All Entries Tagged With: "Soccer"

Brain Dead

Former Argentinean soccer player turned Goodyear Blimp, Diego Maradona, continues to be a poster boy for the ill effects of frequent drug use.
Former Argentinean soccer player Diego Armando Maradona expressed his desire on Monday to visit Iran and meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
In a meeting with Iranian Charge d’Affaires to Buenos Aires Mohsen Baharavand, the former [...]

The Game I Wouldn’t Have Minded Losing

Last night, Israel defeated Russia 2-1 in the UEFA EURO 2008 tournament. While the result had no consequence for Israel – we had already missed out on qualifying – it did significantly boost England’s chances of qualifying.
And boy was the English team’s coach happy.
England boss Steve McClaren has paid tribute to Israel’s professionalism after they [...]

Big Game in Town

Tomorrow night, there’s a big soccer game on in town, namely the Euro 2008 qualifier match between Israel and England. The England team are here, as are thousands of English soccer fans.
Meanwhile, security has been doubled at the hotel housing the English team. Well, not quite.
The players of the England football team landed in [...]

No Butts About It

If you had been following the World Cup of soccer for the past few weeks, you probably are already aware of the infamous Zidane headbutting incident from Sunday’s final. If not, here is the incident that led to France’s Zinedine Zidane receiving a red card – an incident that ultimately, might have cost France the [...]

Goodbye Cruel World

Italy 1 Australia 0
Oh the pain, the pain! Not only did the Aussies match it with the Italians, but it looked like we might actually win the game after Italian defended Marco Materazzi was red carded not long after the half-time break. But a poor refereeing decision a few seconds from the end has cruelly [...]

C’mon Aussie!

Australia 2 Croatia 2

Too tired to add anything beyond what the above supporters are expressing.

Religion of Soccer

Ynetnews report on the latest object of the terrorists’ scorn: soccer.
A British jihadists website has warned Muslims against being drawn in to what they described as “the new religion of soccer.”
The Saved Sect website, which calls on Muslims to work to establish an Islamic state in Britain, has attacked “football fever,” saying that soccer [...]

All Time Favorite Arab Reactions to “Flaggate”

The Egyptians are still seething over “Flaggate” (yes, I just thought of that term now – ed.), providing some more grist for my mill and some chuckles this morning.
 
First up, we have the “WTF” reaction:

The live commentator on the Arab satellite channel broadcasting all World Cup matches in the region abruptly cut short his trademark “goooaaaaaaal” [...]

Like a Red Flag to a Bull

Big Pharaoh has posted some of the Arab reactions to Paintsil’s Israeli flag waving. Needless to say, many Arabs are not happy about it.

“I ask every Arab and Muslim who has zeal for his religion to boycott all kinds of Ghanaian products even if they were necessary for the daily life” (Big Pharaoh: ummm, [...]

One for the Fans

Some more light has been shed on the now famous Ghana-Israeli flag waving incident from a few days ago. John Paintsil, the player involved, has explained why he did it:

“I love the supporters in Israel so I decided to take out the flag,” Paintsil said.
 
“I have played for Hapoel and Maccabi Tel Aviv and the [...]