The wacky Sepp Blatter, FIFA's President, the same guy who last summer called Cristiano Ronaldo a slave - singlehandedly re-igniting my sportswriting career, is back at it again.
This time, Blatter says that a major concern ahead of next year's World Cup in South Africa is an accommodation shortage - and he is proposing the berthing of passenger cruise ships off Durban, Cape Town, and Port Elizabeth to deal with the issue - setting up floating mini-hotels. Click to continue reading...

Sounds like the bout of larceny on the Egyptian national team a couple days ago could've been by invited prostitutes (at least that's what the cops think) and not by run-of-the-mill crooks.
The team denies it and wants an apology, but there are no signs of a break-in, and why wouldn't they want to celebrate after that upset of Italy. Click to continue reading...

While the U.S. players still had to go out and get the job done on Sunday against Egypt, you can't overlook the contribution made by some South African prostitutes to the victory. Seems some of the Egyptian players got a little to excited to early after their defeat of Italy. They still needed a result from today's match to move on to the semifinals of the Confederations Cup and a night of bedroom olympics are generally not the best way to prepare for a football match. Click to continue reading...