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Friday, January 9, 2009
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| World Cup 2010, Brought To You By “India’s Enron” Posted: 08 Jan 2009 08:10 AM PST
But looks like Satyam (an Indian computer company) could be about to lose their spot among the hallowed six for 2010, after a massive massive accounting fraud. Basically Satyam has been over-reporting its worth (aka “lying”) as “founder and chairman Ramalinga Raju admitted on Wednesday to inflating Satyam’s reported cash and bank balances by over 50 billion rupees ($1 billion)”, and earning Satyam the unwanted tag of “India’s Enron”.
Which means a gap could be about to open up as a WC sponsor alongside Budweiser, McDonalds, Castrol, Continental and MTN. And I have an idea. World Cup Blog should sponsor the World Cup. We might struggle to afford it (I have £1 and 22 pence on my desk here, plus one American quarter) but at least then they’d let us use the damn logo. |
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
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| World Cup Whistleblower Gunned Down Posted: 07 Jan 2009 10:27 AM PST
Earlier this week Jimmy Mohlala - a member of the WC organizing committee, former South African FA executive and Speaker of the Mbombela local municipality - was murdered outside his home by unknown gunmen. Nothing good about that. But this tragedy is made even more depressing by the fact that Mohlala had a reputation as a World Cup 2010 stadium corruption whistleblower.
And now he’s dead. Police are working on the case etcetera, but there’s a definite feeling in the air that this wasn’t just a random murder. Obviously I don’t have knowledge of South African politics and don’t want to make any big allegations, but if Mohlala’s murder and his whistleblowing turn out to be connected, then I hope FIFA have the decency not to participate in the inevitable attempt to sweep this scandal under the rug. |
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Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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| Argentina v Brazil Translates To The Air Waves Posted: 06 Jan 2009 02:00 PM PST
Scott, in Argentina, is watching Conan O’Brien (American talk show host who is the bastard love child of Tarja Halonen & Gheorghe Muresan) which is broadcast in English and subtitled in Spanish. Then the subject of Pele comes up. This can only go well.
He’s not but…..wait a second, don’t quote me on that. And the corresponding translation into
Magically, Pele goes from the greatest player in spoken English to one of the greatest players post-translation. Good to know subtitling in Argentina is subjective. Amazing how such a subtle tweak within one simple sentence can define a major part of an entire continent’s culture. |
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