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Football/Soccer
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Bafana Will Change Their Name, Maybe, No Comment
13 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The South African Football Association (SAFA) has decided not to tell anyone anything about the decision as to whether or not the national Soccer team will change its name from Bafana Bafana to something else.
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Sunderland Fan Sues Over Ball In Face
08 Apr 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
The Sunderland chairman, Niall Quinn, has revealed that the club is in the process of being sued by a fan. The fan was injured when a stray shot hit him in the face while watching the team train a couple of years back. Apparently the Djibril Cisse strike knocked the fan clean out.
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Bafana Bafana Need New Nickname
25 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Government has decided that we need a new nickname for our national soccer team. The affectionate monicker Bafana Bafana was a nice idea at the time, says Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula, but now we need ‘lions that will roar’.
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Panamanian Footballer: Come On, Who Kicks An Owl? [VIDEO]
01 Mar 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Panama defender and Deportivo Pereira player, Luis Moreno is in a lot of trouble after he kicked an owl.
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Gattuso’s Head-Butt A Sign That Spurs Were That Damn Good
16 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
It was certainly an ironic sight to see Gennaro Gatusso with a captain’s armband and a ‘respect’ badge on one sleeve, while the other arm was firmly clasped around Joe Jordan’s neck.
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Xavi: One Of The Finest Sports Interviews, Ever
11 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
I work in sports broadcasting and I must have read the “Sportsman’s Handbook of Safe Responses to Interviews” a fair few times. This is officially the most honest sports interview I’ve read. So on this Friday afternoon treat yourself to a gander at Barcelona midfielder Xavi’s chinwag with the Guardian. Putadas, mama mias and putas.
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BK’s Never Going To Hear The End Of This
04 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Here’s a snippet of ‘interesting’ news out of the Tottenham Hotspur’s camp involving two of our local lads. It just so happens that our Bafana Bafana reps have really connected. Despite the fact that Bongani Khumalo reportedly mistook Stevie P’s head for a ball, ‘Arry Redknapp has praised BK’s stellar vibes. True Saffa.
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Gary Neville: Loyalty, Bum Fluff And Scousers
03 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
In an era of fickle Spaniards it seems appropriate to hail Gary Neville as a model professional. Jamie Carragher is a similar figure at Liverpool: a man you loathe unless you support the club he plays for. Either way you cannot help but admire his allegiance. Here’s to that cursed excuse for a moustache.
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Roman Decides To Play Ball Again
01 Feb 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Manic Monday, also known as Transfer Deadline Day, was ended as Big Ben tolled at 11pm UK time yesternight. Torres had been choppered down to West London, Carroll had been whisked from North East to North West and Charlie Adam was seen in a rubber dingy trying to defect from Blackpool. One man is responsible for the hullabaloo: Roman Abramovich.
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Gray Sacked, Pressure On Sky To Remove Keys
26 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Representatives of Sky Sports said they had no hesitation in sacking football pundit Andy Gray over ‘unacceptable behaviour’ after footage emerged of him directing a lewd request at Sky Sports presenter Charlotte Jackson, before roaring with laughter. Well, YouTube has further implicated colleague Richard Keys. This just keeps getting better.
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Sky Sports Football Presenters In Sexist Linesman Blunder
24 Jan 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
Sky Sports’ coverage of football is first-rate. Not as good as SuperSport’s, but nonetheless it’s decent. However, Sky might consider changing their pundits, Richard Keys and Andy Gray, after the pair, under the impression their mics were off-air, ridiculed a female linesman for being, well, a woman. The audio is after the jump.
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2010 World Cup Recoups Just A Tenth The Cost
10 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
South Africa predicted it would generate £570million from the 2010 Fifa World Cup. Experts also expected 450 000 supporters to attend the tournament. In both cases the predictors were well wrong. Many SA-based companies also failed to exceed expectations. That White Elephant argument was never going to go quietly.
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One Undeniable Reason Why Alan Pardew Is A No-No [VIDEO]
09 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Alan Pardew is the bookies’ favourite to take over as manager of Newcastle United after Chris Hughton was sacked last week. Now, for some that may not be a bad thing, but let’s just say I never quite saw him in the same light after I’d heard him say on Match of the Day that Michael Essien “absolutely RAPED” Manchester City’s Ched Evans. True blunder.
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Qatar’s Stadium Plans Are Mind-Blowing.
03 Dec 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 3 Comments
If you read between all the English dejection after they were foiled by Fifa for the second time in 2010, you’d have noticed that Qatar was cockahoop that they’d won the rights to host the World Cup in 2022. The proof is in the pudding: these guys have plans to create the most irie stadiums ever. Think Cape Town’s is awesome? Check these badboys out.
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England 2018 Labels The BBC An “Embarrassment”
30 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
South Africans have first hand experience of disappointment in World Cup bids after missing out in 2006 to Germany. England’s 2018 bid has seen nothing but controversy since then. Now the public broadcaster is climbing on the Bandwagon of Shame.
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2010 FIFA Goal Of The Year Award
25 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Want to waste some time in the office this morning? I have found the perfect procrastination tool. FIFA have released their shortlist for the best goal of 2010. There are ten candidates and all of them will leave you dribbling on your papers. All ten.
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“Once Upon A Time, I Socked Sir Alex Ferguson”
23 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Non-Manchester United fans would love nothing more than winning the league against Sir Alex Ferguson and watching his face become as scarlet and contorted as they’re used to seeing when things do not go his way. One player boasts a different type of victory – he threw a haymaker, which landed the wily, old Scot on his backside.
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Scottish Footy Refs Strike Over Attack Fears
22 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
I’ll stand by my own admission that South Africans are critical of referees in sporting fixtures. Having said this I have never quite seen a story where referees have threatened to strike for fearing their safety. In Scotland the refs have suffered some serious abuse.
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Road Closures For Bafana Bafana Versus The Yanks
17 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Fellow Capetonians! You may, or may not be aware that Bafana Bafana will be clashing with the United States of America on the hallowed field of Cape Town Stadium this very evening at 21h30. The game is sold out, so needless to say, a fair number of pedestrians and vehicles will be thronging the streets. Thus, for your benefit, a list of road closure times around the city today.
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Bafana Bafana Aiming For Top 40
17 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Bafana Bafana tackle the USA in the annual Nelson Mandela Challenge this evening at the Cape Town stadium. A win for the hosts will catapult them into FIFA’s top 40 ranked teams, from their current position at 52. Man, the Mother City is gonna be buzzing..
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Hair Advice From Jimmy Bullard [VIDEO]
16 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Ever wondered how Jimmy Bullard pulls off the debonair look the way he does? I recently found the answer as Bullard was cast in the 21st birthday advert for all-in-one shampoo, Wash-‘N-Go in March this year. Ever the comical character, the Hull City midfielder should give up football and become a style-guru. [VIDEO]
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Ray Wilkins Leaves Chelsea
11 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
This will come as a major surprise to Chelsea supporters. The former Chelsea and Manchester United footballer Ray Wilkins, has vacated his post as assistant manager with immediate effect. The timing of his decision is surprising and it will certainly test Carlo Ancelotti as a manager over the coming weeks.
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Divided Mancs
10 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Michael McIntyre thinks Man United and Man City sound like gay clubs rather than football teams. He might be right, but The City of Manchester Stadium will be a floodlit war-zone tonight, as the Blue Mancs do battle with the Red Mancs. On like Donkey Kong.
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Football’s Budding Actors [VIDEO]
05 Nov 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Cristiano Ronaldo proved once again this week that despite his prodigous talent (and ego) he is the best at making a referee seem as if he were born yesterday. During Wednesday night’s Champions League stalemate AC Milan and Real Madrid, English ref Howard Webb was completely fooled by Ronnie’s thespian ‘talent’.
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Increase In Young British Football Hooliganism
08 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 1 Comment
There is growing concern amongst British police about an emerging generation of young football hooligans. Almost half of the incidents across England, Wales and Northern Ireland last season involved youths. The BBC has spoken to two upstanding, young squires who give an honest exposition of the lives of these ‘right geezers’.
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Football Manager Sacked During A Game
07 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Chichester City is an amateur football club you’re probably completely unaware of. Well, it seems that the directors of that particular club will do whatever it takes for the club to climb the echelons of British football. They remarkably sacked the club’s manager Mark Poulton, while he was on the sideline of his team’s Cup match against a local rival. Stitch-up.
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British Football’s Money Lists
06 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Manchester City fat cat Sheikh Mansour, has reclaimed his perch on top of Football’s Rich List. The oil magnate has seen his worth soar from £3billion to £20billion. Jealous much Roman?
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Red Sox Deal At Liverpool
06 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Liverpool’s board have confirmed that a takeover deal has been agreed with the owners of the Boston Red Sox baseball team. However current co-owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett have vowed to resist any sale of the beleaguered club ‘without due process or agreement’.
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Same Old Story For Boyish Arsenal
04 Oct 2010 by Jasmine Stone / 7 Comments
Didier Drogba proved yet again to be the scourge of Arsene Wenger’s striplings. Incredibly, his deft backheel was his 13th goal in just 11 starts against the Gunners and it’s as plain as the nose on one’s face that he relishes playing against them. Arsenal were dragooned off the pitch once again by a Chelsea side that ran out 2-0 winners.
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MAGIC MOMENTS FC: MAJESTIC
24 Aug 2010 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
www.magicmomentsfc.com If you’re pining for a post-World Cup pickmeup, the fine men behind Magic Moments FC have it for you. The “A Team”, as they’re modestly called, are not only incredibly skilled at re-creating the greatest Football World Cup goals in history, but they’re also intelligent, smart, and devilishly good-looking. And you can be, too, […]
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