Posted By Eric Beard
Now I know, it's an advertisement. So let's just put that aside for a moment. Damn.
Where to start? We have Cristiano Ronaldo nutmegging Homer Simpson while Homer says,
"Ronal.
In Port-au-Prince there stands – or at least there stood, before the January 12th earthquake
devastated much of the city – a mural depicting four great nationalist heroes of the Caribbean:
Toussaint L'ouverture, Che Guevara, Fidel Castro and Emmanuel Sannon. If you don't recognize the
last name, you are not alone, for Sannon's presence among this group might at first seem a little
odd.
Presidential interest in national soccer is nothing new to us. With so much popular will and
attention fixated on national teams, national soccer has long been mixed with executive
politicking. The recent World Cup has illustrated this phenomenon more clearly than ever, with
notable presidential "arbitrations" occurring in the French, Nigerian, and North Korean football
associations in the wake of poor tournament performances.
O desporto é uma área que é transversal a toda a sociedade. Desde política, a religiões, a
raças o desporto atravessa tudo, sempre com os mesmos objectivos, participar, competir, e por
último ganhar. É possível ver desporto praticado por pobres, ricos, remediados, mulheres,
homens, crianças e idosos.
Hola Amigos! Burrito here with latest news on Maradona getting bit by his perrito called "El Che".
(After Ernesto "Che" Guevara)
In case you carnales don't reads about it, Diego Armando Maradona, known to most Argentinos peoples
ass the greatest player to half played in the worlds, was bit in the culo (ok, ok in the face pero
Burrito think his face look like an ass anyways!
I read an article this morning about how to build an audience on the internet. People on the
internet, it said, don't want a lot of fancy explanations and preambles. They just want to get in,
get the information, and get out. People on the internet don't need to know why you're introducing
something in a certain way, or where you're thinking about going with it.
Socrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira, to give him his full name, delayed the
start of his international career until the age of 25 so he could complete his studies as a doctor.
When asked to name his heroes, rather than opting for Brazilian footballers such as Pele and
Garrincha, he picked John Lennon and Cuban revolutionary leader Che Guevara - like Socrates, a
trained doctor.
Presidential interest in national soccer is nothing new to us. With so much popular will and
attention fixated on national teams, national soccer has long been mixed with executive
politicking. The recent World Cup has illustrated this phenomenon more clearly than ever, with
notable presidential "arbitrations" occurring in the French, Nigerian, and North Korean football
associations in the wake of poor tournament performances.
Diego Maradona was among the thousands of Argentine citizens who paid their respect to fallen
former President Nestor Kirchner on Thursday. Kirchner's body was laid to rest at Argentina's
presidential palace in a service yesterday morning and Maradona was at the ceremony and
embraced Kirchner's widow, Argentina's current President Cristina Fernandez, and the former World
Cup star and national team coach also placed his hand on Kirchner's flag-draped coffin to pay
tribute to the fallen former leader.