I love it when the name “Lizarazu” pops up in my inbox. I know it’s going to be something fun. He’s not playing any more, so it won’t be an injury list, or a game recap, or anything normal and boring like that. Instead I get news like the “attempting to make [...]

I posted this over on The Offside main page this morning, but it’s worthy of a double post.
Ever have questions about Zidane’s career success? Watch the video and they’ll all be answered.
Zidane ? Power of cup noodleUploaded by Milder

Oh, damn. What am I going to write about now? Who will make me say, “Wait. He did what?”
Because at the age of 34, Vikash Dhorasoo is officiallly retiring.
The temperamental Frenchman left Livorno by mutual consent earlier this season having gone AWOL and failing to make a [...]

You know, I still can’t get enough of the World cup events, and I’m apparently not alone. Here’s a video about an Italian company that capitalized on the headbutt.
Humorous. One of the quotes is something about “transforming an act of violence into a symbol of nonviolence.”
Uh…yeahrightsure. You’d have more credibility [...]

Just when you think he’s going to go riding quietly off into the sunset, here he comes again.
Vikash Dhorasoo is in the news this week because there’s a chance he’ll be signing with Ligue 2 team Grenoble in the winter transfer window. Or not.
Grenoble is now hemming and hawing, after earlier saying it was [...]

Okay, gents, here’s your reward for putting up with that Lizarazu photo for two days. (I really meant to put another post up yesterday, but life got in the way.)
This is Adriana Karembeu, Slovak supermodel wife of France World Cup 1998 player Christian Karembeu. I pilfered it from the afore-mentioned WAGvent [...]

If you are easily offended, close your eyes while X-ing out of this post. Do it quickly and nobody gets hurt. But it made me laugh.
I get google alerts for most current French internationals and a lot of formers. This means that I get some great, up-to-date, footy-related news and the occasional [...]

I can’t vouch for the authenticity of this one because it’s showing up in only one place, but sports.iAfrica.com says that Lionel Charbonnier and Christian Karembeu have gotten together to invite the gang from the ‘98 World Cup winning team to get together for two friendlies in Tahiti and New Caledonia in May.
Members of France’s [...]

First, a sad bit of French soccer news: France was ousted from the Beach Soccer World Cup by Brazil on Saturday. What’s up with that?
In more interesting news, though, Fabien Barthez has been asked to take up the gloves and join the beach party. (Hmm. First Vikash Dhorasoo news, [...]

It’s been ages since I’ve talked about Zinedine Zidane, hasn’t it? Well, I think it’s time we fixed that.
What has Zizou been up to lately? More good works. But you knew that already, right?
CAIRO - French footballing icon Zinedine Zidane was in Cairo to launch a home for handicapped street [...]