The blue article of clothing in question should look familiar, as it’s the one Jogi Loew was sporting during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. An item so desirable a German football museum has paid one million euros for it, crusty remnants of sinus spelunking and all.
It looks authentic, if only because it [...]

Paul the Octopus is, at this point, nothing short of immortal. The octopus that will not die could not die, even if he chose to do so, as there’s simply too much money to be made on an endearing mollusk medium.
The latest in a long line of postmortem reminders that Paul is everything that Vegas [...]

Fairly sure this was completely missed during the World Cup, but if not, it’s certainly no crime to post again. Actually, it may be illegal in several countries not to post it again.
You’ll probably remember the a-capella Gimme Hope Joachim song from pre-World Cup, because it was the best thing without umlauts to arrive from [...]

As Twitter continues is systemic destruction of the English language, the entity is sucking in the masses like some sort of evil vortex – so don’t drink the Kool-Aid or eat the McInformation.
A prime target this year was the World Cup, with substantial collateral damage done as it felled both the big boy, the [...]

It has been impossible find any sort of source on this, but these are tagged as AFP’s Pictures of the Year for 2010 and a number of non-footy photos are flaring up elsewhere under the same award.
But mostly, all six are just really, really excellent photos from the summer’s World Cup.

One day you will be asked: Where were you when you heard Paul the Octopus had died?
The clear superstar of this past summer’s World Cup has passed away in his sleep of natural causes, which is a bit vague for an octopus, since “natural causes” for most sea creatures includes “something bigger than it”.
Perhaps [...]

The game between France & Mexico in South Africa was notable for a number of reasons. France put in arguably the most abject performance of the tournament, including Nicolas Anelka politely telling Raymond Domenech to fluff himself, with the cherry the player strike shortly thereafter. Turns out not paying the utmost consideration to one’s duties [...]

The walls are crashing down around FIFA it would appear:
Fresh on the back of news that World Cup votes were put up for sale (quelle freakin’ surprise), today it emerged that one of the men who alleged corruption in the building of South Africa’s Mbombela Staidum was murdered…by poison.
[Segue to music indicating a supremely dramatic [...]

For many, the World Cup is the most romantic of all the tournaments up to a certain point, when an elite group take over and relegate Cinderella to “thanks for the memories”. Turns out it’s not quite as romantic in the land of romantics, as 5% of those polled witnessed a relationship dissolve as a [...]

Much like UEFA’s official match reports, FIFA’s general quotations are laden with bullshit. Sepp’s the galaxial high chief of clowndom, which has been well documented, but it trickles down the organization like some sort of maple from hell, clinging to all in a slow-moving avalanche of inevitability.
Their stance that this was the standard-bearer for [...]