Friday, June 25, 2010

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• Video: Nicklas Bendtner colours in his socks with a felt-tip pen
• England to play in all red against Germany
• Top five conclusions: Denmark 1-3 Japan
• Algeria player Rafik Saifi hits female journalist
• The Guardian World Cup coverage
• Top five conclusions: Slovakia 3-2 Italy
• Video: John Terry and fickle England fans

Video: Nicklas Bendtner colours in his socks with a felt-tip pen Posted: 25 Jun 2010 02:22 AM PDT Strange kit artistry Denmark striker Nicklas Bendtner was spotted colouring in the white section of his socks with a red felt-tip pen last night. If the bizarre artwork was supposed to bring some sort of luck then it failed miserably as his side crashed out following defeat to Japan. Spotted on 101GG

England to play in all red against Germany Posted: 25 Jun 2010 01:22 AM PDT Potentially lucky kit gets another outing England and Germany will line-up in the same colours as in 1966 when they meet in their World Cup second round clash on Sunday. The all-red kit which saw England to victory against Slovenia, after two draws in white, will get another outing to test whether it truly is a lucky [...]

Top five conclusions: Denmark 1-3 Japan Posted: 25 Jun 2010 12:11 AM PDT 1. At last! A team that knows how to take free-kicks with the Jabulani. 2. Japan are obviously a much better team than people gave them credit for pre-tournament. 3. Jon Dahl Tomasson probably couldn’t have picked a worse game in which to break Denmark’s all-time goalscoring record. 4. It wouldn’t be a surprise to see a [...]

Algeria player Rafik Saifi hits female journalist Posted: 24 Jun 2010 10:37 AM PDT Keeping the media in check Algeria vetern Rafik Saifi slapped a female journalist after his side’s defeat to USA yesterday. The 36-year-old spotted reporter Asma Halimi, of Algerian newspaper Competition, as he walked through the interview zone after the match and hit her with an open hand in front of several witnesses. She responded by hitting him [...]

The Guardian World Cup coverage Posted: 24 Jun 2010 09:40 AM PDT Sponsored post

Top five conclusions: Slovakia 3-2 Italy Posted: 24 Jun 2010 09:28 AM PDT 1. Playing in a World Cup final mustn’t be that great: neither of the previous finalists seemed very bothered about it. 2. That was one of the most exciting matches of the tournament so far. End-to-end in the second half and it really could have gone either way. 3. There was something cruelly satisfying about watching Italy’s [...]

Video: John Terry and fickle England fans Posted: 24 Jun 2010 08:29 AM PDT I hate that John Terry The talented Jack Hussey of In-ger-lund has created this video looking at the love-hate relationship between the average football fan and John Terry.

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