Chelsea midfielder Michael Ballack went down with an injured ankle on Saturday in the FA Cup final. Ballack is a starter for Germany, but now it’s not known if he’ll be able to play in the World Cup in South Africa. “It’s not that good at the moment, but I have to wait until tomorrow [...]
In 1994, Russian forward Oleg Salenko won the Golden Boot (tied actually) award for the World Cup, which goes to the player who scores the most goals in the tournament. Amazingly, Salenko won the award despite getting knocked out in the first round. We guess that’s what happens when you put home five in one [...]
Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney limped off of the pitch in the 77th minute of the team’s season-ending 4-0 victory over Stoke. The 24-year old (how is he only 24? He’s been playing forever it seems) aggravated a groin injury just one month before he is to play in the World Cup for England. “I [...]
We understand why the official FIFA song selection committee (we don’t know if there really is such a thing) would want to pick Shakira to create and perform a World Cup anthem for this year’s tourney in South Africa. But apparently, the song “Waka Waka” (means “This is Africa”) isn’t being received so well. It [...]
We admit it. We love soccer (as far as you know). And as the World Cup gets closer, we’ll be posting more stuff about soccer, or futbol as the rest of the world knows it. We also admit that there are some problems with the sport. First of all, the diving just makes it a [...]
Former Real Madrid and French superstar Zinedine Zidane says that he regrets headbutting Italy’s Marco Materazzi at the end of a brilliant World Cup final in 2006. The headbutt drew a red card and he was unavailable in the penalty shootout, which France lost. He regrets it, but he’ll be damned if he tells him [...]
