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The CONCACAF match between the United States and Honduras last night in Tampa was interrupted when a scantily-clothed female fan ran onto the pitch during play.
In other news, there was a soccer match last night?
The GUARDIAN discusses the stance of John Boyle, the chairman of a Scottish Premier League team, who advocates allowing fans to be able to get drunk once again while watching games.
(Getting these guys tanked: Good idea or best idea?)
“Yet people must think twice before heeding Boyle’s pleas. This is, in the most blatant case, an example of something which ain’t broke, and doesn’t require fixing. It is 28 years since drinking on the terraces of Scottish grounds was prohibited, a full-scale riot at an Old Firm Scottish Cup final sufficient to trigger the introduction of the Criminal Justice Act and prohibit punters from indulging in beer rather than Bovril. Read more…
After already spending time with Fidel Castro and Hugo Chavez, Diego Maradona wants to continue his personal Axis of Evil tour by visiting with the president of Iran.
REUTERS reports that the former Argentine soccer star and prime Jenny Craig candidate expressed interest in meeting up with Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. After giving an Iranian diplomat a signed shirt, Diego told him, “I’ve already met Fidel and Chavez…now I need to meet your president. I’d like to meet Ahmadinejad.”
Maradona has tattoos of Cuban leader Castro and revolutionary Che Guevarra on his bulbous body, and recently decided to add the mark of Chavez, Venezuelan president and U.S. critic. Maybe the meet-up with Mahmoud will result in another Maradona body marking.
There should be plenty of room available on Diego’s right ass cheek.
As if Iraq didn’t have enough problems to deal with, now they can’t even get their correct national anthem played:
REUTERS reports how the Iraqi soccer team was treated to the wrong song at a tournament match in Thailand.
Before their game at Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Iraqi players & officials expecting a patriotic piece heard something completely different on the stadium speakers. As the mistaken melody went on, one Iraqi official stood up & shouted, “This isn’t our anthem, what is this song? Where did they get this from?”
Tournament organizers blame the Iraqis themselves, claiming that the team gave them the wrong CD.
That’s why it’s always a good idea to properly label any music you burn.
