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France Fools No More

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France

These fans could have been a multitude of wandering fools roaming around Germany had France failed to qualify to the next round. The winner of World Cup Finals in 1998 could have sent a brain twisting frustration to it’s fans had they not shaved off the tough and hardworking Togo.

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Jurgen for Bruce?

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Lousy performance after an arrogant string of media announcements could not help but put a gag on his mouth and show no signs of comeback for the United States team. The disappointing performance of U.S. in the world cup would weigh in the decision of Arena and U.S. Soccer Federation president Sunil Gulati if they should part ways or make another run.

Jurgen Klinsmann Bruce Arena

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RFIDing World Cup Tickets

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World Cup RFID

This is actually old story, but for the benefit of those who have not heard it yet

Did you know that each of the 3.2 million World Cup Tickets is equipped with an RFID tag to scan and monitor each fan upon arrival at the gates of any of the 12 stadiums?

Philips, the supplier of the RFID tags, said the track-and-trace chips embedded in the tickets ensures counterfeiting and for enhanced security measures. Each of these tickets include holder’s name registered upon purchase of the ticket.

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Socceroooossss Celebrates….

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Australia World Cup

What can I say? I just reported on the end game tactics of Australia to capitalize on Croatia’s weaker defense because of banned player Robert Kojac sitting out the last game.

The game is arguably the most exciting and heart stopping show so far in the tournament which ended with Australia making history by booking the last ticket to the the next stage.

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End Game Tactics

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The group stage has come to an end and teams specifically Australia and Brazil had made changes to help boost their chances in the Finals. Coach Hiddink of Australia has put Liverpool winger Harry Kewell alongside Tim Cahill to form the fiercest attacking unit of the Socceroos. This is in anticipation of Croatia’s weaker defense due to banned Robert Kovac.

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World Cup Diary: United States

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United States FIFA World Cup Below is a diary of all games played by United States in FIFA World Cup 2006.

Last Updated: June 22, 2006

Date Played: June 12, 2006 (Group Stage)
Opponent: Czech Republic
Scorer/s: Jan Koller (CZE 5′), Tomas Rosicky (CZE 36′, 76′)
Budweiser Man of the Match: Tomas Rosicky

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Bloggers Needed!

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BloggerUpdated: July 11, 2006

The world cup is over but not the blogging. We would want to add more football blogs at sporati from Euro, MLS, Premiership, etc. and if you are interested shoot an email to tips {@} fifaworldcup.sporati [.] com

Please include previous blogging experience and links to your sample posts or writings.

We can talk more about this in the email.

Hoping to see you!

[tags]FIFA World Cup, World Cup, FIFA World Cup 2006, Germany, Bloggers, Blogger Job[/tags]

Jurgen’s German Revolution

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Jurgen Klinsmann

Below is Jurgen’s letter found at his website:

A lot has happened since the summer of 2004. I was not even able to update this website since I’ve got the opportunity to coach the German National Team towards the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany. It is a big honor and a privilege to be the Coach of this team and I will do everything possible to help the team succeeding in the biggest football event of the world.

I hope to see you in Germany in 2006?

Sincerely,

Jürgen

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Ronaldo Is Axed!

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“Ronaldo Is Axed!” is the headline we should be reading in the coming days. Ronaldo’s star status should no longer be used as a reason to keep him on the field. He is obviously fat and making people sick. I have nothing against him, in fact I like the guy so much and have followed him throughout his career. But looking deeper into my football passion, I came to realize it transcends far more than any one player.

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Yahoo Monster!

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The World Cup is already the greatest sporting event in the world which analysts estimate to have around 28 billion viewers in aggregation. The official website of the World Cup is Yahoo which posted monster records in it’s website statistics.

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