Articles tagged with "general-banter"
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 1st, 2006
Forget the never ending stream of yellow cards, ignore the game deciding calls and expulsions, pay no attention to inconsistent enforcement of the rules. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 1st, 2006
While the tournament organizers and many fans are pleased that so many favorites have advanced this far in the World Cup, one group that would ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jul 1st, 2006
When you think about it, there is little simpler than a penalty kick. A ball is placed a prescribed distance from the goal. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 30th, 2006
Yesterday, FIFA president Sepp Blatter criticized England's style of play thus far in the World Cup. "I am happy that play is very offensive. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 30th, 2006
You can't fault Germany coach Jurgen Klinsmann for finding unusual ways to keep his players loose during the World Cup. First the team learned ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 30th, 2006
What are you to do in a football-mad country if you think the World Cup takes focus away from society's problems? For three men ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 29th, 2006
At the start of the World Cup we were among the masses that were questioned Ronaldo's, well, massiveness. For the first couple of Brazil ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 29th, 2006
The BBC has taken player ratings as submitted by viewers and put together a Team of the Tournament. They limit the team to players ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 29th, 2006
Here in Germany you can buy just about any product that has a World Cup tie-in. From toothbrushes to underwear to jugs of Nutella, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 29th, 2006
Credit to our friends at the 2,006 World Cups of Comedy for finding the Information Builders site, which is keeping track of the World Cup ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 29th, 2006
While the World Cup allows only one winner, it's already thrown up a few losers.
Not necessarily the teams who've gone out (the likes of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jun 29th, 2006
During this brief World Cup hiatus, why not spare a thought for absent nations?
The following seven teams would all have brought something to the ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 29th, 2006
With the referees continuing to make news this World Cup, it comes as little surprise that there are a lot of people offering a lot ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 29th, 2006
By now you have had more than 24 hours without watching a match. If you are like me, your head hurts from withdraw and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Tom Barry | Jun 29th, 2006
In the past week, Marcus Allbäck of Sweden scored the 2,000th World Cup goal, and Ronaldo scored his fifteenth to set a new record for ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 28th, 2006
In the round of 16, we saw a classic battle of philosophies when England played Ecuador. England prevailed despite predictions that their non-abstinent ways ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 28th, 2006
Fifty-six of the 64 World Cup matches are in the books and after non-stop action for the past couple of weeks we finally have a ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Peter | Jun 28th, 2006
In the center of the capital of Germany, 1000 meters from the Alexanderplatz TV tower or "Fernsehturm," the sanctuary of the Berlin Cathedral competes against ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 28th, 2006
A lot has already been written about the poor quality of the officiating this World Cup, but are the referees the only parties at fault? ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Tom Barry | Jun 28th, 2006
On Wednesday and Thursday, for the first time since the ninth of June, fans around the world will have to endure two whole days without ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Peter | Jun 28th, 2006
Argentina vs. Germany
Italy vs. Ukraine
England vs. Portugal
Brazil vs. France
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Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Peter | Jun 28th, 2006
If you appreciate the finer things in life, look no further. Over the last 19 days World Cup Blog has been snapping photos in an ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 27th, 2006
You might have noticed by now that a lot of the pictures on our photos pages are of female footie fans. There are plenty ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 27th, 2006
Desperate times call for desperate measures. Three Argentina fans were so intent on seeing their team play against Mexico on Saturday that they bought ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 26th, 2006
If you are a fan of one of the remaining teams in the World Cup, you probably have already set up your home to use ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 26th, 2006
I'd love to be a World Cup referee. Not matter how bad I do my job in front of a worldwide audience my bosses ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 26th, 2006
Someone get referee Valentin Ivanov some ice for his right arm. The Russian dished out 20 total cards - 16 yellow and 4 red ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 25th, 2006
If England loses today, at least one person will blame it on the WAGS – the players' wives and girlfriends. Former Ecuador legend Alex ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 25th, 2006
It has become an all too familiar sight. Right before kickoff the television cameras are pointed towards the stands and there is Franz Beckenbauer ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 25th, 2006
Toyota factory workers in England show their support for their team by arranging cars in the pattern of St. George's Cross. Not sure why ...
