european football

Spurs-Bolton match abandoned after 23 year old Fabrice Muamba collapses on the pitch, apparently he wasn't breathing when taken down the tunnel. Shocking. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/17417973 Really hope he pulls through.

Sad news... Paul the octopus, an unlikely star of the 2010 World Cup who 'predicted' the outcome of eight matches, has died at an aquarium in Germany. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-11626050 A moment of silence please

North Korean regime hired Chinese people to act as North Korean fans. disgusting http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/02/sports/soccer/02korea.html?sq=north%20korea&st=cse&scp=2&pagewanted=all i guess Ill Kim's people don't have enough energy to support their team for 90+ Minutes...

I am surprised there is not a thread about it already. I am told Limbaugh, Beck and the other big-name conservative commentators have already cited the article. http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-philbin/2010/06/09/media-make-selling-soccer-goal I posted it here instead of sports because...

http://g.sports.yahoo.com/soccer/world-cup/blog/dirty-tackle/post/Elephant-causes-traffic-jam-stops-U-S-team-bus?urn=sow,247655 It was an elephant. I rest my case.

The ABE movement; innocent(ish) rivalry, understandable ire on the part of the celtic home nations at the pervasive jingo-ism flooding the media, or grossly unacceptable racism/sour grapes from those who didn't make the cup? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8733373.stm Personal view? Fed...

http://www.skysports.com/football/world-cup-2010/story/0,27032,12021_6199766,00.html :o This is pretty much the best advertisement a quack can get in Europe..

I hope this is more politics related than sport related, but I'd love to know the answer... As I understand it: There are no flights to Cuba from America and vice-versa. There is ongoing tension between the two. America doesn't like Cuba's style of Government and vice versa. So, they don't...

PoolBoy just calls from Belgium. Seems the Scots are out in force, already totally smashed before the game has even begun (at 8:30). The Belgium police are already getting geared up, battons and police dogs at the ready. They even have these tear gas pellet guns that can target a smaller area...

I loved Mr Randi's barbed comments about Geller's adopted UK football team going down, but why the pic of Geller holding an oval ball and running with it? Wrong type of football, Sir - the English version is the game where you use your feet, hence FOOTball...