“There are books being written, a range of octopus toys are coming out this Christmas and there is even a new iPhone app.
“One of the most exciting things is that he has a record deal in place for an album, called Paul The Octopus Sings Elvis.”
You’re not alone in wondering just how an octopus will release an album, but there’s every chance it will involve a vuvuzela and accompanying piano by Yanni. (And they still can’t cure cancer.)
Early speculation as to possible singles/remixes: (You Ain’t Nothin’ But A) Mollusk
The soap opera that is Argentina’s head coaching position will not cease its turbulent plot twists and he said/he said. The latest development is one which no one is likely to have seen coming after all the comments hurled from The Bearded One.
“If Diego comes and talks, I don’t know what can happen. It’s all a question of talking,” Bilardo told the news channel Todo Noticias. “I would not close any door. We are awaiting the outcome. Anything can happen.
“My job is to suggest people who can work and then the executive committee are those who decide. But we still have not talked with anyone or come up with anyone’s names. The possibility of another meeting [between Maradona and the AFA] exists.”
His exit and potentially return is nothing but befitting his tenure as coach: full of drama with the spotlight focused purely on the sidelines as the actual team falls into the shadows.
With Diego ready for the chat show circuit all of a week ago, maybe they should just say “let’s do both” and combine the mediums with a full-fledged weekly docudrama surrounding the whole process and ultimate result. They can even interview each and every player he’s called up in his tenure to give their thoughts on the matter, which should run us into World Cup 2014 nicely.
Twitter’s popularity in Japan has soared in the past year with the company estimating that the Japanese send about 12% of all tweets worldwide, second only to the US. One reason for this surge is that it is possible to say much more in Japanese than in English within Twitter’s 140 character limit. Twitter activity reached an all time high of 3,283 tweets per second during the Japan-Denmark game in this year’s World Cup.
Knowing absolutely nothing about Twitter or how it works at the technological level, I do know this: if Japan-Denmark is your high watermark, things may not be going as planned.
Though I also have a theory that most tweets were simply a product of people fainting onto their keyboards and inadvertently hitting send after Honda’s free kick.
Most of the cats who stepped away from the international game in wake of World Cup 2010 were lacking in one key ingredient: effectiveness. There are, of course, exceptions, such as Gio van Bronckhorst, who pulled a half-Zizou and stepped away from the game entirely in the final.
The list of retirees we now know does not include the highest-profile possibility from the champions, Carles Puyol. His perm is giving it at least another two years at the top.
“After turning the matter over in my mind a lot, I have decided to continue for two more years with the national team, after talking to my team-mates, the coach, Fernando Hierro and friends I opted to take this decision.”
This is presumably good news for everyone in Spain who aren't centerbacks in the pecking order just behind Carles – the best possible news for La Furia Roja's eight-deep team of hairdressers in charge of maintaining his head shrubbery, seven of whom will surely be out of work whenever he does hang up his international boots.
With the U20 Women’s World Cup added to their list of titles, Germany may now rival Spain for the title of most successful summer in football. The Spanish side, which won the men’s World Cup and appeared in the U19 European Championship Final (before losing to France), has received widespread attention for their countries sporting success this summer. And while Germany may lack the tennis success of Rafael Nadal, the Tour de France titles of Alberto Contador, the wins of Fernando Alonso at the German Formula One Grand Prix and victories of Jorge Lorenzo at the MotoGP to challenge for the “Sports Superpower” title- they may be able to challenge for the “Football Superpower” trophy.
The German women’s team, playing at home, beat a tough Nigerian team 2-0 today to win the Women’s World Cup for the second time in its nations history (previous win was in 2004). As hosts, they managed an impressive 100% winning record. But, despite FIFA’s attempt to ignore sweep controversial moments under the rug, Germany’s tournament wasn’t completely unblemished as their game against France was marred by an unjust disallowed goal ruling. But other than that, the Germans can claim a dominant performance from start to finish at this tournament- in their six games, they scored over 20 goals and only conceded five. Alexandra Popp’s Golden Ball win was hardly a surprise given that half of Germany’s goals had come from the nineteen year old’s foot (and I believe only 1 of those was a penalty).
The second place winners, Nigeria, were also impressive – and their presence in the final was a first for any African team in a Women’s World Cup. On that achievement and the future of the team, Nigeria’s coach, Ndem Egan had this to say:
"We will now be a role model in Africa for women's football. We are very happy with the performance of our team. There are some great prospects among them and some will graduate to the senior women’s team. Undoubtedly they have learned from their experience in Chile two years ago.”
Congrats to both Germany and Nigeria as well as South Korea who beat Colombia 1-0 to win 3rd place (highlights below)!
AWARDS
Adidas Golden Ball: Alexandra Popp (GER) Adidas Silver Ball: Ji So Yun (KOR) Adidas Bronze Ball: Kim Kulig (GER) Adidas Golden Shoe: Alexandra Popp (GER) Adidas Silver Shoe: Ji So Yun (KOR) Adidas Bronze Shoe: Sydney Leroux (USA) Adidas Golden Glove: Bianca Henninger (USA) FIFA Fair Play award: Korea Republic
My name is Mamudu Nurudeen popularly known as Alhaji Righteous De Ambitious born on 25 Feb. 1985, to Mr Mamudu and Hajia Safura at Bawku Central in the Upper East Region of Ghana.
I am currently a student of Sunyani Polytechnic offering HND General Agriculture.
I am also a freelance Journalist, a motivational speaker and the founder of PERSONALITY AND HUMAN RELATIONS (PHR)
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Most of the cats who stepped away from the international game in wake of World Cup 2010 were lacking in one key ingredient: effectiveness. There are, of course, exceptions, such as Gio van Bronckhorst, who pulled a half-Zizou and stepped away from the game entirely in the final.
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