The hosts for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup tournaments were announced today, with Russia winning for 2018 and Qatar winning the 2022 spot. Both countries were favored to win after yesterday’s presentations, with Qatar in particular becoming the front runner for 2022 after a stirring presentation focused on a World Cup in the Middle [...]
The hosts for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup will be announced tomorrow, and today the countries bidding for the 2022 World Cup made their presentations. The Guardian has a nice live blog of today’s event (start from the bottom of the page). Be sure to check back in tomorrow to see if my predictions [...]
The World Cup ended almost two months ago, and that means I probably won’t have much chance to talk about soccer for a while. So to close things out here’s a nicely edited video with some great highlights from the 2010 World Cup. Enjoy.
South African Breweries has created a new type of beer can for the World Cup, in order to get cold beer into the hands of thirsty fans as quickly as possible. No more of this open-the-beer-and-pour-into-plastic-cup business. Just pop the entire top right off the can and go to town. They call it “full aperture”, [...]
The World Cup is in full swing now, so it’s time to watch some more commercials. First up this ad from Dodge that premiered during the USA v England match last week. It seems targeted to air specifically during that game, and probably won’t be shown much after the game. I know I haven’t seen [...]
