North Korea has given awards to its national football squad for qualifying for next year's World Cup — the first time the team has made the tournament in more than four decades, state media said Tuesday. Merit citations, medals or watches inscribed with the name of leader Kim Jong-Il were awarded . Click to continue reading...

"Dear Leaders"

I think even Kim Jong il woud be envious of the uninterrupted reign of Sepp Blatter.

He and his father, Kim il Sung's combined 37 year rule of North Korea have isolated that country and created an international crisis group that deals with that country's nuclear weapons.

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Rumors that a certain former England coach was on the verge of taking the helm of North Korea's football team, which qualified for the World Cup for the first time in 44 years, sent FootyFactor headquarters into a tizzy yesterday.

In the history of odd couples, we cannot think of a more far-fetched but perfectly harmonious pair than North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il and Swedish hard man Sven Goran Eriksson.

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There should be an opposite of ESPN Classic. Like, ESPN Horsesh*t. Because Saturday's LA-Dallas game deserves immortality, but calling it a classic would be rank false advertising.
I'm sure in the 130 years or so they've been playing association football that there have been weirder games. Click to continue reading...

On the list of people you're embarassed to admit you share a species with, alledged human Kim Jong Il, North Korea's Lunatic-in-Chief, is certainly way up there.
When the Dear Leader is not busy kidnapping actresses or SCORING FIVE HOLES IN ONE whenever he plays golf, or building nuclear weapons while millions of his countrymen quite literally starve to death, Kim seems to be something of a football fan. Click to continue reading...

NOTW brings to us news that Man City has all but signed Carlos Tevez and Samuel Eto'o to the Eastlands. The total sum, a whopping £55 million. All great and wonderful. City should have enough firepower to sink Kim Jong Il all by themselves. But here is the headscratcher. Who is ready to sit on the bench?

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North Korea have qualified for next year's soccer World Cup Finals in South Africa ending the possibility of a nuclear confrontation on the Korean peninsula. No country will threaten its chance of glory at the world's biggest event. The corks are popping in Pyongyang and cheering could be heard across the DMZ in Korea, the world's most dangerous stand-off.

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Liverpool is Steven Gerrard and Steven Gerrard is Liverpool.

Wait a minute, they have Torres, Alonso, a bloke called Riera who is having a pretty good season, and Pepe Reina whose ICBMs have led to Kim Jong- il offering him North Korean citizenship. They are multifaceted and multitudinous after bashing Man U and Villa as per pundits.

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As Laurie recently reported, North Korean leader/Team America star Kim Jong-il is not dead. He's very much alive and spending his time watching football. Which is exactly what I'd do if I ever become a dictator. Unfortunately, Kim Jong-il didn't enjoy the Kim Il-sung University vs Pyongyang University game he took in, mostly because of the [. Click to continue reading...