http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'general-banter' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://www.worldcupblog.org/general-banter/ronaldo-probably-finished-but-damn-he-was-good.html Daryl 2008-02-14 12:49:19 The sad sad news today is that Ronaldo may be finished. Just when it looked as if the Brazilian legend was getting it together at ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/general-banter/what-next-for-world-cup-blog.html Daryl 2008-02-12 12:20:31 Now that the Africa Cup of Nations is over, you might be wondering what's next for World Cup Blog. How will we fill the days ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/david-beckham-is-bad-for-the-environment.html Daryl 2008-01-02 17:40:01 Bad news for Brand Beckham, as it seems Golden Balls' globe trotting lifestyle is slowly but surely destroying planet earth. According to climate watchdog Carbon ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/world-cup-blog-a-z-of-2007-part-two.html Daryl 2007-12-31 18:21:14 The year is almost done, so here's the final part of the World Cup Blog A-Z of 2007. Part one (A-M) can be found here, ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/the-world-cup-blog-a-z-of-2007-part-one.html Daryl 2007-12-31 13:07:06 It's the last day of 2007, so here's an alphabetical look back at the last twelve months in world football. There's so much happened that ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/top-20-young-footballers-to-watch-in-2008.html Daryl 2007-12-28 15:00:58 Like most English tabloids, The Sun is mostly full of gossip, nonsense and hastily assembled headlines. But every once in a while they do something ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/ronaldo-heading-back-to-brazil.html Daryl 2007-12-26 15:59:17 Ronaldo's career-rejuvenating move to AC Milan isn't quite going as planned is it? Despite an encouraging end to last season the now afro-sporting striker has ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/manuel-almunia-for-england.html Daryl 2007-12-26 14:00:05 Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is pushing for his Spanish goalkeeper Manuel Almunia to get a call up to the England squad. You read that right. ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/general-banter/the-greatest-goalkeeper-of-all-time.html Chris 2007-12-22 21:13:08 If this question hasn't already been asked, it will be soon. We are coming to the point in Gianluigi Buffon's career where it's impossible not ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/picking-an-african-xi-to-take-on-europe-and-south-america.html Daryl 2007-12-17 16:11:33 Chris spent the weekend lining up a European XI and a South American XI, and that got me thinking about Africa. What would an African ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/general-banter/european-xi-v-south-american-xi.html Chris 2007-12-15 09:00:48 Europe v South America With the Club World Cup final this weekend, we get a chance to see who is supposedly the best club in the ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/the-big-question-football-or-soccer.html Daryl 2007-12-14 17:28:12 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/pick-your-team-of-the-year.html Daryl 2007-12-13 13:06:09 Ever since 2001, UEFA have embraced the magic of the internet and asked readers of their website to vote on a Team of the Year. ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/mourinho-delivers-a-special-one-101.html Daryl 2007-12-11 14:03:43 After dangling himself in front of England for the last couple of weeks, like a donut just out of Homer Simpson's reach (and making the ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/fo-shizzle-beckham-coaches-snoop-doggs-kids.html Daryl 2007-12-10 15:11:59 Ever worried about how David Beckham is going to fill that long gap between MLS seasons? Well worry no longer, seems old Golden Balls is ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/general-banter/osim-what-happened-in-the-game.html Daryl 2007-12-06 13:39:06 Now I love football. And I'm sure you love football. But turns out neither of us loves football quite as much as Ivica Osim. The ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/maradona-wants-ballon-dor-votes-recounted.html Daryl 2007-12-05 12:00:06 I thought there was universal agreement this week that Kaka deserved his Ballon d'Or and that all was right in the world of football. But ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/van-basten-on-his-bike-after-euro-2008.html Daryl 2007-12-04 16:07:39 Netherlands boss Marco van Basten and his assistant John van't Schip will be stepping down after Euro 2008. It's been an interesting spell for the ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/england-players-need-a-bit-less-sleaze-in-their-schedule.html Daryl 2007-12-04 13:17:05 For all the talk about tactics, injuries, blundering goakeepers, foreigners and plastic pitches, the one thing England players definitely need to work on is how ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/kaka-gets-the-ballon-dor.html Daryl 2007-12-03 16:00:16 He knew it, you knew it, even I knew it. But last night it was made official and Kaka was awarded the Ballon d'Or. The ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/general-banter/want-to-write-for-world-cup-blog.html Daryl 2007-12-03 12:30:40 Do you have a passion for football? Are you opinionated? Can you string a sentence together? Then World Cup Blog wants you. We're looking for ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/general-banter/yasser-al-qahtani-is-the-asian-player-of-the-year.html Daryl 2007-11-29 12:00:14 Saudi Arabia captain Yasser Al-Qahtani was named Asian Player of the Year yesterday, at a fancy dinner in Sydney. Oddly, the award can only be ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/england-running-scared-of-the-celtic-cup.html Daryl 2007-11-28 14:00:39 Seems the draw for 2010 World Cup qualifying groups wasn't the only thing decided in Durban last weekend. The Republic of Ireland, Scotland, Wales and ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/general-banter/bravo-leo-messi-bravo.html Daryl 2007-11-28 12:00:05 Argentinian dribbling machine Leo Messi has been awarded the brilliantly named Bravo Trophy by Italian sports magazine Guerin Sportivo. It's basically an Under-21 version of ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/general-banter/world-cup-round-up-lehmann-hates-kahn-diouf-quits-senegal.html WC Bob 2007-10-08 13:25:59 Think back to the 2006 World Cup when Jens Lehmann was named Germany's number one keeper ahead of Oliver Kahn, who at first didn't take ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/general-banter/when-16-million-is-14-million.html WC Bob 2007-10-04 14:31:45 You'd think that more than a year after the final whistle of the 2006 World Cup all of the players who participated in the tournament ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/general-banter/time-to-start-talking-about-the-2030-world-cup.html WC Bob 2007-10-03 12:44:41 Where will you be 23 years from now? You don't know? Well, you better start thinking about it. The year 2030 will ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/general-banter/cameroon-players-banned-from-african-cup-of-nations-for-partying.html WC Bob 2007-10-02 16:00:40 Let's hope it was one heck of a party. A pair of players from Cameroon has been suspended for six months by their country's ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/general-banter/fifa-wants-world-cup-host-bidding-to-be-more-like-the-olympics-brilliant.html WC Bob 2007-08-30 14:21:42 When you are a fat cat you like nothing more than to be wined and dined as various entities try to sway your opinion. ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/general-banter/nike-loses-out-on-bid-to-outfit-germanys-national-team.html WC Bob 2007-08-24 11:58:17 It was a few months back when we first heard the rumblings that Nike were prepared to supply the kits for the German national team. ...