Just curious: Does anyone even know that the FIFA Women WC cup started on Sunday? It's quite a big thing here in Germany (we're the hosts and the super-top favorites). TV-ratings are almost as those of the men. Quite interesting this hype.

I heard there's an Albanian player in the German team, Fatmire Bajramaj.

You should marry Kim Kulig. She's hotter and the better player!

You should marry Kim Kulig. She's hotter and the better player!

Since Arsenal Last Won a Trophy

http://www.sincearsenallastwonatrophy.co.uk/3

Since Arsenal Last Won a Trophy

http://www.sincearsenallastwonatrophy.co.uk/3

You should marry Kim Kulig. She's hotter and the better player!

canadian bias aside Jonelle is hotter

Apparently part of FC Twente's stadium roof has collapsed, trapping a number of people.

And 1 dead, I heard (?).

Hard to believe this stuff can still happen in the heart of Europe.

golden foot award is back. everyone can vote...

http://www.goldenfoot.com/acm-on-line/Home.html

for me it was between beckham and raul. i voted for becks i think he really deserves it

Xavi

So Kurt this kid's English right according to your view of place of birth. So would you consider him a traitor of some kind if he decided to play for Colombia then?

Yes, he's English. I would be annoyed if he was a top player and picked Colombia as his nation. I'm not completely against players playing for a different nation (even if I don't agree with it) because sometimes a player is not good enough for their home nation and would never get a cap, so they aren't really being a 'traitor' just giving themself a chance to play International football.

I think that's when it's totally wrong to play for another nation... it just shows he does not care. if one can play for a top international team and chooses to play for a less good one it just shows he feels he belongs there.

Fifa could allow matches at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to be played over three 30-minute periods if temperatures in the stadiums became dangerously high for the players.
Michael Beavon, a director of Arup Associates who helped to develop the zero-carbon solar technology that will cool the 12 stadiums, told delegates at the Qatar Infrastructure Conference in London that the air-cooling would maintain a comfortable temperature of around 24 degrees Celsius in the stadiums.

"There is a moderate risk of heat injury to the players between 24C-29C but if you go above that you have high and extreme risk of injury. The one thing Fifa do say, although it is for guidance, is if it's 32C they will stop a match and play three 30-minute thirds rather than two 45-minute halves.

"The reason would be to re-hydrate the players before they could carry on playing. That of course would play havoc with TV schedules and those kind of things. The commitment from Qatar was to provide conditions in the moderate band, so that matches would go ahead and be played as normal. Matches have to be played at an acceptable temperature and in safety so that Fifa do not intervene."

However a Fifa spokesperson told Reuters that such a drastic change to the way the game is not something that was on the governing body's agenda. "This possibility has not been discussed," the spokesperson said. "In any case, this would require a change in the Laws of the Game, and therefore would have to be analysed and approved by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in the first place."

A few weeks old but I've only just seen it.


Ummmm... how about give the World Cup to someone else? The fact they've admitted it could be a health risk says it all.

It's a blessing he isn't our transfer target. Do you guys think it would be possible to change his attitude if he'd be signed by us? My stance always was that Milan wakes the best in every player, but with him I'm very doubtful.

Well,...Messi wasn't that bad either.