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The groupings for Friday's World Cup Finals draw have been revealed, based on FIFA's World Rankings
for October. Eight groups of four to be picked. How about the US with Brazil, Ivory Coast and
France? Can't be much worse than last time can it?Pot 1 (Seeds): South Africa, Brazil, Spain,
Netherlands, Italy, Germany, Argentina, England Pot 2 (AFC, OFC & CONCACAF): Japan, South Korea,
North Korea,
Robben Island, famous for being Nelson Mandela's jail for 18 years has hosted a leper colony,
quarantined animals and political prisoners of various hues over its 400-year history.It is a
UNESCO World Heritage Site today, with a population of around 25,000 rabbits. The latest inmates
were the FIFA Executive Committee, the 24 most powerful men in football, who dropped by today for a
chat ahead of
Over the moon, to use the oldest British football cliche in the book. England v USA was the one I
wanted above all. We are "natural rivals" as Bob Bradley says, if not yet big ones: Americans want
to beat England more than vice versa. That the clash comes first means there won't be quite as much
tension as in a decider, so a defeat allows time for wounds to be licked.
Walking to work yesterday I took one of the free rags being thrust into commuters' hands as they
exit London's Waterloo Station, only because this had the World Cup on the cover.As I had never
heard of the writers, I expected the sort of scissors 'n' paste previews I had found plenty of four
years ago - the ones which put Chris Armas up front or Greg Vanney in the starting eleven for
instance.
Nobody likes working for a boss who has just fired them, but when you have to do it on
camera...Mark Hughes' pain was manifest, which made for almost exploitative viewing. The
soccer-schrizophrenic of tigerish player and placid coach was no more - Sparky was bitter and
crestfallen, but tongue-tied for fear of losing his $5m compensation packet.
