded the World Cup in 2014, His Seppness effectively said today that the South American country is going ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 27th, 2006
FIFA head honcho Sepp Blatter has come out today with public statements in favor of getting rid of penalty shootouts in the World Cup final. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 25th, 2006
The one and only Pele has been offered the gig of president of Brazil's 2014 World Cup Organising Committee by the Brazilian Football Confederation. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 22nd, 2006
In a bit of a surprise move, FIFA is working on a plan that would compensate football clubs for injuries that occur to their players ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 25th, 2006
While the rest of the known world loves the World Cup, Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is not too fond of the competition. With some ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 21st, 2006
We understand that some in Sweden might have been disappointed by their country's performance in the World Cup and that some might be eager to ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 17th, 2006
Germany goalkeeper Jens Lehmann has jumped into the caldron of controversy surrounding the German Football Federation's requirement that its players wear Adidas boots while playing ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 15th, 2006
When you finish last place in the World Cup it is always a good idea to shake things up a bit. Perhaps that is ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 14th, 2006
For all their hard work and the honor they brought their country, Germany's World Cup players were presented today with a cheap looking silver laurel, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 10th, 2006
The David Beckham era is officially over for England with Chelsea defender John Terry named captain of the Three Lions today. Terry beat out ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 9th, 2006
Some recent entries from our world football site, The Offside:
* Should Kevin Keegan really be celebrating the world's fastest haircut?
* Cristiano is still alive and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 8th, 2006
It is not every day that you get to read about a ball from a controversial match, an Egyptian referee and "the Alien", but leave ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 3rd, 2006
Ahhh the memories of players flinging themselves to the ground. This video captures it all so well, except for the ones that were actual ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 2nd, 2006
Get out your CV and start polishing your credentials. Ghana is looking for a coach for their national football team and if you possess ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 2nd, 2006
He has won just about everywhere he has coached. He led South Korea and the Netherlands to the World Cup semifinals. This summer ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 31st, 2006
If you've been holding your breath waiting for the new Wembley stadium, then prepare to turn purple. Having already missed January and March deadlines, the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 29th, 2006
São Paulo keeper Rogério Ceni scored his 63rd career goal when he converted a penalty against Chivas de Guadalajara in this weeks Copa Libertadores semi-final. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 28th, 2006
The Women's Asian Cup Semi Final between China and North Korea is already infamous. North Korea lost 1-0, and protested a little too much after ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 26th, 2006
Fiorentina, Lazio and AC Milan fans will be relieved by their clubs successful appeals, but spare a thought for fans of Lecce, Treviso and Palermo.
Lecce ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 25th, 2006
A Senegalese man entering Cyprus with a forged French passport was caught because he wore an England shirt.
"Being a football fan, the officer found ...
