Articles tagged with "asia"
Calling All Brazilians To Uzbekistan
By chris | September 23rd, 2008Go ahead, name one club in the Uzbek League beside the one just below your line of sight. Can you? Doubt it. And if you ...
Japanese Fan Attacks Players On Pitch
By chris | September 21st, 2008Add this to the list of many reasons why the J. League needs to come mainstream. Kashiwa player Alex was lining up to take a ...
Photo: Incentives Work
By chris | September 8th, 2008Win a tournament you usually get a trophy. Not in Iraq, where the Asia Cup 2007 winning team will get a stadium in their honor. ...
J-League Hot Potato
By chris | August 11th, 2008This goal would be absolutely fantastic at any point during a game. 95th minute down one? Nigh unbelievable. Ball's sent hurtling through the air by ...
Gallery: Chelsea 4, Guangzhou 0
By Jack | July 23rd, 2008The Blues set off the preseason in fine fashion Wednesday, blanking Guangzhou Pharmaceutical 4-0 in China. Peep the photos below. Looks like Deco is already ...
Samuel Eto'o Isn't Really Moving to Uzbekistan. Is He?
By Daryl | July 17th, 2008Some transfer rumours are so bizarre they make you dizzy, and they don't come much dizzier than Samuel Eto'o to Uzbekistan side Kuruvchi. But that's ...
The Offside Euro 2008 Champion: Charles Snyder
By Dave Martinez | July 11th, 2008Over three weeks of tournament action and only one country stood tall: Sweden. Ibrahimovich proved to be unstoppable in the virtual world, earning ...
Tournament Brackets and Deadline Tommorrow Night!
By Dave Martinez | June 24th, 2008Hey all, Here are the brackets for the tournament so far. I need participants who havent played their games (I think only one remains) to get moving! ...
Two Teams Dropped from Indonesian League
By Ian Rose | May 17th, 2008(Spotted over at Jakarta Casual) Promotion / relegation is a great system. It ensures that the quality of a league stays strong by removing the ...
Daily Dose 5.12.08
By Laurie | May 12th, 2008Some news to read as you use a corpse head to smoke marijuana: Because 2000 naked people are the obvious way to promote a footy tournament ...
J League Update: Antlers continue to tumble
By Ian Rose | May 10th, 2008At my old high school, our symbol was the Buck, leading not only to a ridiculous mascot that looked more like a moose, but also ...
Japanese Footballer Still Fighting "Garlic Ban"
By Daryl | May 2nd, 2008Japan is arguably the wackiest corner of the football world right now. Don't believe me? Did you not read about the J-League underwear thief? And if ...
The Case of the Mysterious J-League Underwear Thief
By Daryl | May 2nd, 2008An unnamed J-League footballer was arrested this week for breaking into a 21 year old woman's apartment and stealing her panties. The 26-year-old Kashiwa Reysol ...
Weekend Recap: Burning Up
By Laurie | April 28th, 2008How did those weekend games we talked about on Friday come out? Saturday Chelsea 2-1 Manchester United Chelsea's Michael Ballack put away a penalty in the 86th minute, ...
Weekend Watch: Keeping in Step
By Laurie | April 25th, 2008A quick look at some of the games going on around the world this weekend: Saturday Chelsea vs Man Utd Chelsea need to win this one. Simple as ...
J League Update: Mon the Gas Men
By Ian Rose | April 20th, 2008Another weekend is in the books for the best league in the world (in terms of mascots and light shows), the J League. ...
J League Update: Kashima battles the Red Diamonds (and loses)
By Ian Rose | April 13th, 2008First Flaming Lips reference on the front page of the Offside? Until proven wrong, I'm claiming it. It's been a crazy weekend in the J ...
J League Update: This ain't your Grandpa's Grampus
By Ian Rose | April 5th, 2008We've made a pretty big deal here on the Offside (and rightfully so) about the MLS entering its thirteenth season, and thus, becoming a teenager. ...
In Some Champions Leagues You Have to Actually Win Things
By Daryl | March 12th, 2008The competition we call the Champions League isn't actually the Champions League. Even if it thinks it is. It's just the UEFA Champions League. There's ...
Kung Fu Fighting, Japan vs. China Style
By Laurie | March 4th, 2008[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVL45uWO-R0[/youtube] After yesterday's kung fu goal, I thought I'd carry the theme into today with some Kung Fu fighting, this time in the Japan vs. China ...
Chinese Idol: Chelsea FC Edition
By Daryl | March 3rd, 2008This much we know: Premier League clubs really really want to get their teeth into that tasty Asian market. First there was Game 39. Then ...
Daily Dose 3.2.08
By Laurie | March 2nd, 2008Some news to read as you get your friend to shoot you so you don't have to go to work: How smart are footballers? This ...
Japanese Soccer Season Begins With a Pitch Invasion
By Daryl | March 1st, 2008You probably wouldn't expect pre-season cup sponsored by a photocopier to cause a pitch invasion in Japan, but that's exactly what happened today. The Xerox ...
Pan-Pacific Wrap-Up
By Laurie | February 25th, 2008As an LA Galaxy fan, I was horrified by the team's miserable performace in its 0-1 loss to Gamba Osaka on Thursday, especially when compared ...
J-League vs K-League, The Future of the All-Star Game
By Daryl | February 22nd, 2008All-Star games are going international. The traditional J-League exhibition game between fan-selected East and West teams is being replaced by a J-League All-Stars XI ...
Professional Time Wasting At Its Finest
By chris | February 21st, 2008This took place recently during a women's game between China and South Korea. As injury time was running out and with China up 3-2, a ...
Premier League's 39th Game Gets the Middle Finger
By Daryl | February 13th, 2008Not sure what reaction the Premier League expected from potential venues for its cashgrab "international round", but I'm guessing a collective middle finger wasn't part ...
It's "Dumpling Diplomacy" for the Japanese Soccer Team
By Laurie | February 10th, 2008Let's say you're Japan. Relations with your huge, powerful neighbor are always a bit strained, but they've become moreso recently since dumplings made by ...
Thai Refereee Takes a Beating From Players
By Daryl | February 8th, 2008Rob Styles may have felt hard done by when the Premier League dropped him for refereeing the August 2007 Liverpool vs Chelsea match like a ...
Korean Soccer Players Deliberately Injuring Themselves
By Daryl | February 5th, 2008We love wacky football news. So here's some very wacky football news: There are currently 92 South Korean soccer players being indicted for dislocating their ...
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