It's a World Cup year!

This is real football. If you look up the rules you will note that 'the USA is not allowed to win the world cup...ever' is in there. So, in accordance with the rules - no penalty was awarded.

Yep. we did it again. Two wins for The Netherlands so far.Yes, the actual game sucked balls, but hey, at least we got the result.

I have never seen England play so badly. No stand out individual performances, a complete inability to play as a team and no even faint glimmers of hope.Terrible.

The only football my 7-year-old daughter has watched so far in her life has been the 2 England World Cup games. She's been allowed to stay up late, and she made some paper flags.I have had to explain to her what it's like to watch a good game where people play well and score goals. Guess we'd better wait til Brazil or Argentina are on next . . .Edited by Kitsune, : No reason given.

I'm gonna try to get one of these some time.http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/...000-rape-axe-barbed-condoms

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A doctor wants to give out 30,000 anti-rape devices in South Africa
By David Cairns
LAST UPDATED 3:19 PM, APRIL 28, 2010

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ShareA South African inventor is seeking international donations so she can distribute 30,000 barbed condoms designed to thwart rapists ahead of the World Cup, to be held in South Africa in June.

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Dr Sonnet Ehlers encountered fierce criticism from feminist groups when she first developed the 'Rape-aXe' anti-rape device five years ago and has not yet managed to bring her pet project into commercial production. It has never been tested on a live subject.

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The Rape-aXe, as reported in the First Post in 2007 when it was called Rapex, looks like a thick condom — transparent, with rows of barbed teeth on its inside surface. Ehlers describes it as looking like a tampon, complete with applicator. It is intended that a woman would insert it into her vagina, where Ehlers says it sits, "very comfortable, very soft — she won't feel it".

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If a woman wearing a Rape-aXe is raped, Ehlers believes, the device will latch onto the assailant's penis. She expects a would-be rapist to withdraw immediately in pain and surprise, taking the barbed condom with him like a sort of tag. Critically in a country with an HIV infection rate of almost 18 per cent among adults, Ehlers does not want her barbs to draw blood. She explains: "The hooks penetrate through the skin [but] do not go into the spongy tissue."

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The Rape-aXe will now be latched onto the penis and can only be safely removed by a doctor. Speaking to Radio Netherlands Worldwide (RNW) this month, the inventor said that, as the rapist reels with surprise, there should be an opportunity for his victim to "jump up and run".

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Ehlers describes the assailant's subsequent plight: "He cannot run after you... [The Rape-aXe] attached to the penis during erection,

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Read more: http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/...arbed-condoms#ixzz0rLZgdUkF

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Wow, few things are more frustrating than being a fan of Italian World Cup Soccer. Take your hats off to New Zealand, though; Predicted to lie down against the defending champs, they played admirably.And to think that Italy only scored on a questionable call in the box that resulted in a penalty kick...Edited by BMG, : Grammar

Great game to watch - awesome defending on the part of New Zealand and I thought Peston was great in goal. *Very* dubious reason for the penalty, but then the NZ goal was equally dubious (although excellent) for its own reasons And I was thoroughly entertained watching Cameroon last night - spirited match and I think they can be proud of themselves despite being knocked out.These great games just make the England debacles all the more unbearbale...

Hah!Having steadfastly held the mighty Algerians to a 0-0 draw we have achieved the unimaginable feat of still being in with a shout of progressing in the tournament.The players may be rebelling.
The fans are definitely revolting (England fans are not the most hygienic).
The Italian management staff have their St George's flags out and their patriotic backs to the wall.It is all set for a David and Goliath style confrontation between the plucky underdogs that are English football team and that marauding horde that is the over-hyped, over-paid giant of international "soccer" - SLOVENIA.Bring it on......... After Wednesday I may renounce all interest in this world cup and become a Miami Dolphins fan or something.

Be glad you don't have the French team, I'm French and quite ashamed of my team. I don't know which team will win this cup but if we had to designate one loser, it would be the French.

Oh I wake up every morning and am delighted not to be French Only kiddin. I love the French (well except the sulky footballers..and the waiters...and Parisians...and the politicians....and.........) I could designate many. Germany probably being number one. The French don't need my help as they are perfectly capable of imploding without any psychic vibes from me.

If England produce another "performance" like the one against Algeria, the players should be made to wear these.Or better still, make them wear them during the next game; it might make them run around a bit more lively.

Can I swipe your idea and patent it as The Ultimate Motivator For Athletes? If it works, I'll buy my own island with it.PS - Who else really feel sorry for North Korea? Lost to Portugal by... drum roll... 7 goals.Edited by Taz, : No reason given.

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Thanks, Mod. So let me get this straight, because Bradley was fouled just before the shot was made, the US was robbed of the point?

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Did they at least get a penalty kick for their troubles???

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No, the referee blew for a different foul by a US player. Who is supposed to have committed it is not clear, as it wasn't evident to anybody except the ref.