http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'sepp-blatter' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://netherlands.worldcupblog.org/1/sep-blatter-ban-the-panadinha-i-say-ban-sepp.html Jan 2009-10-02 09:18:56 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/sepp-blatter-is-a-diver.html Daryl 2009-07-16 07:07:50 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/death-to-the-vuvuzela.html chris 2009-06-18 07:00:04 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 ... http://usa.worldcupblog.org/the-future/obama-writes-to-blatter-gets-whatever-he-wants.html Brooks Peck 2009-04-14 22:36:11 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/sepp-blatters-magical-money-making-machine.html Daryl 2009-03-23 15:40:19 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 ... http://nigeria.worldcupblog.org/nff/its-official.html Lola 2009-01-28 09:39:08 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/fifa-no-plan-b-for-the-killing-field.html Chris 2008-12-15 17:00:28 "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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/world-cup-2010-stadiums-ready-on-time-but-over-budget-and-plan-b-is-dead.html Daryl 2008-12-11 09:10:15 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/alex-ferguson-implies-that-sepp-blatter-has-lost-his-marbles.html Daryl 2008-10-28 08:31:22 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/riot-molotov-cocktails-in-senegal.html Chris 2008-10-13 04:10:11 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-qualifying/rethinking-fifas-world-cup-qualifying-quotas.html Daryl 2008-09-19 10:06:28 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/world-cup-winners-now-get-world-champions-badge.html Daryl 2008-09-05 15:40:27 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 ... http://italy.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/amelia-is-out-of-wc-qualifiers-also-blatter-is-still-a-moron.html Julian 2008-09-03 11:36:58 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/uefa-sets-a-profit-record-for-euro-2008.html Laurie 2008-07-29 11:20:38 Good news for UEFA. Even after all expenses (including those fake disasters, the extra security AND that Henri Delaunay trophy hot air balloon) they ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/what-is-fifas-plan-b-for-world-cup-2010.html Daryl 2008-07-01 17:10:32 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 ... http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/should-all-international-managers-be-paid-minimum-wage.html Daryl 2008-06-21 07:28:32 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 ... http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/new-yellow-card-rule-no-more-groups-of-death.html Chris 2008-05-20 14:19:47 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. ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/fifa-vs-eu-battle-of-the-bureaucrats.html Daryl 2008-04-23 16:44:33 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/sepp-blatter-still-fears-olympic-football.html Daryl 2008-04-14 14:41:55 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 ... http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/aragones-italy-and-france-are-euro-2008-favourites.html Daryl 2008-03-25 19:16:17 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/big-question/big-question-fifa-giving-the-old-f-u-to-f-u-n.html Chris 2008-03-09 15:24:59 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/euro-2008/would-fifa-really-ban-spain-from-euro-2008.html Daryl 2008-02-20 15:16:43 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/blatter-threatens-the-premier-league.html Daryl 2008-02-15 16:37:31 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, ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/african-cup-of-nations/sepp-blatter-wants-to-run-african-players-into-the-ground.html Daryl 2008-01-19 14:58:50 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/daily-dose/daily-dose-010808.html Daryl 2008-01-08 09:00:25 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 ... http://usa.worldcupblog.org/news/roundup-2018-discussed-by-blatter-benfica-boy-does-it-again.html Carter Daly 2007-11-26 19:38:04 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/south-african-football-chief-our-players-are-a-bunch-of-drunks.html WC Bob 2007-10-01 16:15:32 There are many reasons to explain why a national team is struggling to gain form. Perhaps it is coaching. Maybe it is a ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/a-bafana-bafana-beating-beating.html WC Bob 2007-09-27 13:43:29 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/south-africa-to-play-world-cup-qualifiers.html WC Bob 2007-08-21 14:37:59 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 ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2010/a-world-cup-host-city-by-any-other-name.html WC Bob 2007-08-08 14:59:48 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 ...