http://zzbp.com Soccer (futbol) Sucks Thu, 13 Jul 2006 04:51:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It was revealed today that French-Algerian Soccer star Zenedine Zidane has had ties to Al Qaida and its leader the notorious Osama Bin Laden for over ten years.  In fact, prior to 9/11, Zidane had contributed over $10 million to the terrorist organization.  What caused the head butt in the ... http://zzbp.com/2006/07/13/zidanes-al-qaida-ties-revealed/ A leading hardline Iranian cleric on Friday accused Israel of exploiting international public attention on the World Cup in order to commit "dastardly deeds" in the Gaza Strip."They are doing dastardly deeds and they are doing it while people are attentively following the events of the World Cup," Ayatollah Ahmad ... http://zzbp.com/2006/07/08/israel-exploiting-world-cup/ Two stylish European teams meet at the World Cup final in Berlin on Sunday – one with youth and an extra off day on its side, the other with the greatest player at this tournament, Zinedine Zidane. Neither of them the pre-tournament favorites, France and Italy each survived several close calls, ... http://zzbp.com/2006/07/07/italy-will-beat-france-for-championship/ The World Cup has turned into a European Cup, with the French dismantling of favored, and overrated Brazil.  The Franch dominated the game.  The score should have been 3-0.  Brazil couldn't get a shot off.  They had no problems with Austrailia and Ghana, but once they had a little competition, ... http://zzbp.com/2006/07/02/euro-06/ Europeans are humans that didn’t leave the location they were living in 1,000,000 years ago, so they did not grow as big as other humans who left. So basically all you got was a bunch of tiny primates in an area. They took up a sport called soccer, and they played it alot. Soccer is ... http://zzbp.com/2006/06/30/get-a-real-sport-world/ Germany and Argentina have met twice in World Cup championship games, each winning once: Argentina 3-2 in the 1986 final and West Germany 1-0 in 1990. This will be their fifth game in all World Cup play, and Germany has won two, draw one and lost one. Argentina coach Jose Pekerman ... http://zzbp.com/2006/06/29/quarterfinal-classic-germany-vs-argentina/ French fans had not celebrated with such abandon in a World Cup stadium since 1998. Then again, Zinedine Zidane had not played a game like this one in eight years. They’re not ready to throw his retirement party just yet. The French captain set up the deciding goal on Tuesday night, then ... http://zzbp.com/2006/06/28/zidanes-key-free-kick-goal-lead-frenchmen-to-3-1-victory/   Ronaldo broke free early, flashed past Ghana’s flailing goalkeeper and poked the ball into the net. With one swift move in the fifth minute Tuesday, the superstar striker overtook German Gerd Mueller as the greatest scorer in World Cup history, spoiled Ghana’s scrappy debut and put defending champion Brazil into its ... http://zzbp.com/2006/06/27/ronaldo-sets-record-as-brazil-rips-ghana/      STUTTGART, Germany -- Fears of fan violence fizzled Sunday as tens of thousands of raucous English supporters peacefully celebrated their team's advance to the World Cup quarterfinals under a heavy police presence. Beer, expletives and patriotic songs flowed freely -- but an evening downpour and victory helped restrain the crowds. It was ... http://zzbp.com/2006/06/26/police-patrol-german-city-to-disuade-english-revelers/ David Beckham bent the ball over the wall and squeezed England into the World Cup quarterfinals. Beckham curled a trademark 25-yard free kick just inside the post in the 60th minute, giving England an ugly 1-0 victory over Ecuador on Sunday and a berth against the Netherlands or Portugal. The England captain, ... http://zzbp.com/2006/06/25/beckham-leads-britain-into-quarters/