My buddy Bense in Dortmund assures me this is an actual overpass somewhere near the Munich airport. I like to think of the Oliver Kahn exit as the highway to hell.

Monday was not a good day for the good people of Jamaica. The country’s Reggae Boyz were soundly beaten 4-1 by Ghana in a friendly played in England. Sulley Muntari, Damion Stewart, Stephen Appiah and Matthew Amoah all notched goals for the victorious Black Stars. Ghana finally appear to be getting their [...]

Brazil striker Ronaldo is keeping our Ronaldowatch™ interns busy today. First we learn what he thinks about his expanding waistline. Speaking to reporters, he said he is quite comfortable with a little flab in the middle. “Nobody ever takes about exact numbers, about the percentage of fat. It’s down to a lack [...]

Hey, we all make mistakes. For the past six months I have thought that Austria made the World Cup, but really it is Australia. Same difference, right? It is good to know that even publications that are slightly more esteemed than World Cup Blog can get a bit confused. As Daryl [...]

Trinidad and Tobago coach Leo Beenhakker has a drug problem that inflicts many of us. He is addicted to football. “For me football is like dope – you try to take a few months away but it always pulls you back,” he said. The Dutchman, who is leading the Soca Warriors into [...]

Some World Cup stories you might have missed while you were packing for a month in Germany…

Vodoo and vibrators in the same headline. Brilliant (ABC News)
A place where people are hoping football can serve as a path to peace (Spiegel Online)
Germany is counting on its 12th man to help its mediocre team (Europsort)
Good gravy, [...]

Three wins, nine points. Walking away with maximum points in the first round won’t be easy in many of this year’s groups. Some teams might also be in a position after two games to rest their players and not play for a perfect first round. But with eight groups in play, you [...]

Oops. According to a report in the Monday edition of the German newspaper Sddeutsche Zeitung, hundreds of thousands of VIPs could be denied entrance to World Cup matches because their names have not been printed on their tickets. For months I have been reading that the World Cup tickets must include the ticket [...]

Cheer up, Luxembourg. Your team might have been trounced by Germany 7-0 on Saturday, but at least you didn’t let in 13 goals. That honor goes to the under-20 team of Brazilian club Fluminense, which lost to Brazil 13-1 on Sunday in an exhibition match in Switzerland. The man of the match [...]

Perhaps you have seen Marco and Marko, two Dutchmen who are going to cheer for your team this World Cup. The two multi-lingual men appear on 14 different websites proclaiming that they are Holland for Japan, Holland for USA, etc. I was a bit confused by this myself since there is no reason [...]