Bob Collins
Soccer is called “the beautiful game,” because “the game that rips your heart out, stomps on your gut, and leaves your country humiliated in the eyes of the sports world” just doesn’t have the same ring to it. Read more →
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Tag: Soccer
After the Netherlands eliminated Mexico, 2-to-1, in today’s World Cup soccer match, KLM Dutch Airlines, which apparently doesn’t need any business from Mexico, issued this tweet. ‘ The tweet was “racially insensitive,” according to Mashable and it has since been taken down. But not before stirring up Twitter. @KLM I use to fly your airline Read more →
Neighborhoods in the United States will look just like this today when the United States plays Ghana in the World Cup competition.
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The New York Times has exposed a syndicate that European police investigators says fixed hundreds of professional soccer matches around the world. Read more →