news and matches
Chatter from the sidelines
- Sergio Ramos refusing to negotiate contract extension with Real Madrid he wants more money, Real Madrid is all LOL no. So he's threatening to walk out on a free
- Cavani asked about upcoming opponent in Copa America, Jamaica: "As any other African team, they're strong." Bear in mind it's Copa 'America' I... cannot
- Inter Milan lodge £8million bid for Javier Hernandez with Manchester United striker free to depart Will Chicarito go
- Khedira asked me about Juventus before joining, confirms Morata They can plait each other's hair and bitch at RM together
- Sarri confirmed as Napoli coach Napoli. I had some good pizza there once
- Wales boss Chris Coleman is not fearful of Belgium Exciting! I'm chuffed for Wales, NGL. Will watch the match tonight!
- Bayern want Bastian Schweinsteiger stay but could sell Mario Gotze I can't believe that Germans supposedly have him in the same breath as Messi? I mean, for real?
- Southampton see a £9million bid for Sevilla midfielder Grzegorz Krychowiak rejected
What a name? Besides Sevilla has Champions League! O.o - Martin Odegaard should 'get rid of his father' - Zlatan Ibrahimovic Yayy or nay?
Miscellaneous
Following in the footsteps of Guardiola, Xavi goes to Qatar
Gareth Bale is closing in on his 50th cap for Wales. The way how he's gone about representing his country is really inspiring so no more guff from me
Courtois practicing for the Belgium vs Wales Euro Cup qualifier tonight! Beligum and Wales have the same kit, just in different colours, ISTG, Adidas is just dialing it in at this point
DeGea and Navas greeting each other. If DeGea comes in and Casillas stays, Navas needs to go. So, Navas, are you free *fluttering my eyelashes in his direction*
Pictures
Copa America begins! People getting turnt up
Chilean tribal dancers in Santiago
It's the oldest continental competition in the world. Rocking around since 1916. Argentina are odds to win
Wow, so purty
Vidal was on point. I love the Chilean kit, don't you?
Some random Chilean player
Juan Carlos Paredes, Ecuadorian defender. "Thou shalt not pass!"
Women's World Cup
I've nothing against Copa America, because it's nice seeing non European competition that's keenly followed but - with that starting, there's going to be less eyes on WWC. I'm going to try harder into getting more pictures of the WWC on this here comm, okay? Okay. Here we go. China 1- 0 Holland
I love the kits for both teams
The Norwegians getting in on the act! They drew with Germany 1-1!
Oh all right... come on, lasses, break up the love fest, there's more to come! But that set piece was the bomb.com. Back of the net!
The German's second kit looks NICE!
I can also appreciate a good tackle. Saw a few highlights and dang, the Germans are technical, aren't they? Going forward, good passing, great touches on the ball... Just really good on all counts. Norway weren't chumps though
That leap!
Seriously, the kit has some nice details that you can't see at first glance. The socks, necklines and sleeves with the contrasting trim are great touches. The petal cut of the shorts are a throwback to the eighties running shorts but are longer and hang better. I have truck with this outfit.
The font for the numbers is cool, too. Great job, Adidas!
Players from the Ivory Coast. They lost to Thailand 3-2
I'm digging the uniform, the hair cuts and just their general style
Thailand came to slay this day. I see you, Thailand
The teams were both evenly matched, but you got the feeling that Thailand handled their business a bit better
“We [the women’s national team] get paid 1% of what the men get paid. Some are mothers. Some lose their jobs to play in the team and to represent an entire nation that doesn’t support us.”
- Yoreli Rincón, midfielder for Colombia
OP: done! Any cheers, jeers, corrections or general commentary push back, you know the drill! Wales are playing Belgium today, so I need to get ready. I know I have a Welsh flag somewhere... and am still eying up Euros and France and the nearest match place to get to by plane. El mister is making noises about buses, but I'm rejecting that out of hand. So we'll see