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Brazil 2014 Poster Released 30 Jan 2013 | 10:33 pm
The World Cup in Brazil is sneaking up rapidly – only 17 months until the country goes bananas for the Selecao, and 18 until they riot when someone else wins it all. Today, they released the official ...
Raymond Domenech: All Alone With A Pen 20 Nov 2012 | 08:01 pm
The inevitable has happened: Raymond Domenech’s written a book. It’s called All Alone (Tout Seul) and it appears to have a heavy focus, if it’s not entirely centered upon, the French World Cup 2010 fi...
Photo: And The Sun Goes Down 14 Nov 2012 | 10:49 pm
While much of the world is partaking in meaningless friendlies, some World Cup Qualifiers are happening, such as the one between Oman and Japan. This shot of some “spectators” atop the stadium in Musc...
France’s Whistle Blowing Fortune 18 Oct 2012 | 10:51 pm
Interesting footage to come out of Spain today: that big Olivier Giroud goal which saw Les Bleus net a colossal draw against the Milky Way Champeens? Almost didn’t happen. With three minutes of added ...
Olivier Giroud Knows Drama 17 Oct 2012 | 02:35 am
The biggest game of the evening, arguably the biggest of all European World Cup qualifying, was Spain versus France. The European World Champions of the Milky Way, Spain, were hosting, thus a victory ...
The Swedes Take Berlin (Well, Half) 17 Oct 2012 | 02:04 am
At…some point in the game, that photo happened. The two political big wigs of Germany and Sweden respectively – German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the Prime Minister of Sweden, John Fredrik Reinfeldt...
Selecting A Name For World Cup 2014’s Official Armadillo 21 Sep 2012 | 08:59 pm
The potential names for the Official Armadillo of World Cup 2014 have been announced. Unless you speak Portuguese, you’ll be voting on which one is the most fun to say – clearly it’s Amujibi. And so i...
Brazil Releases World Cup 2014 Mascot 17 Sep 2012 | 11:00 pm
And it’s stalking Ronaldo. (No, it’s not Ronaldo.) It’s an armadillo: FIFA said the mascot, unveiled by former Brazil striker Ronaldo during a television programme late on Sunday, represented the thre...
15 Nations Fall: The Crests Of Euro 2012 29 Aug 2012 | 08:57 pm
This is way late to the party, what with Euro 2012 being over near two months and all, but better late than never and all that nonsense. Some wonderful illustrations from “Lee” on the inevitability of...
Naming The 2014 World Cup Ball 15 Aug 2012 | 01:03 am
In a move of ingenious foresight, adidas has handed over the task of naming the ball for the 2014 World Cup to the fans, so that when everyone complains that its flight is dictated by voodoo, they can...
