Articles tagged with "world-football"
Weekend Quiz: More Non-British Club Crests
By Laurie | July 4th, 2009This week and this week only, we're back to visuals. What are the photos? Non-British club crests. These are bits and pieces from club ...
USOC Third Round Results: Revenge of the Minnows
By Laurie | July 4th, 2009(Weekend Quiz is coming soon, after I fill up on creativity and caffeine. Promise.) I know you're wondering how the third round came out ...
Offside Rewind: You'll Believe You Can Fly
By Daryl | July 3rd, 2009Seven stories from the past week on The Offside and WCB: Darius Vassell: Big in Turkey Separation of church and soccer? Brand Beckham takes a whack from Landycakes Barcelona ...
Daily Dose: July 3rd, 2009
By Daryl | July 3rd, 2009Chris thinks Michael Owen's move to Man Utd is a good idea, and I agree. The Dragons' Den crowd are tougher to convince though... Why a ...
Corinthians Get Some Good PR, Learn How To Celebrate & Andre Santos Has Snoop Dogg Bling
By chris | July 3rd, 2009A couple weeks ago Corinthians were the shame of Brazil, desperate for some type of good news. Bad celebrations, fans killing rival fans, setting more ...
Transfer Talk: What's Plan F Again?
By chris | July 3rd, 2009Aston Villa, Tottenham, Fulham, Milan...Abby Clancy - what the hell is Peter Crouch's appeal? Decent targetman, but what about the aesthetics? Football's a game of ...
Michael Owen To Sign With Manchester United. (Yes, You Read That Correctly.)
By chris | July 2nd, 2009And no, it's not FC United of Manchester as some would believe. It's the Red Devils. Old Trafford. Three time defending Premier League champions. That ...
Lowering Expectations To Darius Vassell-Like Levels
By chris | July 2nd, 2009We've all seen fans get a little too crazy over a signing - some of us have even been guilty of the slightly overzealous behavior. ...
Blurry, Possibly Doctored, Video Of Cristiano Ronaldo Kicking A Car Window & The Loch Ness Monster.
By chris | July 2nd, 2009You may have heard the news that Cristiano Ronaldo got in a skirmish with a 17 year old girl/wannabe paparazzo in Lisbon earlier this week. ...
Stop Worrying About Transfers Fees
By Daryl | July 2nd, 2009Real Madrid's €215m (and counting) spending spree seems to have Michel Platini a bit worried. In a recent interview with French sports daily L'Equipe, the ...
David Beckham's Biggest Challenge Yet: Making Landon Donovan Like Him
By Daryl | July 2nd, 2009All is not well between David Beckham and American soccer right now. After his longer than planned holiday in Milan, Goldenballs is due to return ...
The Best/Worst Dives in Football
By Daryl | July 2nd, 2009If you're in the crowd that considers diving the biggest evil in world football, then the video above collects some of the worst offenders ever ...
The Summer of Real Madrid Continues
By chris | July 1st, 2009Does anyone get the feeling Real Madrid is doing everything possible to make Kaka 'just one of the guys'? Or perhaps they don't like him ...
How to Ruin a Religious Celebration, by Espen Nystuen
By Daryl | July 1st, 2009This is quite the coincidence. Just a few seconds after publishing this post about whether footballers should be allowed to celebrate with relgious gestures, I ...
Daily Dose: June 30th, 2009
By Daryl | June 30th, 2009Something to read while you watch Kaka arrive in Madrid... The real reason Americans don't like soccer... (East Coast Bias) ...and why it doesn't matter anyway (MouthPieceSports) Beginners ...
Why Xavi Might be Right About C-Ron
By Daryl | June 30th, 2009You know how sometimes a player says something to a reporter, and then what he says gets twisted into something it's not? Well, this isn't ...
Going From Bad To Worse In South America
By chris | June 30th, 2009Starting off with "Ooh...ahh...death threats in Colombia!" probably won't read any different than any other news story about South American football which hits the news ...
Celebrate US Soccer & Michael Jackson By Parting With Money.
By chris | June 29th, 2009Ignoring for a moment that complete cash-grab that this is, do you suppose they realize Michael Jackson was a slightly controversial figure? No one's denying ...
The Best Tournament in the US that Nobody Knows About, OR: Lamar Hunt US Open Cup Time!
By Laurie | June 29th, 2009It is summer in the US. What does it mean? It means Tournament Time! (Or Schedule Congestion Time, for you glass-half-empty types.) ...
Weekend Quiz Answers: Who Were the Players
By Laurie | June 28th, 2009First, if you haven't taken our weekend quiz, stop by this post and make your guesses, then come here for the answers. Thanks again ...
Daily Dose 06.27.09 Confederations Cup Edition
By Laurie | June 27th, 2009We're all about the Confederations Cup today. (And be sure to stop by this page tomorrow for all your Confederations Cup liveblogging action. ...
Confederations Cup Training, OR: Get a Room!
By Laurie | June 27th, 2009Nothin' much goin' on today in the footballing world, except Brazil and the USA training for the Confederations Cup final. How are they ...
Weekend Quiz: The Difficult Club Quiz, Courtesy of Ranjeet
By Laurie | June 27th, 2009All right, boys and girls. Same format as a couple of weeks ago, but a little different. Because today, your quiz designer is ...
Offside Rewind: Watch Your Step
By Daryl | June 26th, 2009Seven stories you might have missed this week... Don't like your team's new strip? Change it. Tell us who your team should sign this summer The most ...
Showdown in Chinatown 2009 Highlights
By Daryl | June 26th, 2009The 2009 Showdown in Chinatown was this past Wednesday. If you're unfamiliar, that's where the NBA's Steve Nash organizes a game of soccer in New ...
Transfer Talk: No Means No.
By chris | June 25th, 2009Chelsea, unaware that no means no, made a silly bid for Alexandre Pato which was firmly rejected (they say "English club", but they're not fooling ...
Setanta Sports News Goes Down Fighting
By Daryl | June 25th, 2009This is how Setanta Sports News said goodbye on Tuesday, with nine minutes of news highlights, which are fun to watch if you want to ...
Daily Dose: June 24th, 2009.
By chris | June 24th, 2009Stuff to read while you showboat with Robinho..... Benjamin Maradona-Aguero wears a rug. (Dirty Tackle) Newcastle United now a stage play - presumably a tragicomedy. (The Spoiler) Puma ...
The Transfer Saga That Gives Back: Rafael van der Vaart to HSV.
By chris | June 24th, 2009Perhaps the most absurd transfer sagas of the last 24 months is back, but in reverse. You may remember Rafael van der Vaart from such ...
Denilson: The World's Most Disappointing Player?
By Daryl | June 24th, 2009Back in 1998, Denílson de Oliveira Araújo became the most expensive player in the entire world when Real Betis paid São Paulo $32m for his ...
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