Articles tagged with "asia"
A Name to Remember: Young Rok Shin
By Bob | July 10th, 2007If Manchester United's Park Ji-Sung is the present for South Korea, Young Rok Shin might be the future. The 20-year-old striker for the Suwon ...
Rommel the Japanese Dachshund Hangs them Up
By Bob | July 5th, 2007He was a hero at the World Cup in Germany. He was loved by millions hundreds. He was a good luck charm during ...
Goalkeeper Blunders, We've got Goalkeeper Blunders
By Bob | June 18th, 2007Growing up, your mother probably told you that it isn't nice to laugh at other people's mistakes. Sometimes it is best to ignore mom's ...
It's a Good thing he wasn't Chewing Gum when he Swore
By Bob | June 13th, 2007When you think about the culture of football players you undoubtedly think about their proper manners and way with words. They impress us with ...
Qatar looking to hire fans for Asian Cup
By Bob | May 23rd, 2007After all those years of sitting in stadiums and watching games on television, your hard work might have finally paid off. The good folks ...
Kemari: Traditional Japanese Hacky-Sack with Fun Costumes
By Bob | May 17th, 2007If you think those cool kids playing hacky sack down on your street corner or the amazing Mr. Woo invented the game of keepy-uppy, think ...
This Honda really swerves
By Bob | May 16th, 2007Undoubtedly you stayed up all night watching the youth teams from Japan and Hong Kong play in an Olympic qualifier so my apologies if you ...
Six-Game Ban for Garlic; Six-Month Ban for a Boot to the Face
By Bob | May 8th, 2007Investigators around the world are working overtime to look into the wrongdoings football players and to dish out the appropriate punishments. We start in ...
Car Soccer Demolition Derby
By Bob | April 16th, 2007The video above shows my morning commute only instead of a football picture me on a bike. Actually this might be one of the ...
Flip off the fans and you might get sued or beaten up
By Bob | April 9th, 2007In this crazy media world of ours if something happens in more than one place it is likely to be labeled an epidemic. That ...
The Key to Chinese Football: More Beef, More Milk and Better Right Hooks
By Bob | March 6th, 2007There were a couple of lessons that one can take away from last month's brawl between China's under-21 team and Queens Park Rangers. The ...
Jeon Kyeong-joon Might Want to Hire a New Interpreter
By Bob | February 26th, 2007The football world is full of stories about clubs and agents trying to take advantage of players. Things are apparently no different in Singapore ...
Spanning the Globe: Weekend Wrap-Up
By Bob | February 26th, 2007We're moving into the fun part of the year with the races in leagues around the world heating up and tightening up. There was ...
China to Repay Chelsea for their Hospitality
By Bob | February 13th, 2007Now that their Olympic football team has returned home from their England tour, it is China's turn to play host. Chelsea have announced that ...
QPR Battle Aftermath
By Nick | February 9th, 2007As you can see from the picture - fireball punches were flowing during the battle at QPR's training complex. The British players should count ...
China Olympic Soccer Team Brawls with QPR
By Bob | February 8th, 2007Pity the poor China Olympic soccer team. They thought that their trip London would be full of pleasant memories. They would take in ...
Cambodia Bans Foreign Players from Cup Competition for being "Too Good"
By Bob | February 2nd, 2007While some in Europe think the best solution for the influx of foreign football players is to go with a 6+5 rule, Cambodian football officials ...
Thailand Stage 15-Minute Protest during ASEAN Football Championship
By Bob | January 31st, 2007Just when you thought that the ASEAN football championship couldn't get any more exciting, it has. After a controversial penalty award for Singapore in ...
Ismael Matar helps UAE get over the Hump
By Bob | January 30th, 2007The man on the right in the picture to the left is United Arab Emirates striker Ismael Matar who is both celebrating his goal against ...
A Name to Remember: Takayuki Morimoto
By Bob | January 29th, 2007The upside of being called the "Japanese Ronaldo" is that you can stuff yourself silly at the all-u-can-eat sushi buffet without having to worry about ...
Bend it Like Muhammad Hardi Jaafar
By Bob | January 25th, 2007I'll admit that after Laos were eliminated I stopped paying very close attention to the ASEAN football championship. The competition isn't that brilliant without ...
Transfer Talk: Ronaldinho to MLS, Gerrard to Juve, Lampard to Barca
By Bob | January 22nd, 2007It hasn't been the most earth shattering of transfer seasons thus far and for the most part the usually silly talk that makes things so ...
Long Live the Shah
By Bob | January 15th, 2007Laos football manager Saythong (ok, I'll say it, "thong") Syphasay was not too upbeat coming into Monday's clash with Singapore in the ASEAN football championships. ...
Spanning the Globe: A One-Finger Salute, Peace in Rome, an Angry Lyon
By Bob | January 15th, 2007Chances are you probably don’t have the time to follow every football league in the world closely. Never fear. We are here to help. Here’s ...
Kashiwa Reysol Goalkeeper Yuta Minami's Own Goal Blunder
By Bob | January 10th, 2007There is probably an excuse for what happened to Kashiwa Reysol keeper Yuta Minami in the video below. Perhaps the ball was slick or ...
When Times are Tough, Pull out that Winning Communist Playbook
By Bob | January 4th, 2007Look out countries competing in this year’s Asian Cup. China has God money talent Communism on its side. The world’s 84th ranked team ...
The Most Lopsided Game in History
By Bob | January 3rd, 2007We’re big fans of underdogs in these parts and in the world of international football there is no bigger underdog than American Samoa. The ...
Perth Glory Teammates Fight after Match
By Bob | December 29th, 2006Perth Glory midfielder Adrian Webster and captain Jamie Harnwell took out their handbags and slugged one another following their team's 0-0 draw against Adelaide United ...
David Beckham takes part in Japanese Game Show
By Bob | December 26th, 2006Those holiday meals sure can be fun. You stuff your face with food while you listen to your senile Aunt Sally babble on about ...
The Sport of Sepak Takraw
By Bob | December 14th, 2006Lost in the shuffle of all the crazy plays that took place in the semifinals of the Asian Cup football competition this week was the ...
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