Feb
25

20 Football (Soccer) Stars to Check Out on Twitter

Geno on February 25th, 2011

If you know anything about me, you know that I have two hobbies: fishing (one I actively participate in) and football/soccer (one I love to watch). Yesterday my hometeam, FC Zenit (St Petersburg, Russia) got through into the 1/8th of Europa League beating Young Boys (Bern, Switzerland) 1:3 in snowy St. Petersburg at 12°F (-11°C). [...]

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Jul
12

CBS News Confused on Who Won 2010 FIFA World Cup

Geno on July 12th, 2010

I know this sounds pretty insane — and not because the octopus predicted otherwise — but apparently CBS News proclaimed the Netherlands the winner of the 2010 FIFA World Cup after the whole world saw Spain score the only goal in the match 4 minutes before the end of the extra time. The problem happened [...]

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Oct
11

Massimo Busacca Overlooks Penalty: Mercy or Partiality?

Geno on October 11th, 2009

Yesterday’s FIFA 2010 World Cup qualifier between  Russia and Germany drew over 100 million of people to their TV screens. If you haven’t watched it, you’ve missed one interesting game. It was a game between two of the best teams in the world: the silver and bronze medal winners of UEFA’s Euro 2008. Germany won: [...]

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