Union Jack’s Sporting Roundup July 2010
FRANCHITTI IS INDY 500 CHAMPION THE Memorial Day Weekend running of the Indianapolis 500, had a distinctive British feel to it as three Brits filled the first four places. Reigning IndyCar champion Dario Franchitti ran an almost perfect race, leading 155 of the 200 laps, to win his second Indianapolis 500 in grand style. The [...]
Work At Standstill As World Watches Cup
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Leonardo Munoz, wearing a foot-tall blue-and-white wig, is ready to bare it all for the glory of Argentina. Before the start of the World Cup that is keeping billions glued to their TV sets, Diego Maradona — Argentina’s greatest player and now its eccentric national team coach — vowed to [...]
‘Thinking’ About Football . . . Classic Monty Python Sketch
WITH THE the 2010 World Cup well under way, we thought it very appropriate to view the classic Monty Python sketch, Philosophers’ Football Match, depicting a football match in the Olympiastadion at the 1972 Munich Olympics between philosophers representing Greece and Germany. Starring in the sketch are Archimedes (John Cleese), Socrates (Eric Idle), Hegel (Graham Chapman), [...]
US Fans Finally Turned On To Sockkerr
US vs England IRENE, South Africa. The bars are stocked across America, and the pubs are getting ready in England. A 701/2-foot billboard of Clint Dempsey stands near Penn Station in Manhattan, and there’s even a large poster of Landon Donovan in a store along Piccadilly Circus. American soccer has never been more popular in [...]
World Cup TV Fixtures / Schedule
ESPN, ESPN3.com, MOBILETV and ABC TV will be covering all the games from the 2010 World Cup. Full TV Schedule. http://soccernet.espn.go.com/world-cup/fixtures
World Cup Fixtures and Results
No point reinventing the wheel is there? We recommend following this year’s World Cup using the BBC’s fixtures and results pages, which lists teams playing and kick-off times. Definitely one of the best schedules we’ve seen! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2010/fixtures_and_results
Spain And Brazil Are The Teams To Beat
WORLD CUP By Ridge Mahoney IN THE days and weeks leading up to their historic meeting June 12 in Rustenburg, England and US players will be bombarded with questions, comments, and diatribes about what transpired in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, on May 29, 1950. The rematch of that historic occasion, a 1-0 USA victory, is the [...]



