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South Africa, who is hosting the World Cup in 2010, just announced their official logo today. Take a look at it, along with all the other logos going back to England's in 1966. (4) #
7/7/2006

Slate explains why 17 of 23 of the players on the Brazilian World Cup team go by a single name (e.g., Dido, Ronaldinho, etc.). I'm looking forward to the Mexico v. Iran match tomorrow morning -- because my neighborhood is primarily Mexican, and because I want to see how the crowd reacts to the Iranian team. (4) #
6/10/2006

The 2006 FIFA World Cup is approaching, scheduled to take place between June 9 and July 9. Here's BBC Sport's coverage and here's an ESPN press release listing the airtime of every game. They will all be broadcast in HD, either on ESPN, ESPN2, or ABC. It's like a leap year Christmas! (9) #
5/23/2006

Dave Eggers on soccer. (thx, matt b.) (0) #
4/3/2006