Articles tagged with "general-banter"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 24th, 2006
Brazil have taken a gamble and named former captain Dunga as the new head coach. The 42 year old has the same amount of managerial ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 24th, 2006
The Euro Under 19 Championship is happening right now in Poland. The group games have been completed and there's been no shortage of goals.
Read ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 24th, 2006
Under FIFA's continental rotation policy, the 2014 World Cup will definitely be in South America. Way back in 2003, the various South American football federations ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 22nd, 2006
They've both retired from inernational football now, but every time Roberto Carlos blasted a free-kick into the stands, Brazil could and should have let Juninho ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 22nd, 2006
The Sun are suggesting too much sex and Playstation are to blame for Ronaldinho's below par World Cup performance. Apparently, Ron's French model girlfriend Alexandra ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 21st, 2006
Spanish football's governing bodies have signed an agreement that could create American style "franchises" in La Liga.
Clubs could technically sell their name and their rights ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 21st, 2006
Ronaldinho's good with a football, but have you ever wondered what he's like with interior design?
Come inside for a look around Ron's seaside abode...
Images ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 21st, 2006
Less snooze, more news...
Not to be outdone by Madrid, Barcelona have picked up a Zambrotta and a Thuram at the Juventus car boot sale. (Reuters)
Italy ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 20th, 2006
It's four long years until South Africa 2010. That's over 1,400 days or more than 30,000 hours.
Luckily there are other international football tournaments to fill ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 20th, 2006
After hearing both sides of the story, FIFA have banned and fined both Zinedine Zidane and Marco Materazzi. Zidane gets a three match ban from ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 20th, 2006
Carlos Alberto Parreira has finally stepped down as coach of Brazil, three weeks after their disappointing World Cup exit. The big question for Brazil is: ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 18th, 2006
There's some speculation that the matchfixing scandal could cost Italy the chance to host Euro 2012. The decision will be made on December 8th, with ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 17th, 2006
The end of the 2006 World Cup signalled pipe and slippers time for some impressive international careers.
So, we've put together a quick list of World ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 14th, 2006
The end of the World Cup usually signals a mangerial reshuffle. Some men have kept their jobs, some have resigned, some have already been replaced. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 14th, 2006
The Italian tribunal in charge of the Moggi (pictured) matchfixing scandal has spoken.
Juventus will be relegated to Serie B and deducted 30 points from next ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 12th, 2006
Here's all the latest from Zidane vs Materazzi:
Materazzi has denied calling Zidane a "dirty terrorist" (or a clean one), claiming "I don't even know what ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 10th, 2006
The final numbers of how many people watched the World Cup Final are not in yet (it takes a while to count a billion people), ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 9th, 2006
France or Italy. One of these teams tonight will earn the right to lift the greatest prize in sports, the World Cup. Here ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 9th, 2006
Before the semifinal between Germany and Italy, we shared with you’re the Pope's strategy for supporting each team for a half. That didn't really ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 9th, 2006
It began over two years ago with 194 teams competing trying to qualify for 32 spots in the final. After 910 games and more ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 9th, 2006
In what can only be described as a shocking, earth shattering new study, it has been revealed that not all those players you see writhing ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Peter | Jul 9th, 2006
The odds makers like Italy, the Germans like beer and everyone likes Zidane, but today class, we're looking at how these teams compare on the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 8th, 2006
A record amount of money has been bet on the World Cup despite the fact that I haven't bet a single cent. For those ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Peter | Jul 8th, 2006
Ten things about Germany that I will never forget.
10. Making friends at an event monikered “A Time to Make Friends.” Because make friends I did. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 8th, 2006
As I reflect back on the past half a year I have spent working on this blog, I would have to say that one of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Peter | Jul 8th, 2006
In a report titled “Soccernomics 2006,” economists at the bank ABN Ambro picked Italy as the “economic favorite” to win the World Cup. They actually ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 8th, 2006
I've heard it a number of times. I mention the World Cup Third Place match and someone inevitably responds that it can be the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 7th, 2006
Yesterday I offered up my thoughts on the five best games of this year's World Cup. Today I have gone back through the parts ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Peter | Jul 7th, 2006
When the proverbial dust settles on Italy vs. France and World Cup 2006 is officially over, few mementos of this wonderful month will remain for ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 7th, 2006
