http://dir.salon.com/topics/2006_world_cup/?source=rss&aim=2006_world_cup en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/07/13/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/07/13/thursday/index.html?source=rss French captain Zidane apologizes for his head butt but says it's the provoker who should be punished. He's wrong. Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/07/10/monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/07/10/monday/index.html?source=rss Italy wins the World Cup as French legend Zidane is sent off. Let's do the same to the penalty-kick shootout. Plus: The Twins' side-arming blogger. Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/30/friday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/30/friday/index.html?source=rss In World Cup knockout games, the second goal gets even more important! Plus, those poor Minnesota Twins and their 17-2 streak. Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/26/monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/26/monday/index.html?source=rss The beautiful, ugly game: Soccer doesn't need changing, but here's how I'd change it anyway. Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/23/friday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/23/friday/index.html?source=rss With its 2006 World Cup over, what the U.S. needs is a flamboyant, charismatic coach to sell an exciting version of the game to elite young American athletes. By Pete L'Official Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/feature/2006/06/23/soccer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/feature/2006/06/23/soccer/index.html?source=rss Yes, the USA team went down in ignominy at the World Cup. But guess what? World soccer fans were loving us in Germany. Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/15/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/15/thursday/index.html?source=rss Stanley Cup Finals turn on a dime. Now the trophy is back in its case and the Oilers are back in the series. Plus: World Cup. Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/14/wednesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/14/wednesday/index.html?source=rss Dwyane Wade's spectacular fourth quarter saves the Heat. Can he do that three more times? Plus: World Cup. And: Bud Selig's "everyone." Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/13/tuesday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/13/tuesday/index.html?source=rss The U.S. pratfall in its World Cup opener didn't kill some coming soccer boom. Plus: Pong? And: Stanley Cup. Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/12/monday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/12/monday/index.html?source=rss Mavericks shut down faltering Shaq, and if Pat Riley keeps getting outcoached, this is going to be a short NBA Finals. Plus: World Cup. By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/feature/2006/06/09/soccer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/feature/2006/06/09/soccer/index.html?source=rss The World Cup is the Godzilla of sporting events -- it wreaks more havoc on more people around the world than anything else. By Tim Adams Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/06/02/adams/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2006/06/02/adams/index.html?source=rss As the World Cup approaches, an English writer recalls when Czech football, too, threw off its shackles. Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/01/thursday/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/col/kaufman/2006/06/01/thursday/index.html?source=rss Wallace smacks Shaq. Will it inspire a huge Pistons comeback? Plus: Clemens returns. The nerve! And: Sabres-'Canes Game 7, Lance Armstrong "exonerated." By Sarah Goldstein Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/23/world_cup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/23/world_cup/index.html?source=rss What will happen when 3 million people descend on Germany for the World Cup? By Andrew O'Hehir Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/sports/feature/2005/12/12/soccer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/sports/feature/2005/12/12/soccer/index.html?source=rss The U.S. may not survive the first round against Italy, the Czech Republic and Ghana. But nobody said getting respect on the global soccer stage was going to be easy. By Luke Harding Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/18/world_cup/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/11/18/world_cup/index.html?source=rss Along with soccer fans, officials planning next summer's World Cup in Berlin expect to host tens of thousands of foreign prostitutes.