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I just watched a few hours of it on Fox. I agree their coverage is a nice change. However I could've done without the Curt Menefee essay on the end of Tiger's greatness. Surely they are not going to try to turn Menefee into the Fox version of Bob Costas? That is, the experienced sports expert...

Not U20 but U21 Portugal's winning goal against England: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1u0I2NFeAxo Jesse Linguard (#16) for England just going inside the box when the video begins. Maybe if he'd moved in early and towards the eventual goalscorer he still wouldn't have prevented the goal but...

Chile 3 Mexico 3 Possibly the most entertaining match I've seen this calendar year. Leaving aside some of Mexico's poor defending on crosses it was also high quality. Chile also had two goals disallowed for offside, one of which was definitely legit, whilst the other also look like it might...

Funny to see Brazil concede a goal against Peru thanks to David Luiz after only about two minutes. Luiz picking up from where he left off in the third place match against the Netherlands! Brazil eventually won 2-1 thanks to a last minute goal but they still look woeful, especially at the back...

Slovenia 2 England 3 Two great goals from Jack Wilshere and a late winner from Rooney (who otherwise didn't have a good game). Sterling played better in the 2nd half but he's still one of the most overrated players in England.

Slovenia 1 England 0 at half time. Raheem Sterling has had a poor first half. He missed one clear chance to score and then wasted a good ball from Rooney by delaying the shot until it was too late. I've seen Sterling fail to pull the trigger quite a few times in his career. He either lacks...

Ireland's goal in their 1-1 draw against Scotland was offside. That's a pretty tight group so the missed call could be important for the final group standings.

Argentina's penalty was soft to say the least. It looked like Di Maria threw himself at the defender. Paraguay were really impressive in the second half. Uruguay were lucky to win against lowly Jamaica. In the first half the teams were pretty even in terms of play. That is not a good sign for...

Yes, I'm watching it too. Enjoy it while you can because at the current rate of immigration it is only a matter of time before Nigerians are on the Irish team.

On Friday the TV channel covering the event ran a promo piece on how many women were officiating the tournament. I wasn't really paying attention but I think they said all the refs and other officials were women with the usual bragging about "how far we've come" etc. And then right on cue at the...

Italy robbed against Croatia. Their disallowed goal was not offside. As they were complaining the Croatians took advantage and scored at the other end. But 1-1 result is no big deal. Italy will still go through. Norway, the team below them in the standings, couldn't even beat Azerbaijan at home...

Opening match - Chile 2 Ecuador 0 A stupid penalty give away by one of Ecuador's black defenders - Vidal scored from the spot. Then another defensive mistake late led to Chile's second goal nicely set up by Alexis Sanchez. Ecuador missed a really good chance to open the scoring but another one...

Both teams look tired, especially Chicago. After that rousing start where you could hardly hear the anthem then they don't get a shot on a backup goalie until over half way into the first period. Two shots in the entire period. Brutal. Yet they somehow won. Tampa missed some good chances in the...

Brazil made Fred the captain!! Wow, they must be desperate.:icon_tongue:

I watched a fair bit of the France v England match. It was like a teenage boys match in terms of quality and entertainment value. That's not intended to be an insult as I occasionally watch youth sports. Also I'm not a PC creationist who believes 'gender' is a mere social construct so I don't...

It's hard to read what it says on her shirt so my comment about modesty and sportsmanship might not have made much sense. It says "GREATNESS HAS BEEN FOUND". It rubbed a lot of people the wrong way especially given the occasion - the Olympics.

I guess his big advertisement opportunity on Saturday night in the CL final didn't persuade anybody. But not to worry there are plenty of mugs out there. Who will pay big money for Sterling? After all "cerebral" Brendan Rodgers needs the funds to buy Christian Benteke.:doh:

Hope I don't lose my "man card" for starting this.:biggrin: After listening to a BBC radio programme about Roland Garros I left it on for a segment on the women's World Cup which is being played in Canada. What got my attention was that after reviewing the teams they started playing samba...

Starting June 11 the 2015 Copa America gets under way in Chile. Four years ago in Argentina the matches were more memorable for bad pitches than good football. The Argentina v Uruguay semi-final was entertaining but not nearly as entertaining as Brazil's hilarious penalty misses against...

We need a moving image of Pogba in the 2nd half slamming at the grass in anger when he wasn't awarded a penalty.:icon_lol:

Wawrinka defeats Djokovic in four sets to clinch his second major title. Wawrinka must hit the ball harder than any player on tour. It was shocking to me (and no doubt to the Djoker) how many times Wawrinka could hit winners at such a pace without the ball constantly going out. If he could play...

Sad to see Asians buying up teams in Italy. I hope they don't try to change the names like the arrogant jacka$$ who bought Hull City. You mentioned the great Dino Zoff. He's from Friuli-Venezia beside Austria and Slovenia. Do you know what his ethnic background is?

On the radio today they said Benzema is in talks with Man United. I looked it up online and found this article saying Arsenal are ready to sign him but are in competition with PSG: http://metro.co.uk/2015/06/06/arsenal-able-to-complete-transfer-of-real-madrid-striker-karim-benzema-5233021 If...

Pharma Queen. I like that. Tsonga knocked out by Wawrinka. I didn't see it so I can't comment on it but I'm surprise Tsonga even won a set. Djokovic had Murray on the ropes but then let him back into. The match resumes at 3-3 2 sets to 1 to Djoker at 7AM ET Saturday. Almost unbelievable that...

A comment at the Guardian: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/jun/04/serena-williams-timea-bacsinszky-french-open-semi-final#comment-53285877 She is the most unlikeable person in world sport.