A Lesson In Nonchalance
It’s going to take quite a bit for Olympic qualifying of any type to make any type of news, unless David Beckham is personally championing his merits for the cause. Women’s CONCACAF qualifiers? That will take something extraordinary. Like Costa Rica’s keeper Julieth Arias and the dreaded bouncy backpass.
Julieth might become infamous for this clip...
In Case You Forgot About AFCON…
This guy is here to remind you. It’s here, and it’s…something.
This is not your prawn sandwich brigade. It’s more like a carnival crossed with a drag show dashed with a touch of Japanese game show. Which makes the stands equally as watchable as the happenings on the pitch – if not more so.
And I’m fairly...
World Cup 2014: Guns For Tickets
Tickets to the World Cup in Brazil are going to be fairly difficult to come by one would expect, if only in comparison to South Africa 2010. Gun violence is also something of a concern, so combining the two is obviously a natural course of action (work with me). Brazil’s planning a “guns for tickets”...
Euro 2012’s Big Money
Literally.
Just the day you were waiting for, right? Ukraine’s Euro 2012 coin collection: released. Specifically the coin above, for which you’ve been stocking away all those gift cards and envelopes full of cash.
It’s a €46 coin selling at a price of €34,000. For, yes, a football tournament. Outside of the rapture, I can’t imagine there...
The American Samoa Uprising Continues
If you’d heard of the American Samoa national football team before this week, there’s likely only one reason: Australia. A few years back, they took a beating that would leave even a ginger stepchild quaking in their boots at 31-0. They’re also the joint-worst team in all the world. But in a successful effort to...
Stampede, Tragedy At SEA
The Southeast Asian Games are more of a local flavor, unlikely to get any sort of global pub unless something big happens. Well, it happened, and under tragic circumstances, as fans unable to get tickets for the final in Jakarta between the hosts and Malaysia burned down two ticket booths, while the pregame resulted in...
Euro 2012 Lineup Done And Dusted
Nothin’ left but the friendlies. Playoffs have ended, sadly for some – tragically, really, since none of the aggregates were even close – and the lineup is set with a couple of surprises, like Ireland and…no, just Ireland. The list of those who failed to RSVP is devoid of titanic names, leaving us with a...
Your New World Champions: The DPRK
No one really takes the Unofficial Football World Championships seriously; it’s merely a nice bit of fun. But even with its inherent flaws – the best team ever (as in…ever) is Scotland – no one probably expected the trophy to head to Pyongyang anytime soon. Or ever. But they beat former title holders Japan (Spain...
A Finger For An Eye
Tomorrow’s match between Portugal and Bosnia-Herzegovina is just going to be the best.
Anyone care to keep a tally of the amount of distractions and projectiles tossed Cristiano’s way?
[Spotted on Dirty Tackle]
Chile Hosts The Break’s First Bender
There are – or were, in a few cases -certain possibilities when it comes to international and the misbehavior of its participants: Gabriel Tamas might get drunk, Adrian Mutu might hit someone, Zlatan might care, the Czech national team may be found in the general vicinity of ladies of the night and someone somewhere in...
Where’s The Steroid-Injected Beef?
When questions of cheating and the Under 17 World Cup come ’round, usually it’s more “Why does Nigeria’s defensive mid using a cane?” rather than “Where’s the beef…for testing purposes?” Luckily, the tournament was held in Mexico this year, which means questions of tainted food were never going to be too far off. And we...
Turning Back Dinho’s Clock
Several years ago, there was talk that he might be the Greatest Ever, and he was most certainly one of the most entertaining ever while at the top of his game. A premature peak and thus here we are in 2011, flabbergasted that he’s scored a fabulous goal for the Selecao. Because it’s his first...
