Archive For The “world cup” Category
Choose between corruption, hypocrisy and cant – the press would have us believe that all of these are at play in our abject failure to win the right to host the next world cup. Actually, I disagree. It is a blessing for a number of reasons, not least that it spares us the ordeal of [...]
Kevin-Prince Boateng celebrates scoring Ghana’s first goal.Photograph: Martin Rose/Getty ImagesIt’s been good to finally be in roughly the right time zone for the World Cup this time around. During the Germany 2006 tournament, I was still in Japan and …
