Is the World Cup Legacy Worth It?
An infographic looking at the previous four World Cups, with some financial information and analyses the effect the event had on the host nation to determine if it was really[…]
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Opening Week Questions
By The Spotter It’s wall-to-wall World Cup in Little Bad Vlad’s sprawling empire. Here are seven ponderables from the first week: 7) Was the Robbie Williams-middle fingered salute at the Opening also a small dig at the host[…]
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World Cup Diary 2
By Euan McCabe I hate the VAR. Largely, it has to be said, because I consider myself to be the world’s first-ever victim of it. It just had to be[…]
Welcome to the always bizarre world of the FIFA World Cup
By Euan McCabe Every football World Cup produces the weird and the wonderful. And we did not have to wait long for it in this, the 21st edition. In fact,[…]
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More folly:- picking World Cup Standings groups E-H
Here is an ill-fated stab at the final standings from Groups E to H. Group E Brazil. Because they’re Brazil. The scars of 2014 and the offensive ego of Neymar[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 15 June
That’s right; Scotland beat World No 1 England in an ODI during the week. Meanwhile Boom Boom has a pet Lion. An under reported part of this story is that[…]
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What it takes to watch an entire tournament
By Euan McCabe Three essential ingredients are required to watch a World Cup tournament in its entirety: a roof, a television and a month. Occasionally you will require willpower, perhaps[…]
The greatest folly of them all:- picking World Cup Standings
There are few things more difficult than picking outcomes of FIFA World Cup games; apparently denuclearising the Korean peninsula is way simpler. There is a reason that the TAB has[…]
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Controlling your Optimism
By Euan McCabe Part two of selected extracts from the book The World Cup Baby Lastly, for those who still feel up to remaining, there is a small but crucial[…]
Argentina 1978
By Euan McCabe How I first became intoxicated by the World Cup by watching the 1978 Tournament in Argentina. The political aspect of a host country ruled by military junta[…]
