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Copa America Day One: Let the Games Begin
The first day of the South American championships features a pair of games from Group A, unquestionably the weakest of the three groups. Uruguay and Peru will get the party started after Diego Maradona kicks things off. Uruguay have brought a mostly European based team to the competition and are favored to win [...]
For once FIFA Chooses Clubs over Countries
Normally when you read about FIFA intervening in club versus country controversies they are defending the various football associations around the world for plucking players from their clubs and forcing them to play in international contests. That is what makes the developments involving Mahamadou Diarra and Fredi Kanoute so interesting.
The Mali internationals had left [...]
Record International Goal Scorer Ali Daei, Ryan Giggs Retire
Chances are that if you wandered down to your local pub and asked your fellow patrons to name the footballer who scored the most international goals over his career the names Pele and Ferenc Puskas might be uttered. The correct answer, however, is Ali Daei, an Iranian striker who announced his retirement this week.
Daei [...]
Graham Poll to Retire a Year too late
A little over a year ago at this time many of us got to know the name Graham Poll quite well. You’ll recall that he was the man in the middle of an outstanding match between Croatia and Australia in the group round of the 2006 World Cup. You also probably remember that [...]
Report: 2006 World Cup Sex Trafficking Overblown
You remember the stories leading up to the World Cup in Germany. The millions of testosterone-filled men would converge on a country where prostitution is legal and all hell would break lose, including 40,000 foreign women being forced to so sex work. Thankfully that did not turn out to be the case.
A report [...]
Jurgen Klinsmann to Stay out of Coaching for now
After guiding a young Germany team into the semifinals of the 2006 World Cup, Jurgen Klinsmann has been in demand. The coach has been linked to national team managing jobs in the United States, and Australia and, most recently he has been linked with Chelsea. Today it was announced that he will be [...]
World Cup Tidbits 04.23.07
Some quick links from around the Web….
The race against time for the 2010 World Cup (NY Times)
Teams will not stay in host cities in 2010 (Reuters)
South Africa considering expanding fan parks throughout the country (Mail & Guardian)
The World Cup spurs growth in Cape Town (Cape Business News)
Requirements galore for Brazil to host 2014 World Cup [...]
Colombia says Adios to 2014 World Cup Bid
And then there is one. It looks all but certain that Brazil will host the 2014 World Cup now that Colombia has pulled out of the running. Colombia broke ranks with the rest of the continent in offering a bid but they never had the backing of the kingmakers at FIFA or within [...]
Brazil 2014 World Cup Bid Logo
Nothing can be official until a graphic designer comes up with a fancy logo that fan be slapped on pens, notepads and t-shirts. The Brazilian Football Federation has unveiled the logo for its 2014 World Cup bid. Kaka, Dunga, Ronaldinho and Lucio are pictured here showing off the logo while standing in front [...]
World Cup Tidbits 03.22.07
You know it is time for international football when you start seeing pictures of tattooed men drinking beer without shirts on. Here are some headlines from today….
Jack Warner tries to screw over T&T’s players again (Guardian)
Bosnian player unhappy with ethnic-based selections (Reuters)
Take $100 million off of FIFA’s books (Sports Journalists)
Nothing friendly about the Czech [...]
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