PArtial Nudity

South Africa fans remove their clothes to show support

Oh for heaven’s sake

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Generally speaking, the kind of people who suggest late night skinny dips tend to spend their evenings looking directly into their own eyes as they sprint on conveyor belts to the looping sounds of Kasabian, just biding their time, searching for a [...]

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SORCERY NEWS

Michael Essien’s injury blamed on ‘family curse’

S. African papers report speculation midfielder was hexed by dad

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The Ghanaian FA ruled captain Michael Essien out of playing in the World Cup last week, after he failed to recover from a knee injury picked up in January. Since then, speculation has apparently been rife the Chelsea [...]

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BURR! BURR! NEWS

FIFA threaten crackdown on vuvuzelas in World Cup games

South African horns could be reduced to makeshift beer bongs

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Despite having been around for the best part of two decades, and therefore definitely existing when South Africa submitted their World Cup bid (in fact, Nelson Mandela urged fans to bring them to host nation unveiling in 2004), the [...]

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IT'S A STICK-UP!

Colombia robbed by “scantily clad girls” at World Cup hotel

South American internationals get the Magluf treatment

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Probably not the headline Danny Jordaan, head of South Africa’s World Cup bid, wants to be reading over his Corn Flakes just two weeks before the tournament starts.

Local press are reporting the Colombian national football team, in town to play out [...]

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