A Funny Old Game

Here are a few World Cup links from around the web England Goalie Blunders – Green you alright mate, many have done it before you. 6 Football iPhone Games – They have stated 8 games but two are that game the americans call football, pah.. Condom Sales Up – Sales jumped five-fold in South Korea as fans...
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The Back The Beard campaign for England is gaining momentum as it gets on James Cordens World Cup Live show at the weekend. James, Simon Cowell, Katy Perry, Abi Clancy and Peter Shilton have all shown their support for the campaign. Show your support for England by growing that stubble and creating a nation of...
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Piers Morgan visited South Africa to highlight what was going on there before the World Cup and what it meant to the people, whilst he was there he met Siphiwo Desmond Ntshebe who was chosen by Nelson Madela to convey a unique global message of hope at the opening of the World Cup in...
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From June 11, the challenge is on! Who will be crowned the Worlds Top BBQ Nation? The Largest World Cup BBQ google map mashup will sort the meat from the chaf to show which country holds the most world cup barbecues to become BBQ Champion of the World.
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Waka Waka This Time for Africa written by Shakira who will perform it with Freshlyground a South African band has been chosen by Sony and FIFA as the official World Cup song. It is now available to download as an MP3 or buy as a single. In her video she shakes her booty the only...
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Wavin’ Flag by K’Naan the Canadian rapper, is now available to download as an MP3 or buy as a single. It joins the long list of World Cup songs and anthems including 3 Lions 2010 The Squad ft Robbie Williams and Russell Brand, Terry Venables with If I Can Dream and James Corden and...
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South Africa plans to throw the biggest party ever to celebrate the greatest football show on earth at Soweto’s Orlando Stadium, the largest in Africa’s history. The day before the opening ceremony 10th June 2010, a massive crowd of 30,000 will gather to watch International stars, the likes of Alicia Keys, Black Eyed Peas,...
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3 Lions 2010 by The Squad featuring Robbie Williams and Russell Brand is now available to download as an MP3 or buy as a single. The Official England World Cup song has not be adopted yet by the British public and there are a few contenders including Terry Venables with If I Can Dream...
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Nothing is more patriotic than a British Bulldog and add to that a singing one and it becomes priceless! Hamleys are giving away this fantastic Singing Bulldog for £10 (normally £20) when customers spend £40 or more on the Hamleys.com site. This British dog breed is renowned for the Bulldog spirit and strength, ...
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The Pepsi 2010 Football advert was the first to use the Oh Africa song Featuring Akon and Keri Hilson and is now available to download as an MP3 or buy as a single. Its huge successful advertising campaign has helped boost the levels of interest in this song and it is being downloaded all...
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Shout for England by James Corden and Dizzee Rascal is now available to download as an MP3 or buy as a single. The Official England World Cup song has not be adopted yet by the British public and there are a few contenders including Terry Venables with If I Can Dream and Oh Africa. Will...
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Terry Venables If I can Dream World Cup Charity Single went on sale yesterday. It is a cover of Elvis Presley’s If I can Dream. The singles proceeds will go towards the Help for Heroes charity backed by the Sun newspaper and Malaria No More UK. It is soaring up the UK chart and the bookies...
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The World Cup 2010 has brought a whole new set of fixtures to South Africa! Five brand new stadiums have been built as part of the 9 host city venues.  A Funny Old Game brings you the low down on these shiny new stadiums.One of the most artistic football venues in South Africa the...
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Tottenham Hotspur defender Michael Dawson has been called up to the England World Cup squad to replace injured captain Rio Ferdinand. The ink was barely dry on the newspapers containing stories about Dawson’s deep disappointment at being cut from the initial 30 man training squad. Dawson and Tottenham team mate Tom Huddlestone were in the...
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Following his fantastic season with Bayern Munich many had hoped that Arjen Robben would help light up the World Cup finals in South Africa. He was injured as Holland cruised to victory against Hungary. Robben scored twice during the game, he injured himself trying to pull off a trick on an attack. The ‘unnatural’ movement...
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Chelsea’s John Obi Mikel has ruled himself out of the up coming World Cup finals having failed to fully recover from a knee injury. As part of the treatment he had the knee operated on and even managed to take part in a full training session with his Nigerian team mates. He decided to withdraw...
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If your looking for an alternative 2010 Fifa World Cup show then James Corden’s World Cup Live might be for you. It’s going to have loads of humour and if you like James it should be a great alternative to Gary ‘Walkers’ Lineker. It starts on Saturday, 12 June 2010 at 9:45pm and...
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Having lost captain Rio Ferdinand to a training ground injury Fabio Capello was forced to find a new captain to lead his team in the World Cup. In a dressing room of leaders many of whom have captained their clubs who would he choose? John Terry was out of the running following his off field...
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Ivory Coast & Chelsea striker Didier Drogba was injured in a World cup warm up match against fellow finalists Japan. The match was part of the preparation for the finals in the training camp in Switzerland. Drogba who has the expectation of a nation weighing on his shoulders not has an injured elbow. He was...
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England captain Rio Ferdinand has been ruled out of his record equalling fourth world cup. He was injured in the last minute of the first England training session. The session was designed to sharpen the ball winning skills of the defenders and hone the ball keeping ability of the forward players. While tackling Emile Heskey...
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