Another original video of FIFA's official theme song "Waving Flag" from Somalian-Canadian Artist K'naan. This video has great images highlighting Africa's natural beauty and the beautiful animals that inhabit the continent. I am hoping the African football nations do well and perhaps get past the quarterfinals, as only Sengal and Cameroon have been able to achieve that milestone.

Never take performance on the road for granted.

I know you guys are used to seeing a free-flowing, attacking team there. But consider a couple of points from someone at the match:

Brad Evans and Osvaldo Alonso were freakin' animals out there. Perhaps that was less than apparent on TV.

The quarterfinal of the 1986 World Cup between Argentina and England was immersed in a bitter football and political rivalry between the two countries. In football terms, the rivalry had started in the 1966 World Cup where the English coach Sir Alf Ramsey had called the Argentinean animals. In political terms, the two countries had only three years before ended a short but bloody war over the

Or with animals. Or against animals. Whatever the case, you can rest assured Australia will be the World Cup's most fearless team when they step onto the pitch against mere humans. Unless the whole thing is fake, which it surely isn't. (Never.)

There are certain elements which remind of Brazil's Airport '98, with the slight difference that a snarling, charging rhinoceros presents a new set of problems one might even say bigger than that of an airport metal detector.

So I thought I'd do an April Fool's post this morning saying that KC was set to sign a designated player, which would have really gone well with the announcement today about the changes to the DP rule. Still, that wouldn't have come close to topping what the Wizards' players did today to teammate Michael Harrington.

Here's a clue to how we're feeling about this photo of Chelsea's Joe and family at the Windsor Races: we spy two teensy, edible people and one seemingly hungry thoroughbred. Uh, deja vu, anyone?

Seriously – who actually thought posing for this photo was a wise decision? We're fixing potential baby-snacking blame on Joey or the jockey.

It's only two weeks away...anyone getting excited?
No-one seemed to get all that excited about the last quiz, but the answers are appended here for the record. Perhaps this one might be more to the taste of fellow World Cup hounds out there...
The Quotes
For each quote, name the speaker and the World Cup occasion.

What is going on tomorrow for the U.S. team, you might ask? Well, nothing out of the ordinary. The guys will get the chance to sleep in after the travel day. We're sure some will watch part or all of the two opening matches - South Africa vs. Mexico and France vs. Uruguay. Training is not until the evening at Royal Bafokeng Stadium, when the U.

By Walter Broeckx. Editor's note: if you are squeemish, or a very deep and sincere believer in animals' rights, this may not be the article for you. Especially at lunch time. Ever since Vermaelen set foot on English soil some fans noticed that he had a very sharp look in his eyes. Eyes that can kill.

In a word or three: they don't mix.

Surely this must violate some sort of animal cruelty laws somewhere, somehow. There's no way a vuvuzela can possibly be good for that dog's hearing in such close quarters. Shitting on the carpet means they got away easy, and I'm fully in favor of tracking down these animals and bringing them to court.

By Chris Wright

After a series of peerless performances at this summer's World Cup, it should come as no surprise that Paul The Psychic Octopus is attracting interest from right across Europe.

Zoo Aquarium in Madrid have submitted a transfer bid to the Sea Life centre in Oberhausen, Germany where the newly-retired Paul currently resides, but it is rumoured that the clairvoyant cephalopod's huge wage demands may scupper any potential move.

With Paul the Octopus having so much success as a fortune teller this past month, around the soccer world people are trying to make other animals make predictions. And Napoli looks to have found it's own fortune teller: a parrot named "Paoluccio". Pappagallo Paoluccio made his debut today at Napoli's preseason training camp.

Spurs manager Harry Redknapp has signed some donkeys in his time and now he's gone one better by buying Anapka the donkey who was cruelly forced to parasail 150ft in the air.

Anapka was forced to parasail 150ft in the air while Russian thug Vasily Gorobets dragged her for 30 minutes in a speedboat over the Black Sea.

The BBC and other British media outlets are reporting the good news! AEK beat a UEFA deadline and secured a new stadium for this week's second-leg Europa League clash with Dundee United! We are all set to play them at Nea Smyrni. According to the BBC:

AEK Athens have beaten a Uefa deadline to find an alternative venue for their meeting with Dundee United and it will now be played at Nea Smyrni Stadium.

My goal this Sunday is to run the phrase "Nut Cuttin' Time" into the ground.
Sitting in my cubicle, calm and collected, feeling that gotta get mine perspective, I turned to my co-worker and announced that I was feeling such a sentiment and that my work life was getting pretty crazy with a ton of projects and launches all due out at the same time.

El Toro Rojo! Ole.

At JBM we are all about being fair. So when we started the The Blue Elephant Premiership we didn't want to leave the Spanish top flight out. So without further ado, here is El Toro Rojo Liga (The Red Bull League) keeping with our theme of fantastically coloured animals.

"All animals are created equal, but some are more equal than others." -- George Orwell, Animal Farm.Is this the season that the dreaded "p" word -- parity -- hits the English Premier League?All signs point to ... maybe.First-place Chelsea are still a comfortable nine points clear of teams Nos. 5-7, all on 19 points.

The mascots for Euro 2012 were presented on Tuesday. I was waiting for this moment and I was hoping for interesting projects. What I got is both unoriginal and plain ugly. First of all, twins were the mascots four years ago as well when Austria and Switzerland organized he tournament. Is there no other way to represent two co-hosts?

Paul the Octopus' legacy continues to live on through phone apps, a hit youtube song, and World Cup memorabilia.

But it appears a successor has already moved into his beloved kingdom.

Paul II AKA "Little Paul" is the new tenant of Paul's Oberhausen tank and the new squid was supposed to train under Paul, but as we all know the Octopus Oracle now sleeps with the fishes.