Thought you might enjoy this photo of Zidane in Brazil. The article said “indoor soccer” but it looks more like Futsal to me. Zizou’s team lost 4-3. The article says he was “slightly out-of-shape”
We should all be so out of shape.
He was there to do some charity work.
“It was a [...]

Blogging rule #173: When you don’t have time to write, post marginally tasteless educational historical photos.
(Does anybody else think the bald thing is a huge improvement? I mean…um…wow. Nice cleats.)

Remember last month when I said I’d read that Christian Karembeu was thinking about reconnecting with his buddies from 1998 for two matches, but I couldn’t find verification?
It’s now officially showing up on the fff site. And yes, there will be two games: One in Karembeu’s homeland of New Caledonia on May 26, [...]

Zidane can go for months and months without talking with the press, and then BOOM. A very long an interesting interview.
The last big interview I saw with Zidane was close to a year ago, and he sounded unsettled. Now he sounds happy with life, thrilled to be spending time on charity [...]

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 [...]