American soccer fans can start writing the epitaph now: Fox Soccer will shutdown in September in order to make way for FXX, Fox's new channel dedicated to the 18- to [...] The post Fox Soccer To Fold For Yet Another Young Male Network appeared first on The Smoking Section .
National Philatelic Commission and thee Ministry of Communications of Brazil have both agreed on some of the topics to be featured on commemorative postage stamps for 2013. Alongside the staging of the Olympics and World Cup, the centennial year of the birth of bossa nova pioneer, artists and lyricist Vinicius de Moraes has also been chosen to be featured. In all 21 themes were chosen among thousands of proposals received by email. Source
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» This is a podcast I created exclusively for the chaps over at In Bed With Maradona , but sadly it isn't there any more. So I'm rehousing it back here... When creating this pod I discovered there were far more songs about Armando than I anticipated. I have over 30 tracks in my collection now so deciding which to go into a podcast was a difficult one. Most of the tracks, about 80% are decent. The crap ones you may not be surprised to read, are from English bands who went with the obvious [...]
Yesterday, 39-year-old Brazilian soccer legend Roberto Carlos announced his retirement, hanging up the boots on a career that stretched over three decades and three continents. Carlos started his professional career [...]
The draw for the 2014 World Cup qualifying groups will take place later tonight in Rio. Scotland are in pot 4 which means we could be in a Club Med group with Greece, Turkey and Israel or a Club Dread group with Spain, France and Ukraine. Details below. Here are the Pots: Pot 1: [...]
Freshlyground 's fan base undoubtedly experienced a boost from the exposure the band enjoyed after collaborating with Shakira on "Waka Waka (This Time For Africa)," the official anthem of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Now, new fans in the US and Canada will have a chance to catch the South African band live when it embarks on a North American tour this summer — its first in the region since participating in last year's FIFA activities. See below for a list of dates, and visit Freshlyground's Facebook page for more information [...]
Before the svelt, handsome incorruptible suits at FIFA sanctioned the vapid series of Goal! movies, there was another feature length film released with the same name. Well nearly... Or to give it the full title: G'olé!, The Official Film Of The 1982 World Cup . Released two years after the tournament, this documentary looked at the events in the 1982 World Cup in Spain. And when I say looking at , what I actually mean is [...]
The first ever pillow fight world cup is held at the Warsaw Concerts on 261 Driggs Ave in Greenpoint/Williamsburg in Brooklyn on May 17th. Fighters from US, Austria, Sweden and Japan in competing in this event of biblical proportions. The door opens at 7 pm. The bands The Controversy and Fake Hooker will play. Tickets is $15 online and $20 at the door. More information on www.pillowfightworldcup.com
There's nothing like the prospect of an upcoming cricket encounter to intensify the popular Indian pastime of Paki-bashing. However, as erudite and unbiased critics, we at Indiecision strive to be as critical as possible of everything. It's time for some introspection. In a post-'Waka Waka' world, it's inevitable that listeners will be bombarded with a multitude of terrible World Cup-themed songs. India has contributed two such howlers. Exhibit A: Sonu Nigam's 'Let's Go For Glory.' We'll post a scathing attack on the track's lyrical content as soon as we can decipher the thickly-accented English Nigam has [...]
The Dear Scotland contributors are going to take a bit of "winter break" over the festive period so it seems like an appropriate time to look back at some of the most popular articles of the year. First off, Billy's thoughts on the summer of football. My tournament began in the conference room of a [...]
Now that Qatar, of all places, has won the rights to the World Cup in 2022, we can look ahead to the designs for their soccer stadiums. They have yet to be built, but many of them are striking for their modernity. From Io9 : The stadiums were designed by Albert Speer & Partner, GmbH, and they represent a huge leap forward in energy-efficiency as well as looking like an alien invasion in progress. The five stadiums will use solar energy [...]
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I'll get straight to the point. It's an absolute joke that Qatar will be hosting the World Cup in 2022. Aside from it being 120 degrees there in the summer, two KEY elements will be missing from the festivities. HOOKERS Hookers are an absolute staple for any international sporting event. It's like a loose women buffet at these shindigs. First you sample a little Italian, throw in a pinch of Australian and toss in a little unnamed Eastern European action for good measure. Come for the futbol, stay for the illegal snatch. [...]
Even before the previously secret documents were published , pretty much everyone knew that Prince Andrew was a bit rude. Tell us something we don't know. Same thing with the Panorama programme with accusations that certain FIFA execs were corrupt, again tell us something we didn't know. But... there were other things... footballing secrets that they have tried to suppress... until now. I know they will try to stop me (who ? The big rubber men in their black helicopters - You've seen them !) but I will not be [...]
Off-guard was an understatement in regards to how I felt upon hearing my day job boss bring up K'Naan in casual conversation. Then, Google Reader hipped me to an article entitled, Portrait of the Rapper as a Young Marketer: How K'Naan Delivered on Coca-Cola's $300 Million Bet and I remembered I had watched nil World Cup games. Either way, there's a reason this Somalian singer/songwriter gets love from both middle-aged, Caucasian call-center managers and the 'world's #1 brand' and it's more than just his potent product. [...]
“It’s over,” said the BBC commentator Liam McLeod in the fourth minute of injury time against Liechtenstein. He was referring to Barry Robson’s free kick but he could just as well have been talking about our campaign: over, before it began. I said last week that Lithuania was a must-win game -- and we didn’t [...]
"It's a New Era !" the F.A trumpets. "There's a New Hope !" they blare out to all and sundry. "And don't forget to buy the new England™ kit !" But actually (apart from the last bit) there isn't and they said none of these things. Despite the dismal showing a few months back, unlike the French farce who resolved to clear everything out, wipe the slate clean and start all over again there isn't the same sort of thing going [...]
El rock y el futbol siempre han ido de la mano, sobre todo en Inglaterra, y artistas como Robert Smith de The Cure o Ian McCulloch ( Echo and The Bunnymen ) se han declarado hinchas, por no mencionar a verdaderos obsesos del soccer como los integrantes de Oasis o los New Order , que incluso compusieron el himno " World in Motion " algunos mundiales atrás. Y bueno, la New Musical Express acaba de publicar la noticia de que Peter Saville es el ilustre encargado de [...]
Fox News TV celebrity and all-round fruit loop Glenn Beck held a rally for his followers in Washington DC last Saturday. The date just happened to be August 28, the same date that Martin Luther King held his famous “March on Washington,” the culmination of which was his legendary "I Have A Dream" speech. Despite standing [...]
Not an original title. At The Rails first used it about the same subject. The first chance for the fans... which is a misnomer because of what they'll be doing... to boo the England team in a few hours. Many of the hacks in their published articles asking what's the point of booing, the players knew that their performance in South Africa was dismal. But the "England fans" don't have access to a newsroom and this is their way of showing their disapproval. Winter [...]
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