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Pakistan for the 2022 World Cup

Yes, I know it is quite far away and yes, I also know at the speed the world is going, a lot would have changed in the next 12 years. Pakistan Football Federation (PFF) recently claimed that their Vision 2020 will lead Pakistan to the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Here is what an unnamed official…

Tiger Woods meets Football

No puns at Tiger Woods and his ‘adult’ lifestyle here because I am very much against making an issue out of celebrities’ personal life but this is something that he could use every time he’s going for a hole. Although I believe that golf should not be counted as a sport and EA should not…

Babes of the 2010 World Cup

World Cup 2010 is around the corner and just like the previous years, hot football fans will be travelling with their nations to boost their morals. For once and for all, it does not matter if the English WAGs aren’t travelling with their respective players (or John Terry) because all the Brazilian, Italian, Spanish, German,…

World Cup Ads: Hit or Miss?

A week to go to the World Cup and all our media is overflowing with relating themselves with the biggest tournament in football by all means possible – overflowing to an extent that they’re touching the boundary lines of spam. Big brands, TV channels and everything in between are spending like there is no tomorrow,…

World Cup ball: Supernatural, unpredictable or cheap?

Every four years when the World Cup is approaching there are always complaints about how bad the ball is – mostly from goalkeepers. This time it’s no different. But what is alarming this time around is that all of those players are making similar complaints. Mind you, the complaints are not just coming from the…

Steven Gerrard Lucozade ad

The energy and sports drink Lucozade sent two guys to sneak up on Liverpool and England midfielder Steven Gerrard with a video camera to capture his secret of the powerful long range shots he pulls off so often. Well, since Lucozade sent the people to spy on Gerrard, guess what his secret is! Yep!

Ellyse Perry – 20 year old cricketer and footballer

Born on November 3, 1990, Ellyse Perry is an exceptionally talented Australian cricketer and footballer. She was 16 when she first played for both the national teams of Australia. In cricket, she’s a right handed medium-fast bowler and batter and that’s all I care about her cricketing career – but cricket does seem to be…

‘Gola Mondo’ – Guardian World Cup ad

The Guardian and the Observer are going for an extensive online coverage of the 2010 World Cup. They will be producing World Cup guides, wall-charts, match day programs, daily podcasts, match reports and 32 bloggers from every competing nation around the world. Their World Cup activity also includes and 30 second TV ad to be…

2010 World Cup build-up – ESPN’s 32 epic works of art

ESPN is playing the lead role in 2010 World Cup coverage worldwide even leaving the host nation’s TV channel way behind. The top commentators of the game John Motson and Andy Gray have also signed up with ESPN and it does not end there (more details on ESPN’s World Cup coverage). Here is the gallery…

Nando’s World Cup ad beats Nike’s

If you thought Nike’s ‘Write the Future’ ad was the best, then this Nando’s ad is the shit! They have broken all barriers of good advertisement. Who could’ve thought putting chicken and boobs in an ad for a football World Cup is the right way to go. It makes no sense but it works a…