There was a story in yesterday's Times that I had trouble believing was true. It involves the American Ambassador to London and the British Ambassador to Washington D.C. arranging a friendly food-based wager over the result of the USA vs England World Cup game on June 12th.

After careful consideration, and with special attention paid to the fact that it makes a pretty good blog post, I'm going to go ahead and take the story as true.

All of the Central American leagues have decided their league champions, with the exception of Belize. Here is a roundup: BELIZE The Belizean Premier League is back in action, but with fewer teams than before. The San Pedro Sea Dogs folded, so the remainder of their league matches has been given a 0-3 result by the league authorities.

Giving something back

Those lucky enough to play top level GAA for their counties often assume privileged positions. Their skillful exploits in the marquee games that highlight an Irish summer leave them feted by their county supporters, idolized by youngsters wishing one day to emulate their achievements.

The road to Atletico Madrid involved a 23 hour journey that took them to London's Euston St by train and then onto St Pancras to board the Eurostar to Paris.

After an overnight stay in the French capital, the Reds boarded a train to Bordeaux. Then onto the airport for the final descent into Madrid's Barajas airport.

I was at the mentioned event held at "Alcova" in the CBD area.
The purpose of this event was to announce the official unveiling of ten S.League players who are being roped in by Puma as their sports performance and lifestyle ambassadors for 2010.
(Pictured above) The entrance of "Alcova" with billboards and promotional banners making known of the event it's hosting.

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One of my favourite WC memories is that of 38 year old (and the rest!) Roger Milla coming on the pitch and mugging Columbia's Scorpion Kicking Keeper Higueta & poking one away before doing the Milla shake by the corner flag. Snake hips might have to get his boots on if the Indomitable Lions are to progress past the last 16, even if the Songs are on-song.

In view of the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa, Maxis (the leading mobile operator in Malaysia) signed on Frank Lampard and Lionel Messi as brand ambassadors. There is an awesome video of Frank Lampard talking about how his father encouraged him as a young boy to finally become one of the best attacking midfielder in the world today.

By Chris Wright

Former ITV pundit Robbie Earle, who was sacked by the station yesterday for selling his complimentary press tickets to a Dutch marketing agency, now looks set to be stripped of his ambassadorial role in England's bid for the 2018 World Cup.

Things really are going from sh*te to worse for Robbie Earle at the minute!

After being sacked by ITV yesterday for flogging his complementary press tickets (which are intended solely for the use of friends and family) to a Dutch beer brand yesterday, the former pundit has now had his profile removed from the official 'England 2018′ World Cup bid website.

When I posted earlier today on the improvement of behaviour amongst England's travelling support, I didn't expect the Guardian to follow suit just hours later with a similar piece on the change entitled "England fans lose their reputation for violence".

In the wake of England's qualification for the second round, they said today that there had been no football-related arrests in South Africa at all – save for the fan who confronted David Beckham in the dressing room following the draw in Cape Town, who will appear in court again tomorrow.

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When I heard that Paul the Octopus was recording an album titled Paul the Octpous Sings Elvis, I cried a little for the state of the world, but also took comfort in the fact that this whole octopus thing had reached a firm upper limit of bizarreness. Because things don't get any weirder or stupider than a cephalopod mollusc who a) lives underwater and b) has no vocal chords somehow recording an album.

SBS' Crag Foster writes a great article about how the FFA should engage the community and the free army of football supporters across the country.
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We did most of that in Canberra Fozzie, I'd argue 2,000 paid-up foundation members $200, 100 junior club ambassadors from all clubs, 15,000 pledges including the Southern Higlands, South Coast and Snowy mtns and Ben and co not only dismissed us - they've never come back with a plan for the region.

On Tuesday night, Zidane helped spearhead the "Match Against Poverty" and the football genius entertained the crowd with some lovely skills. Zinedine Zidane and Ronaldo pooled together a star-studded group of football legends for a United Nations charity match in Greece on Tuesday aimed at fighting world poverty.

Since I live in Los Angeles, I get my fair share of David Beckham news and sightings. And while he's a popular figure worldwide (he was one of England's ambassadors in their failed World Cup bid after all), there has ... Continue reading →