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Norwich use xenophobia to sell their new football kit

Oh, Grant…

Those bloody Italians, ay? You hate them, don’t you? But you can’t quite work out why you loathe them so much – is that right?

Thankfully – [...]

Breathe out, City fans, Balotelli isn’t going anywhere… yet

Ignore the mic, Mario

In a time when footballers are programmed to say the right thing, it’s rather refreshing when someone like Balotelli comes along, short circuiting all over the place, almost completely incapable of not saying the wrong thing every time he speaks.

Just today, the gifted Italian [...]

Police find Serbia’s infamous masked hooligan hiding in coach luggage compartment

This bloke:

By now we’re sure you’ve already seen video of the hooligan-inspired trouble which forced Tuesday’s Euro 2012 qualifier between Italy and Serbia to be called off after 7 minutes.

The enduring image of that unseemly business was a masked fat Serbian bloke perched on top [...]

The Spoiler’s Disappointing World Cup 2010 XI

If they had faces, they’d be blushing

Okay, it’s important to define what “disappointing” means, because it’s very much a blanket term. 

Goal of the tournament so far?

Textbook dinkage

It was met with a fairly muted response, as, by that time, the Italians were firmly out of World Cup 2010 and mentally making plans on what to do for the rest of the [...]

Austria bans Zidane head-butt adverts for promoting violence

Betting ads apparently not suitable for rage-laced 2010 tournament

Austrian telly chiefs have pulled a series of adverts showing people imitating Zinedine Zidane‘s infamous 2006 World Cup final attack on Marco Materazzi, claiming “they convey that violence [...]