Congratulazioni al Azzurri!

Truly a deserving win for them. The Italian defense was fabulous as usual and got through the whole tournament with only 2 goals conceded — one an own goal, and the other a penalty. I could hardly bear to watch the penalty shoot-out and closed my eyes when Del Piero stepped up to take his [...]

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Italy are through to the Final

Feeling very groggy at the moment but it sure was worth it waking up at 3 am as Italy are through! Stunning late extra-time strikes from Fabio Grosso (119 min) and Alessandro Del Piero (120 min) took Italy into the World Cup final at Germany’s expense with a 2-0 win. I actually fell asleep when [...]

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Down to the last 4 (Semi Finals)

It was a weekend of surprises when France, after a very sluggish start to the World Cup, overcame Brazil with a 1-0 victory. (I think a lot of punters would have been unhappy with that result, except those that bet on France!) The other results were kinda expected — Italy getting through with a convincing [...]

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Round of 8 (Quarter Finals)

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. [...]

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Round of 16

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 [...]

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Fifa ready with orange shorts

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 [...]

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Fans lose trousers to gain entry

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 [...]

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No cheering allowed

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 [...]

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He Writes the Songs That Block Out Traffic

From the Aussie Slang Dictionary:
HOON: reckless, uncooth, used frequently with young male drivers
DAG: a tacky or clueless person
How do you rid your neighbourhood of “hoons” whose anti-social cars and loud music annoy residents and drive customers from businesses?
Play “daggy” music over loudspeakers to drive them away because they can’t stand the music!
At least that’s what [...]

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We Weren’t Supposed To Turn Up, But We Did

Sometimes you just don't expect to see disabled people in certain places doing certain things. In this brilliantly conceived yet pointless series of articles, Rob Crossan has so far taken a blind man to play darts with a UK champion, and a bunch of wheelchair users along to a national tent-pitching competition. This time, can [...]

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