Tag: World Cup

Written by nearvana

Athletes versus Footballers

As a talisman they don’t get much more intimidating than Wayne Rooney.  But even England’s front man seemed to wave a white flag after losing yet another fifty-fifty in last night’s dire draw with Algeria. I was set to put a tenner on the temperamental striker seeing red when it was obvious his side’s second […]

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When will David Beckham go away?

If David Beckham were a rock star, he would be Robbie Williams: popular with the masses and always hogging the spotlight but doing so on the back of society’s superficial fixation rather than actual talent. It seems every few weeks the story about where Beckham is going during the Major League Soccer close season rears […]