Football: Don't play if it doesn't pay
Tuesday, 17 August 2010 09:38
By Eriasa S. Mukiibi
 FUFA's annual meeting to agree new ways to make money
The Super League, Uganda's premier football league competition, received Shs53 million in gate collections throughout the 2008/9 season, subject to Value Added Tax. Over the same period, the le [ … ]
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Psychologist explains the superstitions
Monday, 19 July 2010 02:25
By Prof. Mark Griffiths
Even the most rational people can hold superstitious beliefs.
The fallibility of human reason is the greatest single source of superstitious belief. Sometimes referred to as a belief in "magic", superstition can cover many spheres such as lucky or unlucky actions, events, numbers and/or sayings, [ … ]
Some of the superstitions in football
Monday, 19 July 2010 02:16
By Subhankar Mondal
Octopus!
Prior to the July 11 night final clash between Spain and the Netherlands in Soccer City in the 2010 World Cup, Paul the octopus predicted a win for Spain. The "psychic" octopus was born in 2008 in England and currently resides in the Sea Life public aquarium in Oberhausen, Germany.
The Hangover - coming soon to a cinema near you
Monday, 12 July 2010 01:10
The Independent Team
World Cup
What are the long term benefits and what happens after the World Cup?
My wife and my liver are glad the World Cup is over. South Africa, its economy and its people are sad to see it come to a close.
The economic legacy of World Cup
Monday, 05 July 2010 03:50
By Brad R. Humphreys
FIFA's demands will saddle South Africa with outsized costs well after a new football champion is crowned
The 2010 World Cup, like its predecessors, will leave a lasting impression on the sporting world. Unbelievably talented athletes from around the world playing the 'beautiful game' at the hig [ … ]
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World Cup challenges corporate bosses
Monday, 21 June 2010 03:47
By Dana Mattioli & Javier Espinoza
Productivity losses estimated to be Shs 3bn in UK as workers bring TVs to office
The World Cup's winner won't be determined until July. But there are already clear losers: bosses.
Managers on both sides of the Atlantic braced for the quadrennial month-long productivity drain that soccer's global [ … ]
Brazilian recipe for football success-sex & booze!
Monday, 14 June 2010 00:34
By Ani
Football legend and a member of the victorious Brazilian team in 1994, Branco, said that sex and booze is the recipe for a successful World Cup.
The fullback said that sex does you good during the finals.
"What harm is there in it? My son Stefano was conceived during the 1994 World Cup when I sp [ … ]
South Africanisms
Monday, 14 June 2010 00:28
The Independent Team
To help foreigners fit in and avoid trouble during the World Cup, use this handy lingo guide
Babbelas (Bubble-us): Hangover. Usage: "Jeez, I had too many dops last night. I've got a hectic babbelas."
Bliksem (Bluk-sem): If you're in a pub and you accidentally spill a beer belonging to a man with a thick neck, he may say: "Do you want me to bliksem you?" Don't respond. Just run. Run for your life. It's the Afrikaans word for hit or strike or punch.
Players fear world cup ball
Monday, 07 June 2010 03:08
By Agencies
 It’s a bit like a beachball,†the Spain captain was quoted as telling Spanish media Sunday, the day after the friendly in Innsbruck, Austria. He went on to describe the unpredictable movement of the ball. “Now it isn’t only the goalkeepers (complaining) it is the outfield players as well. I [ … ]
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