Articles tagged with "sepp-blatter"
Posted on: Netherlands World Cup Blog by Jan | Oct 2nd, 2009
Not sure if you knew this... You may read it here first. As you do with so many things :-).
Anyway, the Panadinha.
Something that will ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 16th, 2009
YouTube video of an elderly Swiss man falling over isn't necessarily funny. But when that man is Sepp Blatter, we are legally obligated to post ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by chris | Jun 18th, 2009
That giant swarm of insects you've been hearing at every Confederations Cup game is not, in fact, one of the Biblical Plagues migrating south. It's ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Brooks Peck | Apr 14th, 2009
Originally posted at Dirty Tackle...
The decision on who will host the 2018 World Cup has been made, the US has it, so everyone can go ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Mar 23rd, 2009
If you've been reading the real world non-football news (and I don't recommend it right now) then you'll know there's a whole world of economic ...
Posted on: Nigeria World Cup Team Blog by Lola | Jan 28th, 2009
Nigeria will no longer host this year's U-17 World Cup, citing the global economic downturn. Earlier this week, the NFF formally informed FIFA that ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Dec 15th, 2008
"We are in the killing field where criminals are killing law-abiding citizens." - Safety and Security Minister Nathi Mthethwa.
Not exactly a quote you want ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Dec 11th, 2008
Good news for World Cup 2010: All ten stadiums (five new, five renovated) will be ready on time.
Bad news for World Cup 2010: It's going ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Oct 28th, 2008
Rough week for Sepp Blatter. First we catch the old fella ogling a young Palestinian lady, and now Alex Ferguson has likened the FIFA boss ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Oct 13th, 2008
Good times in Africa as unhappy fans turn into widespread riots after Gambia came up with an 85th minute equalizer to steal a share of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 19th, 2008
Sepp Blatter's been in South Africa this week to a) check on the progress of World Cup 2010 and b) do some of his patented ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Sep 5th, 2008
Much as we complain about FIFA, they do have the occasional good idea. Like the World Cup for example. Think we can all agree that's ...
Posted on: Italy Euro 2008 Blog by Julian | Sep 3rd, 2008
Amelia is out and will not play in the upcoming qualifiers. He picked up a back injury in training and word is that the doctors ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Laurie | Jul 29th, 2008
Good news for UEFA. Even after all expenses (including those fake disasters, the extra security AND that Henri Delaunay trophy hot air balloon) they ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jul 1st, 2008
Sepp Blatter says there's a Plan B for World Cup 2010, should South Africa prove incapable of hosting. He didn't say what it was, just ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Jun 21st, 2008
You'll probably read this on a hundred other websites, but Russia boss Guus Hiddink is plotting the downfall of his home nation today. Though the ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Chris | May 20th, 2008
I dare say, this UEFA clan is getting a bit more reasonable under Michele Platini.
The first item they tackled was the yellow card issue. ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 23rd, 2008
There's an almighty battle brewing that could well determine the future of European football, and it involves two of the world's biggest bureaucracies. FIFA and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Apr 14th, 2008
Ever wondered why the Olympic football tournament isn't as good as it should be? Look no further than FIFA. The general consensus is that FIFA ...
Posted on: UEFA Euro 2008 Championships by Daryl | Mar 25th, 2008
Spain coach Luis Aragones isn't a professional bookie. But if he was, he'd be slashing the odds on France and Italy winning Euro 2008. He ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Chris | Mar 9th, 2008
For the second time in two weeks, a Serie A player scored a decisive goal in a game, took his short off to celebrate and ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 20th, 2008
There's a row brewing between FIFA and the Spanish government, and there's a chance it could end with the Spanish national team not competing at ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Feb 15th, 2008
Things are looking worse and worse for the Premier League's plans for a moneyspinning international round. The plan already got the middle finger from Asia, ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 19th, 2008
FIFA President Sepp Blatter was at it again yesterday, opening his big mouth to make wacky football-related proclamations. His latest idea is that the African ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by Daryl | Jan 8th, 2008
Clickable links (are there any other kind?) from around World Cup Blog, The Offside and everywhere else.
Now we know what the most dramatic way to ...
Posted on: USA World Cup Team Blog by Carter Daly | Nov 26th, 2007
Although Sepp Blatter and FIFA made an annoyingly unfair decision to repeal the World Cup rotation system, systematically avoiding CONCACAF's turn after Brazil took home ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Oct 1st, 2007
There are many reasons to explain why a national team is struggling to gain form. Perhaps it is coaching. Maybe it is a ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Sep 27th, 2007
Usually when you talk about the national team of the country hosting the World Cup you do so in the context of whether or not ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 21st, 2007
As the host country for the 2010 World Cup, South Africa already has its spot in the competition booked. That isn't stopping the country ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Aug 8th, 2007
One of the things the World Cup forces us to do every four years is to learn a little bit about the geography and the ...
