According to Reuters, a brand new website created by the British embassy in Germany, British Embassy World Cup, is offering English fans some queer phrases to use when in Germany for World Cup 2006: “Ihm war kotzuebel” (He was sick as a parrot) and “Er kotzte wie ein Reiher” (He puked his guts up) are in the guide as is... more
Fifa has just completed the seeded draw for the group phase of World Cup 2006 in Germany. Picks and commentary follow below with expected qualifiers in bold and wildcards in italics: GROUP A Germany Costa Rica Poland Ecuador Germany, being the home nation and a team with strong (if not quite sensational) squad should go through to the knock-out round... more
Manchester United has been unceremoniously dumped out of the group phase of the Champions League for the first time in a decade. Nevertheless, cheer up Red Devils fans as atleast the team qualified for a UEFA Cup spot. What? Manchester United didn’t even get a UEFA “Golden Parachute” Cup spot? Oh… Well, atleast this means that Wenger and Mourinho will... more
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ESPN reports that Dave “Say you love me and mean it!” Frost has finally resigned as a player agent: David Frost, the man who was the center of a murder-for-hire plot by former NHLer Mike Danton, resigned as an NHL player agent on Tuesday. “Dave Frost has resigned as an NHLPA Certified Agent. The NHLPA will make no further comment... more