Posts Tagged with 'football'

Ladies and gentleman, may I present to you Zakumi: the official mascot for the FIFA 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa.

Zakumi is a Proudly South African (and African) leopard in the green and gold of Bafana Bafana with green hair. The green hair was a decision he made once as “he felt it would [...]

This is pretty amazing. Ebbsfleet United FC will become the first football club to be taken over by a fan website. MyFootballClub has agreed a deal in principle to purchase a controlling stake in Ebbsfleet United FC.
MyFootballClub members will have an equal say in team selection, player transfers and the general running of the [...]

You’ve got to love the Greeks for their initiative. Apparently the Greek police will be using paintball guns as part of their arsenal to control the 50 000 AC Milan and Liverpool fans at tomorrow night’s Champion’s League final in Athens.
Of course, they’ll only use them to control the mob if a riot breaks [...]

The time has come… Carlos Alberto Parreira touched down in Johannesburg this morning to start his life as the most highly paid person in the South African public eye.
I was absolutely amazed and shocked to hear Carlos Alberto Parreira will be coaching Bafana Bafana in preparation of the 2010 World Cup. I admire him [...]

Whooops, seems Robinson was so busy watching the Borat adverts on the side boards, during Englands 2-0 defeat to Croatia, that he didn’t quite manage to make contact with the ball so nicely passed back by Gary Neville…

Gary Neville’s first goal for England, and it was in the back of his own net. Ha ha [...]

Whilst watching the Brazil vs Japan game the other evening, I noticed that a lot of the players’ names end in “inho” and wondered is this was like “Kip” in Kenyan names (I believe Kip means “son of”).
Well, as luck would have it, I found an explanation for this…
Most Brazilian players are known professionally by [...]

I can’t say I’m the biggest fan of football these days (I don’t support any particular team), but I do still like the international game. There is no better time for some good international football than during the World Cup, though it would be better if Bafana Bafana were playing. Oh well, at [...]