The Japanese Women Turn To "Supergirl"

May 15th, 2012 | By: chris | Comments (0)

Guess which one she is.

World class keepers on the male side tend to be fairly tall, and even the bejeweled Iker Casillas is considered undersized at 182cm, or under six feet. The keepers of Europe's better national teams typically range over 190cm - Neuer, Buffon, Cech, Hart, Stekelenburg, et cetera, et cetera.

Japan's a different story, and especially on the female side of the game. Wikipedia can give a hint. Which is why finding a 187cm female keeper is like finding the Holy Grail, enough to dub her Supergirl. [read more]

Euro 2012 Squads Begin Rolling Out

May 7th, 2012 | By: chris | Comments (0)

Most domestic seasons haven't closed, yet the names of those heading off to the lands of continental glory in the Polkraine are already dropping, along with some of the squads to be whittled down in the coming weeks (the deadline being May 29th). Today Giovanni Trappatoni announced Ireland's formal 23 and Germany a damn close 27.

Meanwhile, Bert van Marwijk & Co. decided to call up a decent portion of the country's population for its preliminary squad - 36 in total. [read more]

Poland's Euro 2012 Song: Euro Koko Spoko

May 4th, 2012 | By: chris | Comments (0)

Poland chose it, and Poland isn't happy. Hip hip for democracy.

When going for official songs in this day and age, less clothing is a rule - see: Shakira, World Cup 2010. In this case, it turns out the more clothing the better. And oh, do they wear more clothing. In [read more]