Which Teams Will Be Having Sex At The World Cup?
It's
a long-held myth that athletes should refrain from sex before a
competition, for fear of exhaustion or a lack of testosterone. Nearly
all scientific studies agree that there's no danger, but the belief
persists. To that end, managers for a number of countries have banned
their players from having relations with loved ones (or otherwise) at
the World Cup.
Citing
public statements, we've broken up the World Cup field into those
nations that will be celibate and those that will be boning like
bunnies. It'll be fun to come back and look at this list once the
tournament's over.
The land of sun, sex, and soccer couldn’t be more down about the World Cup.
The morning after Carnaval this year,
garbagemen in orange pennies walked the foggy beaches, sweeping together
mountains of trash along Rio de Janeiro's famous coastal promenades. As they
cleaned up from Brazil's annual mass party
they sang in unison, while hung over passersby trudged through sand and shared
with them wry smiles: "Packed airport, stopped traffic, chaos all over, ai ai,
ai, ai ai ai / People on all sides, all hotels full, metro choked, ai ai ai, ai
ai ai / Imagine during the Cup!" They had their work cut out for them: The
majority of Rio's garbagemen had gone on strike during the celebration.
But just hours later, the scene on the freshly cleaned
Ipanema Beach returned to the product Brazil sells best: no-worries happiness.
Sweaty Brazilians in skimpy bathing suits gathered their beach chairs into
semicircles facing the blue-green waves as they filled each others' cups with
beer, laughing loudly about their Carnaval shenanigans as smiling vendors hawked
fruit salad and traveling musicians kept everyone tapping their sandy toes to
samba's catchy rhythms.
The Winners of the 2013 FIFA Ballon d'Or Awards
Monday's FIFA Ballon d'Or 2013 ceremony
at the Kongresshaus in Zurich was nothing short of spectacular. In
order to properly look back on the event, we've put together a
collection of images covering all corners of the evening.
The winners have all been named at this year's ceremony celebrating what was a memorable 2013 in the world of footbal.
This
year's FIFA FIFPro World XI: Manuel Neuer, Philipp Lahm, Dani Alves,
Thiago Silva, Sergio Ramos, Andres Iniesta, Franck Ribery, Xavi,
Cristiano Ronaldo, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Lionel Messi.
The winners have all been named at this year's ceremony celebrating what was a memorable 2013 in the world of footbal.
Neymar score first hat trick in Champions League
Neymar finally showed
the goal scoring touch he has been threatening with a hat-trick as Barcelona
shrugged off their hot dip in form with a 6-1 win over Celtic at the Nou Camp
on Wednesday to fasten top spot in Champions League Group H.
Gerard Pique stabbed
home with seven minutes on the clock and, with Celtic expanded at the back,
Pedro and Neymar both completed clinically before half-time.
Nelson Mandela with the FIFA World Cup Trophy
R.I.P. Nelson Mandela.
Nelson Mandela with the FIFA World Cup Trophy in South Africa at December 12, 2010
Nelson Mandela with the FIFA World Cup Trophy in South Africa at December 12, 2010
Ronaldo, Di Maria lead Real thump
Portugal forward Ronaldo
followed up his hat-trick in the opening 6-1 drubbing of Galatasaray with
another dazzling display and Di Maria also turned in a excellent performance in
the absence of injured world record signing Gareth Bale.
Ronaldo's first goal came in the 21st minute when goalkeeper Johan Wiland failed to deal with Marcelo's floated cross and he nodded in from a tight angle.
Ronaldo's first goal came in the 21st minute when goalkeeper Johan Wiland failed to deal with Marcelo's floated cross and he nodded in from a tight angle.
World Cup 2014 Group Fixture
GROUP A - Brazil, Mexico, Croatia, Cameroon.
GROUP B - Spain, Holland, Chile, Australia.
GROUP C - Colombia, Greece, Japan, Ivory Coast.
GROUP D - Italy, England, Uruguay, Costa Rica.
GROUP E - France, Switzerland, Ecuador, Honduras.
GROUP F - Argentina, Nigeria, Bosnia, Iran.
GROUP G - Germany, Portugal, Ghana, USA.
GROUP H - South Korea, Belgium, Russia, Algeria.
Messi out for three weeks
World Player of the Year Lionel Messi has been ruled out for up to three weeks by a thigh injury he suffered in Barcelona’s 2-0 win over Almeria on Saturday.
The Argentine had put the Catalans in front with a sublime left-footed strike from 20 yards, but had to be replaced soon after and will now definitely miss Barca’s Champions League trip to Celtic in midweek as well as Saturday’s home game against Valladolid.
‘The tests carried out this morning have confirmed a small muscle injury in his right thigh,’ said a statement on the club’s website.
‘The approximated time out is two to three weeks, and therefore he will miss the meetings this week against Celtic and Valladolid.’
Messi-Neymar & Jr. Messi-Neymar
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