Articles tagged with "sepp-blatter"
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
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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 ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 25th, 2007
In the continuing controversy over FIFA's decision to ban international soccer matches held at venues over 8,200 feet, it appears that Sepp Blatter is starting ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 19th, 2007
With FIFA head honcho Sepp Blatter gallivanting around South Africa this week like a king overseeing his domain, the world's media is momentarily paying attention ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jun 18th, 2007
The Seppster once again emerged from his dark, undisclosed cave today to spread joy and happiness to football fans everywhere. FIFA Czar-for-Life Sepp Blatter ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | May 14th, 2007
These are the slowest of times when it comes to World Cup 2010 news as we continue to creep our way toward the start of ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | May 3rd, 2007
It has been quite the week of ups and downs for South Africa in regards to World Cup 2010. First FIFA head honcho Sepp ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Apr 30th, 2007
When Sepp Blatter sneezes the world catches the flu. FIFA's head honcho was back at it again today spreading good cheer by announcing that ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Apr 2nd, 2007
It is a democracy that even the most authoritarian of leaders would support. FIFA announced today that head honcho Sepp Blatter is running unopposed ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 23rd, 2007
On a day when FIFA czar-for-life Sepp Blatter blasted money as being the cause of football's ills and paradoxically FIFA announced that it made a ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Mar 1st, 2007
Details, details. It turns out those widely reported stories about the 2006 World Cup final attracting one billion television viewers might have been slightly ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Feb 28th, 2007
Every couple of weeks FIFA head honcho Sepp Blatter crawls out of his undisclosed cave to give his thoughts on the world's game. Today ...
Posted on: World Cup Soccer - South Africa 2010 by WC Bob | Jan 15th, 2007
Like many football fans around the world, FIFA head honcho Sepp Blatter was left with a bit of an unpleasant taste in his mouth after ...
