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In the 86th minute of the United States - Slovenia game Friday, the ball ended up in the back of Slovenia's net. Here is how it happened:

After the pulsating USA v. Slovenia match on Friday, England played out a dreadful 0-0 draw with Algeria in what was, arguably, the worst game of the World Cup so far (oops -- I forgot about France v. Uruguay).‚  What is it about England?

I thought North Korea would come out swarming like bats all over the pretty boys from Brazil, bearing deadly crosses and killer drives from way downtown, all with a whiff of nuclear Armageddon.

"I Have a Dream... and if dreams come true... then bonnie Scotland, I'll score the winning goal for you."

715 million people watched the finals of last year's World Cup. We expect all of them will become readers of this blog. (OK, maybe just the English speakers).

At last year's Cannes International Film Festival in May, 2009, the word from Iran was that something exciting was about to happen with new upcoming elections. Unfortunately, few could predict that disputed elections, mass street protests, and waves of repression were soon to follow.