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PAUL WAS RIGHT, AGAIN!

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Paul Allen, also known as Paul the Octopus (hatched January 2008) is a common octopus living in a tank at a Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany, who is used as an animal oracle to predict the results of football matches, usually international matches in which Germany is playing. He came to worldwide attention with [...]

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FINALS

Friday, July 9, 2010

So Paul the Octopus turned out to be right, and even the Spanish took a liking to ‘Pulpo Paul’ after he predicted the World Cup title for Spain. Spain’s prime minister Zapatero offered to send a protection team after death threats to the octopus for correctly predicting Germany’s defeat in the semi-finals. But there is [...]

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PAUL SAYS

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Paul the Octopus has spoken.

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SEMI FINALS

Monday, July 5, 2010

Well, the World Cup 2010 has certainly picked up in drama, with favourites Brazil and Argentina unexpectedly sent home, Uruguay using hand and feet to stick around, the Netherlands fighting until the very end and a surprisingly strong German team. People are going crazy here, as you can imagine.
How to use our World Cup calendar: [...]

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NEXT TIME AT YOUR PLACE

Friday, July 2, 2010

Oh dear.

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WEEKEND BENDERS

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Some news for what’s going to be the hottest weekend of the year: The Morning Benders are going to play at Berlin’s Magnet this Sunday. And speaking of benders: the infamous Borgmann Cup is coming up tomorrow (@ Ministergärten, Berlin), which means even more of that whole soccer craze.

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QUARTER FINALS

Thursday, July 1, 2010

With Asia out, Africa barely hanging on and the European cadre reduced to merely three teams still in the tournament, this World Cup definitely belongs to South America at the moment: present in every game of the Quarter Finals starting off tomorrow.
How to use our World Cup calendar: Drag your very own game tables [...]

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ROUND OF 16

Friday, June 25, 2010

Goodbye Africa.
Goodbye Italy.
Goodbye France.
Hello Ghana.
Hello Japan.
Hello Spain.
How to use our World Cup calendar: Drag your very own game tables below to your desktop, print them out in A5 on a coloured paper of your choice, trim them down to the right size, stick them to your fridge [...]

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EUROPEAN FIELDS

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Art and sports usually make for uneasy bedfellows, but as we know, there are always exceptions to the rule: in the case of football, it’s worth having a closer look at photographer Hans van der Meer’s beautiful studies of the European obsession with football. Somewhere between landscape photography and documentary reportage, van der Meer has [...]

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BICYCLE PORTRAITS

Monday, June 14, 2010

My memories of traveling around South Africa are mostly of sitting in the ubiquitous kombi taxis: vans that stop for every potential customer until they are packed far beyond any legal limit. Stan Engelbrecht and Nic Grobler’s forthcoming book ‘Bicycle Portraits‘ focuses on South Africans who eschew cramped quarters and blaring sound systems in favor [...]

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