France proved me wrong this morning when they convincingly beat Spain 3-1. The other results were not too surprising, including England’s rather unconvincing win over Equador Portugal beat Holland in a farce that saw 16 yellow cards and 4 red cards and both sides reduced to 9 men by the end of the game. [...]
Archive for June, 2006
Round of 8 (Quarter Finals)
Posted in News & Oddities on June 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Round of 16
Posted in News & Oddities on June 24, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Well the group matches are over and it’s down to the last 16 teams. The match ups are as follows:
Saturday, 24 June 2006
Germany 2-0 Sweden
Argentina 2-1 Mexico
Sunday, 25 June 2006
England 1-0 Ecuador
Portugal 1-0 Holland
Monday, 26 June 2006
Italy 1-0 Australia
Switzerland 0-0 Ukraine (Ukraine won 3-0 on penalties)
Tuesday, 27 June 2006
Brazil 3-0 Ghana
Spain 1-3 France
I did not [...]
Soccer babes
Posted in Web Finds on June 23, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Hubby as expected was not terribly impressed with the pic of Freddie Ljungberg I put up yesterday. So here’s a picture I’m sure he will appreciate more!
This team of soccer babes would probably be as effective as UKDoc’s suggestion for England’s new striker!
The Sexiest World Cup players
Posted in Lists on June 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Who do you think are the sexiest World Cup players? A poll of 10,000 users of the German Web site Bunte.T-Online.de crowned Freddie Ljungberg the “World Cup Sex God.” The list was followed by Christiano Ronaldo, David Beckham, Alessandro del Piero and Michael Ballack. Check out the entire list here. And if you are in [...]
Fifa ready with orange shorts
Posted in News & Oddities on June 22, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
After the previous underpants fiasco, Fifa officials have provided gate staff with piles of spare pairs of plain orange shorts for Dutch fans to replace trousers promoting a beer which is not the official sponsor. Officials think that the act of removing the pants itself would serve as a publicity tool for the other company [...]
Weird USB Drives
Posted in Lists on June 20, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
I came across this list of top 10 weirdest USB drives on Digg some time back, but this one takes the cake IMO. How would you like a teddy bear USB thumb drive that looks decapitated when you stick it into your USB port? The accompanying description on the Flickr photoset Oso describes how the [...]
Fans lose trousers to gain entry
Posted in News & Oddities on June 18, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
1,000 Dutch fans watched a World Cup tie wearing no trousers, when they showed up at the match in their traditional bright orange trousers but bearing the logo and name of a Dutch brewery. To protect the rights of the official beer (Budweiser) they were denied entry, so the male fans promptly removed the trousers [...]
Top Ten Accidental Discoveries
Posted in Lists on June 17, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The article is a rather old one but interesting all the same. It’s fascinating to know that some of the commonplace things in the home were discovered accidentally from velcro to superglue to post-it-notes!
The cold cycle
Posted in Personal on June 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
This cold sucks…..
It’s been about a month since I fell ill and despite being on Day 6 of antibiotics, I am still unwell. First it was the dry itchy cough, then the sniffles, then the yellow phlegm, then back to the dry itchy cough yesterday. Today I’m sniffling again and my nose is super itchy [...]
No cheering allowed
Posted in News & Oddities on June 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Life sure is difficult if you are a Cambodian Buddhist monk and a football fan. Their head monk has given permission for them to watch the ongoing World Cup on TV, but no cheering or getting excited and absolutely no betting allowed. Can you imagine trying to watch a football match without cheering or getting [...]
