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Paul the Psychic Octopus Mourned Far and Wide Across Twitter
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Oct. 26) -- Forget the "fail whale." Today on Twitter, the untimely death of a different sea creature is causing all the buzz. Paul the Octopus, the psychic sea creature who captivated the world with his flawless streak of 2010 World Cup predictions, died Monday night. Paul made a name for himself during the World Cup in South Africa as he correctly predicted match winners by choosing a muscle from two boxes corresponding to the opposing nations. He became so popular that he even drew the ire of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who labeled Paul a symbol of "Western propaganda and superstition." ...
Germany, Uruguay Playing for 'Empty Cup'?
By David Moye - AOL News(July 9) -- If some people call the World Cup championship the biggest sporting event on the planet, what should the tournament's third-place game be called? The "Empty Cup"? Germany and Uruguay face off Saturday in the not-so-big game, and each country will be fighting for the right to yell "We're No. 3! We're No. 3! We're No. 3!" for the next four years. Along with ties, using points instead of wins to determine standings, and trying to draw penalties on the other team by faking injuries, the third-place game is yet another one of those things about soccer that Americans just don't get ...
VIP Jets Clog Airport, Stranding World Cup Fans
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsCAPE TOWN, South Africa (July 8) -- With the likes of Paris Hilton, Mick Jagger, Bill Clinton and Britain's princes gracing the stands of World Cup games, South Africa has seen its share of private jets over the past few weeks. So many, it turns out, that some less-famous fans have been reduced to sobbing in frustration. A traffic jam of VIPs' private jets -- some of them parked on Tarmac normally reserved for commercial airliners -- blocked the landing of several passenger planes carrying fans to Wednesday night's semifinal between Germany and Spain in Durban. More than 700 passengers ...
Spain Beats Germany, Moves to World Cup Final
By not in system - AOL NewsDURBAN, South Africa (July 7) -- Leave it to the Germans to make things interesting. Spain has gone out of its way to downplay the rematch of the 2008 European Championship title game in Wednesday night's World Cup semifinal, refusing to even acknowledge the grudge match factor. Not Germany's Lukas Podolski. "We want revenge for 2008," Podolski said Tuesday night. "When you are in a final you want to win. We still think about that defeat, and it still hurts. We want to reach the final and we'll do all we can to achieve that." ...
Uruguay vs. Netherlands: 2 Best World Cup Goals So Far
By Carl Franzen - AOL NewsSorry to say it, soccer lovers, but the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa is coming to a quick close, with less than a week and two more matches left until the champion is crowned. Still, there can be no doubting the final few clashes will be among the most dramatic. Already, today's semifinals contest between Uruguay (the final non-European team left in the tournament) and the Netherlands has yielded what we at Surge Desk are going to go out on a limb and call the two best goals of the tournament. Both were scored in the first half, before the Netherlands put up two more -- and before ...
Brazil's Stunning World Cup Loss Reportedly Drives Fan to Suicide
By Carl Franzen - AOL NewsHolland's (The Netherlands) surprise 2-1 upset over World Cup powerhouse team Brazil today in a quarterfinals match is being felt all over the world, for good and ill. But tragically, the loss and elimination of Brazil so greatly distressed an 18-year-old fan of the team in Haiti that he leaped in front of a car, killing himself, the AFP reports. Haiti has its own national soccer (football) team, of course, but it did not qualify for the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Qualifying for the world's largest and most-viewed sports spectacle is, after all, an extremely difficult and ...
Vuvuzela Bzzzzes to a Whole New Tune: Protest Songs
By Carl Franzen - AOL NewsThe breakout star of the 2010 World Cup has turned out not to be any one player or coach, but rather the long, skinny, sonorous South African hornlike instrument known as the vuvuzela. Sounded relentlessly by legions of fans throughout all matches so far, the vuvuzela's swarm-like buzzing, or "bzzzzz"-ing, has transcended well beyond the soccer (sorry, football) arena to become an inexorable feature of the pop culture landscape. Exhibit A: Stephen Colbert's and Jon Stewart's takes on the noisemaker; Exhibit B: YouTube's utterly random addition of a vuvuzela button to certain videos. But it ...
Netherlands Defeats Brazil in World Cup Quarterfinals
By not in system - AOL NewsPORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (July 2) -- The Netherlands came from behind to stun five-time champion Brazil 2-1 Friday and become the first semifinalist of the World Cup. Wesley Sneijder scored the winner in the 68th minute with a header following a corner kick. Robinho had given Brazil the lead in the 10th, but the Netherlands equalized in the 53rd with an own goal from Felipe Melo. ...
Look Away, U.S. World Cup Fans: 25 Photos of Excitement in Ghana
By Andrea Patino - Politics DailyIn the Ghanaian capital of Accra, not far from where I have been studying abroad this semester, locals and obrunis ("foreigners" in Twi, one of the local languages) alike gathered in a popular neighborhood called Osu to watch Saturday's World Cup match between the United States and Ghana. The excitement (dancing, singing, rejoicing) before kickoff made it seem like the national team had already achieved victory. The spirited atmosphere during play made the match difficult to follow. In a taxi I took the day before the game, the driver told me, "Tomorrow Americans deserve at least one goal, ...
Why the World Cup Needs Instant Replay Now
By not in system - AOL News(June 27) -- Sunday's blown goal call in the Germany and England match needs to be a clarion call from this day forth: The World Cup must have instant replay for all goals or potential goals. In case you missed it, you can watch the goal scored by England's Frank Lampard by clicking here. England went on to lose the match 4-1, but Lampard's goal should have tied the game at 2. Anyone who watched this game, you and I included, immediately realized what a bungled call this was. ...
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