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The man who coached the lackluster North Korean soccer team may end up paying for his poor performance with his life – or at the very least, his liberty. The return of the national soccer team was not met with celebration or even commiseration. The team, minus its two...
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FANS worldwide have fashioned replicas of the World Cup trophy out of everything from papier-mache to plastic. But a lawbreaker in Colombia gets top prize for most original material – cocaine. Airports anti-drug chief Colonel Jose Piedrahita says Colombian authorities found the unusual statue during a routine security check...
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A security specialist for an Australian television network was allegedly Tased by a security guard working for a rival network as the two groups attempted to cover a fan procession at the World Cup. The disagreement between the two groups escalated when a Channel 7 reporter tried to defuse...
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We all know how much the English love a drink. No one knows more, it seems, than Britain’s electricity network. There are therefore, real concerns during the World Cup. They are apparently bracing for record-breaking power surges should England do well in the football World Cup. Probably a tall order without...
