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“Paul le Poulpe” predicts: La Hollande or l’Espagne? Posted by Hichem on Jul 8, 2010
The name of la vedette (the “star”) of this Coupe du Monde 2010 hasn’t been a Rooney, a Ronaldo, a Drogba, a Messi, or a Schweinsteiger. Instead, the very unlikely vedette is named “Paul le Poulpe” (“Paul the Octopus”), who is reputedly endowed with no less than neuf cerveaux (nine brains), several tentacules (tentacles), and un sixième sens (a sixth sense) to…
A Guide to Le Tour de France! Posted by Jennie on Jul 7, 2010
Although le Mondial (the World Cup) is dominating the sports press—Pays-Bas jusqu’au bout! Netherlands all the way!—it’s not the only major sporting event going on now. Le Tour de France a commencé! The Tour de France started le 3 juillet, but the world has barely blinked. If you’re not a serious cycliste, it can be…
Flashback: Coup de boule! (4 years ago, déjà!) Posted by Hichem on Jul 7, 2010
Nearly four years ago, on July 9th 2006 in Berlin, at precisely the 110th minute, Zinedine Zidane‘s last act following a longstanding heroic carrière internationale (international career) was to deliver a completely unexpected coup de boule (a headbutt) to the upper chest of the Italian player Marco Materazzi. – Where were you watching the game, and what was your initial reaction back…
Jerôme KERVIEL: «Traitor Trader» ou «Bouc émissaire»? Posted by Hichem on Jun 24, 2010
“SCANDAL“: A seven-letter word that somehow seems to have morphed into “le maître-mot” (the “catchword”, or the “buzzword”) in France these days. While the affaire Anelka is still unfolding, with the new implication of Thierry Henry, accused to be one of the masterminds behind the mutinée and la grève (the strike) directed against the Coach Domenech, another scandal, relatively old, is taking…
Scandal au Mondial des Bleus ! Posted by Hichem on Jun 22, 2010
Ca y est les gars, c’est fini ! (That’s all folks, it’s over!) Prochain rendez-vous des Bleus dans quatre ans pour la Coupe du Monde au Brésil (Next rendez-vous for les Bleus in four years for the World Cup in Brazil), and in two years for the UEFA Euro 2012 in la Pologne (Poland) and l’Ukraine. But then, the nagging question…
Un Début-Surprise du Mondial 2010 ! Posted by Hichem on Jun 19, 2010
Every Coupe du Monde has had its fair share of surprises and so-called “coup de théâtres”. But will this particular Mondial hold even more surprises for us than ever before? Consider these games; almost no day has passed so far without a surprising result: * Sud Afrique contre le Mexique (South Africa vs. Mexico), last Friday: 1-1…
V for “les Visiteurs” (Revisited) Posted by Hichem on May 17, 2010
This is not about “V for Vendetta”; it’s about another Sci-Fi classic. Do you remember watching the trilogy of “Retour vers le Futur“ (“Back to the Future”) starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, respectively featuring the teenager “Marty McFly” and the savant fou (mad scientist) “Dr. Emmett Brown”? The main plot of that movie was to have people from notre ère…