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Piss Poor de France safety conditions have cyclists fed upAt the start of Stage 4 of the Tour de France, riders dismounted their bikes and stopped the race for a full minute to protest for safer racing conditions. ...

Norway Might Have Won The Whole Thing, If Only They Hadn't Alienated The Best Player In The WorldThe situation with Norway’s women’s soccer team is like something out of the Iliad. In this analogy, the World Cup is the Trojan War, the Norwegian team is the heavily armed but nonetheless overmatched Greek army, and Ada Hegerberg is Achilles, the Grecian hero of otherworldly abilities who very wel...

Nigeria Have The Star Power To Go Down In A Blaze Of GloryThe question before Nigeria heading into this World Cup is the same one they’ve faced going into every other World Cup: Will this be the tournament the Super Falcons finally put it all together and make a real run? Unfortunately, the answer is probably the same as it has been in years past: No, this...

South Korea Are No Minnows, But They're Still Food For The World Cup's Sharks

The best thing you can say about South Korea coming into this World Cup is that they are fine....

France's Women Are On A Mission To Establish Worldwide Soccer Dominance

If the 100 percent non-existent aliens that purportedly flit about Earth’s skies were in fact real, and if they somehow mustered enough gumption in their lily liver-equivalent alien organs to descend upon the far superior human race and challenge us to a pair of soccer matches—one men’s, one women’s...

(Almost) Everything You Need To Know About World Cup Group A, In (Almost) One Minute

The 2018 World Cup kicks off tomorrow. Just because the USMNT blows and didn’t make the tournament, that’s no reason for you not to pay attention to the best sporting event on the planet. Here’s everything you absolutely must know about Group A, all in one neat little video....

Will Luis Suárez Do Something Crazy Stupid Or Crazy Awesome At This World Cup?

Uruguay have what it takes to mount another charge deep into the latter stages of the World Cup like the one they made to the semifinals in 2010. They still have one of the very best defensive fronts in the game. They still have a steely midfield capable of swatting away incoming attacks, and have b...

Saudi Arabia Have The Honor Of Being The Shittiest Team In The World Cup

In truth, I know next to nothing about the Saudi Arabia national team. Which actually doesn’t matter much, because apparently they really suck....