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How far will Croatia go in the Euro
LETS HAVE SOME OPINIONS HOW FAR WILL CROATIA GO IN THE EURO IF THE PLAY GREAT FOOTBALL UNDER SLAVEN BILIC OPINIONS AND PLEASE NO ETHNIC OPINIONS NO CETNIK USTAHE PLEASE JUST FANS U BOJ UBOJ
EDUARDO DUDU
Eduardo Da silva is one of the great dinamo zagreb players to come out of the club! He was born in Brazil but is a Croatian all the way no matter what aroggant people say he is croatian! He is a bigger croat than those from american croatian because he actually speaks croatian and loves [...]
Croatia is Back!!!!!!
Croatia is finally playing the kind of football expected and since Slaven Bilic has taken over are the top 10 country in the world. What do you think about this lineup for the Euro 2008:
Pletikosa – corluka – simic – kovac r – simunic – srna – kovac n – modric – kranjcar – petric [...]
Podcast: World Cup 2010 Group B Preview. "You hear that, Mr. Anderson?"
World Cup previews. They can be a bit dull and not particularly helfpul when it comes to predicting who will qualify from each group. One reason for this is that they focus too much on things like players and not enough on the really good things. Like quality of national [read more]
FIFA Has $1 Billion in Reserve Funds, But Still Doesn't Appreciate Clever Advertising
Two bits of news today. Read them both, and then decide for yourself whether the two are related.
The first story is that FIFA made a profit of $196 million in 2009, and now has a reserve cash fund of more than $1 billion. One billion dollars in the vault. Which makes FIFA sound a little like a Bond villain.
The second story is that FIFA have come down hard on South African budget airline kulula.com for what FIFA calls "ambush marketing". Basically, Kulula isn't an official World Cup sponsor, and as such is not allowed to suggest otherwise. Which makes perfect sense. However, Kulula - famous for its slightly left-field advertising campaigns - recently ran an ad in the South African Sunday Times newspaper on February 28th stating the airline was the "Unofficial National Carrier of the You-Know-What". [read more]
The World Cup 2010 DJ Playlist (Musical Lineup)
(That kid immediately gets some sort of WCB Order of Merit.)
There's going to be a rather large party in South Africa this year. Some call it the World Cup.
But before there can be the real party, there must be another party beforehand. Because it's not really a party unless it's sandwiched by eight other parties of no importance whatsoever. And judging by the musical lineup for the World Cup pre-party, this will be no different. [read more]
FIFA World Cup 2026: Colombia!
There are many things which FIFA isn't very good at. One of them is putting anyone in the organization in front of a microphone, or allowing spilled words onto a page into the hands of the media. Another is running the world's football organization.
So FIFA, after handing this year's World Cup to the country with the second highest per capita murder rate, are looking to outdo themselves by sponsoring a World Cup bid by the world's most dangerous country, Colombia. Hip hip. [read more]
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Club Football News
It's a Deal: MLS Collective Bargaining Agreement Becomes an Actual Agreement
MLS fans, you have a new name to add to your holiday card list: George Cohen. He's the mediator who erased all the lines in the sand and dug out the heels that were...um...dug in. It was his hard work in bringing union and management together that headed off ...
Bayern's Winning Streak Comes To A Shuddering Halt
This morning when I previewed the run-ins around Europe, I spent a bit less time on Germany, because at the time of my writing, Bayern were on a 19 game unbeaten run. Well, that's all over now, and the title race is on-on-on. Two late goals from Eintracht Frankfurt gave ...
Man United/Liverpool - Why you Should Still Care
Its Man United against Liverpool tomorrow in the Premier League equivalent of El Clásico, and as with every time this fixture rolls around, I'm really excited. This time last year(above), the two were fighting for the Premier League title and Liverpool beat Man United 4-1 (though United went on to ...
The Home Straight - But who will take the league titles?
We're entering that wonderful part of the season, where every game matters because the title is on the line. Unless, you watch the SPL. Anyway, the title races this years are really hard to call. In France any one of six teams could win the league. The Premier League is ...
Offside Rewind: Come On In...
Seven posts from the past week on The Offside and World Cup Blog... Comparing national anthems in Group A. Do you have a flag? Then wave it. World Cup 2010 meets March Madness Champions League starting to look a little more even. Unless your team was eliminated. In which case, remember you're already a winner. Norway: ...
Daily Dose: March 19th, 2010 - Featuring Clint Dempsey's Chip vs Juventus
Links to click after admiring Deuce's chip vs Juventus. This was deliberate, right? Dempsey's post match interview vid on USA World Cup Blog He knows it's not an actual crystal palace, right? (SBS) Lineker the presenter < Lineker the goalpoacher (The Spoiler) Green World Cup dream dies as Indonesia bid dropped (Four Four Two) China ...
Champions League and Europa League 2009/10 Quarter Final Draws
After the magnificence that was last night's 33 goal Europa League action (seriously, I saw the highlights show and thought I'd died and gone to football heaven) you'd have been excused for tons emporarily forgetting about the Champions League altogether. But then UEFA's people grabbed some balls and drew the ...
The Arrival of Champions League Parity
The brilliance of Lionel Messi, and of Stuttgart allowing him space, has ushered us into the Champions League quarterfinals. Only it doesn't look like the Champions League quarterfinals we're used to. Poor seasons by big clubs, rises to prominence by lesser knowns, difficult first round draws and the occasional curse have ...
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