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World Cup Open Thread: France-South Africa; Mexico-Uruguay
We have simultaneous games today. Can France get its shit together against the host nation? Can Mexico grab a point to move onto the next round? Toggle back and forth and comment below....
North Korean Beatdown Broadcast Live To Confused Homeland
Emboldened by their soccer team's "triumph" over Brazil, North Korean state television actually allowed yesterday's "revenge" match against Portugal to be broadcast live to its citizens, many of whom may currently be wondering: "Is seven a lot of goals?"...
Your Culturally Insensitive World Cup Goal Roundup For June 21
Today we saw a feeding frenzy in the Portugal-North Korea game, Chile putting itself in good position for the round of 16, and Spain showing everyone why it's still a favorite. Another favorite: snickering at foreign cultures through culturally insensitive music placement....
The Boys Not On The Bus: Riding Around Solo On FIFA's Cravenly Shunned Media Vehicles
JOHANNESBURG — Getting around this city during the World Cup has been an unholy mess. Traffic can be obscene. Cabbies have turned into pirates. So it's nice to have access to media shuttles. Too bad almost nobody uses them....
Zidane Denies Orchestrating France Squad’s Rebellion
Headbutt specialist Zinedine Zidane has denied being the driving force behind the France World Cup team's decision to challenge manager Raymond Domenech's authority....
Your Culturally Insensitive Weekend World Cup Goal Roundup, June 19-20
What a weekend: New Zealand played Italy to a draw; Luis Fabiano got away with two handballs; and Denmark scored a pair of beauties. But how would these moments look when scored to music betraying a distinct lack of cultural sensitivity?...
World Cup Open Thread: Spain-Honduras
Spain flopped in its opener to Switzerfuckingland, and Honduras — where soccer is in such a sorry state that Jonathan Bornstein is a national hero — is coming off a 1-0 loss to Chile. Discuss in the comments....
World Cup Open Thread: Chile-Switzerland
The Swiss are coming off their upset of Spain; Chile is fresh off disappearing the Hondurans, 1-0. Talk about it below....
A Beauty In Joburg: Watching Slovenia-USA With The Ladies Of The Miss World Pageant
JOHANNESBURG — Slovenia-USA had it all. There was the immediate and customary American breakdown. The stirring comeback. A bastard shit evil ref, more evil than that bastard shit Larrionda in 2006. And then there were the Miss World contestants....
World Cup Open Thread: Portugal-North Korea
Apologies for the delay this morning. Portugal's up 1-0 in the muck at halftime at Green Point Stadium. Discuss below. UPDATE: North Korea heroically holds the Portuguese to fewer than eight goals, according to a Pyongyang news agency....
Kaká Gets a Red Card, Nao Vai Jogar Contra Portugal, But At Least He's In Amor
"Kaká will be suspended from Brazil's match Portugal after Abdulkader Keita drew a second yellow card on the Brazilian midfielder, earning him a dismissal and a suspension for Brazil's third group stage match." [SBNation]...
World Cup Open Thread: Brazil-Ivory Coast
"The Group Of Death" showdown that you've been waiting for has arrived. Can Brazil bounce back after their "loss" to the mighty Bad Korea? Does Drogba get the start for Les Éléphants? Should be a scorcher. Comment and follow the action....
World Cup Open Thread: Italy-New Zealand (UPDATE: Vaffanculo!)
Can New Zealand shock the reigning champs? Or will the Azzurri grind the plucky All Whites into the ground with their jackboots? Watch the match and comment below. FINAL: New Zealand 1, Italy 1. Wow....
World Cup Open Thread: Slovakia-Paraguay
Good morning. Who's ready for another day of soccer action? Can Paraguay continue playing above their heads? Can Slovakia regroup after allowing a stoppage time equalizer? Follow the action and comment below....
The French: Not Exactly What You'd Call "Goal Oriented"
Les Bleus have pretty much proven at this point that they deserve their creepy, loser coach. Their lackadaisical 2-nothingness loss to Mexico Thursday was probably the worst French capitulation since the Germans outflanked the Maginot Line. And people were shocked....
What Is North Korean Striker Jong Tae Sae Actually Crying About?
(Aside from Manute Bol.) Anyway, a headscratcher I've been puzzling over for a few days now: what's with sobbing guy on the North Korean national team? Guy has never even had to live in North Korea!...
World Cup Open Thread: Cameroon-Denmark
Pretty much a must-win for both teams after opening-game losses. Are we having fun yet?...
Sorry Scott, We Are All Malians Now
I too felt a twinge of something almost like patriotism when I read of the latest attempt to burgle America of its greatness carried out by a shockingly brazen African thug. Then I remembered the thug in the White House....
Why We Must Invade Mali
FIFA's review of Koman Coulibaly won't answer the question of how someone with two lazy eyes and a day job as financial auditor for the notoriously corrupt Malian government was allowed to be a World Cup official in the first place....