A bittersweet match for the neutrals but both teams have much to take away from this last quarterfinal. Continue reading
Euro 2016: All Fairytales Must End – French Hosts Send Iceland Home
4 JulThe Daily Drool – Epic Bromance Month: Olivier Giroud & Lukas Podolski
7 DecThis is one good looking bromance going on at Arsenal! Thanks to the anonymous watishista who suggested it! Continue reading
Arsenal Support Anti-Homophobia Campaign
5 SepAfter that last disheartening story about racism in sport, here comes a bit of good news on another front. Gay rights group Stonewall along with Paddy Power and the Gay Football Supporters’ Network have launched this year’s Rainbow Laces campaign with a little help from Arsenal. Continue reading
The Daily Drool – World Cup 2014 – France: Rio Mavuba
31 MayMidfielder Rio has played for Lille since 2008. Interesting fact: His birth certificate says “born at sea.” His father (who played in the 1974 World Cup for Zaire) and his mother (an Angolan national) were fleeing the Angolan Civil War and little Rio was born on a boat in international waters. The family came to France as political refugees and he became a citizen in 2004. Sadly, his mother passed away when he was 2 and his father when he was 14. He turned to football for solace. He rose through the ranks at Bordeaux & Lille (and even played a season at Villareal). While he was recruited by the DR Congo National Team, he chose to play for France. He has represented his adopted country at the U21 and senior levels. If you want to see more of Rio (and by that I mean ALOT more), check out the Dieux de Stade calendar. He posed for the 2013 and 2014 editions (this past year with Yohan Cabaye and Olivier Giroud – here’s the Making Of video). Here’s some sneak peeks of Rio getting his pose on.
You Know, This Scenario Is Not How I Pictured It…
10 DecWe love your “pyjamas” Mesut 😝😜👌@MesutOzil1088 pic.twitter.com/ZW2IcSBGlk
— Olivier Giroud (@_OlivierGiroud_) December 10, 2013
Whenever I’ve thought of Mesut and bedtime (which is actually a whole heck of a lot less than you’re probably imagining), this isn’t exactly what I had in mind. Continue reading
Tuesday Bits & Bobs, Part II
10 JulSo, I’m teetering on the edge of exhaustion here, peeps. It’s been a long ass day. I’m going to catch up on things as quickly as I can. Please forgive me for my lack of, um, brains? typing? everything? At this point, I’m about to fall asleep on my feet.
First up is David Villa. Many of us were taken by surprise when his transfer to Atleti was announced. As for that bargain price, well, it’s not as bad as we thought. Continue reading
Training, More Tennis, Men’s Health Finds 2 New Cover Boys & More
10 May
Sorry about the earlier double post. That’s what happens when you have two people in different cities working on the same blog. I had an open post that I hadn’t saved so Maisougio couldn’t see mine and I didn’t see her’s until after I hit ‘publish.’ So you got the happy news twice! This is going to be another quickie as a work project just rolled in.