The second of this year's major sporting events kicks off at 8:30am GMT today...
... with India taking on Bangladesh (full schedule). Sadly I won't be able to watch any of this live on TV as Sky have all the rights, and I don't think I would be able to watch it all even if I could: there are a lot…
Yes folks, the title is correct: Quidditch, or should that be "Muggle Quidditch" so the hardcore Harry Potter fans don't take offence, is indeed a real sport and involves a bunch of boys and girls racing around in capes and goggles with broomsticks between their legs, while shooting balls through mounted hula hoops. Or to the layman: it's a bunch …
It's all over folks. The 2010 football World Cup in South Africa has finished in spectacular fashion and Spain has gone home victorious.
The final itself wasn't the best game of football I've ever watched and I was quite disappointed. I wanted another goal-fest: four a piece (with a few amazing long range shots) with a final last minute goal to…
After nearly 4 weeks of almost constant football, and vuvuzelas ;-) , the 32 sides competing in this year's football World Cup have been whittled down to two for a never seen before world cup match, let alone final...
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Sunday's final will be between The Netherlands and Spain, neither of which have actually won the world cup though, The Netherlands …
As you have no doubt heard by now, my second choice team (behind Bafana Bafana), England, crashed out of the World Cup on Sunday with a shocking performance against Germany in Bloemfontein.
Claire and I didn't watch the game. Instead we opted to spend the hottest day of the year outside enjoying the sunshine, taking in the fresh air and a…
What do you get when you take one on-form European team: Portugal, one team of minnows: North Korea, add a generous splash of rain to give it that European feel, and then mix it all up in Cape Town? World Cup 2010's first true goal-fest.
Portugal pulled out the stops yesterday to hand North Korea the thumping of a life time.…
It's quite amazing how a simple plastic horn has gone from being relatively unknown outside of South Africa to probably the most talked about and loved/hated, in a Marmite sort of way, "instrument" in a matter of days.
Despite a lot of complaining and calls for it to be banned from the rest of the world cup, thankfully rejected, I think…
If you haven't seen it yet, I'm sure you've heard or read about it. But just in case you haven't, here are the highlights, beautifully depicted in Lego...
I bet goalkeeper Robert Green feels more of a wally now.
The second of this year's major sporting events kicks off at 8:30am GMT today...
