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by daryl on October 4, 2006
Arsenal's Jens Lehmann is auctioning off the note he pulled from his sock before Germany's World Cup quarter-final penalty shootout against Argentina. He saved two Argentine kicks and sent the...
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World Cup 2006
by daryl on July 20, 2006
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FIFA have spoken. Zidane will get a three match ban from international football, Materazzi a two match ban. Maybe FIFA hasn't heard about Zidane's international retirement? Luc...
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by daryl on July 13, 2006
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He may have a World Cup winner's medal to keep him company, but over on MySpace, Marco Materazzi is having a tough time making friends.
Click here to have a look.
More than like...
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by daryl on July 13, 2006
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In an interview on Canal+ last night, Zidane revealed what caused him to head/chest-butt Marco Materazzi in the World Cup final.
"He (Materazzi) pulled my shirt several tim...
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by daryl on July 13, 2006
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The new FIFA World Rankings were released yesterday, based on new, improved criteria. Results from the last four instead of eight years are now used and the different weighting of ...
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by daryl on July 11, 2006
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OK, this isn't big and it definitely isn't clever, but it is fun for a few minutes. Definitely better than that spreadsheet you're meant to be working on.
Click here to p...
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by daryl on July 11, 2006
Found this footage of the Zidane incident on Soccer-Weblog's schwester site 11 Helden.
I have just one question: is it still technically a "headbutt" if you butt someone in the chest?...
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by daryl on July 10, 2006
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FIFA have awarded Zinedine Zidane the Golden Ball for best player of the 2006 World Cup. Fabio Cannavaro won the Silver Ball for second place, Andrea Pirlo the Bronze Ball (whi...
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by daryl on July 10, 2006
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After an action packed World Cup final, there is only one question. What did Marco Materazzi say to Zinedine Zidane that caused the great man to headbutt him in the chest?
This was me...
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by daryl on July 6, 2006
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There's a lot at stake on Sunday. There's the World Cup final of course, which is fairly important, but we'll also know once and for all whether ghosts exist or not...
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by daryl on July 5, 2006
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Despite all the pressure from back home (scandal this, match-fixing that etc) and a vocal German crowd, Italy are in the World Cup final thanks to Fabio Grosso and Alessandro D...
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by daryl on July 2, 2006
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Brazil's Juninho Pernambucano has retired from international football after their 1-0 defeat to France. Possibly the most heavily fancied team of all time failed to impress a...
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by daryl on July 2, 2006
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After Thierry Henry's winner for France against Brazil, can we finally admit he's definitely not a "flat track bully", who beats up on smaller teams but disappea...
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by daryl on July 1, 2006
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Here's hoping today's England vs Portugal quarter-final clash is third time lucky for Sven in his third bi-annual clash with Big Phil Scolari.
In 2002 Sven's England fail...
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by daryl on June 27, 2006
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Luis Aragonés is still refusing to apologise for calling Thierry Henry "a black shit" in October 2004. When asked whether he would apologise to Henry before tonight&#...
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by daryl on June 24, 2006
Any England fans looking for information about the mysterious ecuador could do a lot worse that World Cup Blog's Ecuador page, which is constantly updated.
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by daryl on June 19, 2006
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After Zinedine Zidane was booked during the last ten minutes of France's 1-1 draw with Korea, we may never see him on a football pitch again.
Zidane is retiring altogether af...
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by daryl on June 17, 2006
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When Ivan Kaviedes scored ecuador's third goal against Costa Rica he pulled a yellow spiderman mask out of his shorts (or pants, not entirely sure) and wore it to celebrate...
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by daryl on June 15, 2006
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Lionel Messi has suffered a fresh injury, complaining of pains in his left foot. The 18 year old Barcelona star sat out Argentina's opening match against ivory Coast as he ...
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by daryl on June 8, 2006
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Unlucky Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse broke his right leg playing for France in their 3-1 friendly win over China. He'll miss the World Cup obviously (and I was expecting him t...
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by daryl on June 7, 2006
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Good news, bad news for Paraguay. Bad news is that their all time top scorer Jose Cardoza has pulled out of the World Cup through injury. Good news is that Bayern Munich strik...
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by daryl on June 6, 2006
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Rather bizarrely, Pele has said that Ronaldinho still needs to prove himself at the World Cup. "The World Cup will be a major challenge for him. Of course, he's a world class...
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by daryl on June 6, 2006
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Rather bizarrely, Pele has said that Ronaldinho still needs to prove himself at the World Cup. "The World Cup will be a major challenge for him. Of course, he's a world class...
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World Cup 2006
by daryl on June 3, 2006
USA midfielder Clint Dempsey has launched his own website slash blog at www.clintdempsey.com, featuring regular video blogs of Dempsey's World Cup experience.
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by daryl on June 2, 2006
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Seems that Raul's starting World Cup spot for Spain is under threat. In the sort of move that would give Sven-Goran Eriksson an instant aneurysm, Spanish boss Luis Aragones ...
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by daryl on May 29, 2006
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Security must be lax at the Brazil training camp in Weggis, Switzerland. Determined blonde Sheila Soares managed to get on the field and give Ronaldinho a big hug. Here&...
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by daryl on May 8, 2006
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According to this , World Cup tickets are currently trading illegally (this means you, touts) at an average 327% of their face value, with tickets for the latter stages at a wa...
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by daryl on May 4, 2006
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Do you know your World Cup trivia? Click your way over to World Cup 2006 News to find out. And remember, Googling is cheating.
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by daryl on May 3, 2006
One optimistic soul has started an online petition to delay the World Cup until Wayne rooney is fit. Unfortunately they only have 37 signatures so far, which won't be enough to sway Sepp Blatter a...
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by daryl on May 2, 2006
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Anyone keen to see freddy Adu at the World Cup this summer should prepare to be disappointed. USA coach Bruce Arena announces his 23 man squad today at 6 p.m. Eastern (11 p.m. GMT...
