Now You’re Ghana Believe Us
Winners
In anticipation of the arrival of Englands footballers wives and lovers, the Gucci and Hermes shops close to the teams hotel have ordered in an extra £200,000 of clothes.
The World Development Movement, part of the Make Poverty History campaign, has ranked teams for national ethics and global citizenships. Top of the league are Ghana, followed by Sweden and Tunisia. Bottom of the list are the USA, Saudi Arabia and Australia.
Losers
Accountancy firm Grant Thornton calculate that absenteeism and staff being distracted by the games could cost business up to £1.26 billion.
Brazil and Italy should note that no team with an average age of more than 28 has won any of the past 10 World Cups. Both Brazil and Italy have teams older than that, and Trinidad and Tobago are the oldest squad with an average of 29.5. Englands average age is 25.5.
Loser: Serbia and Montenegros Ognjen Koroman, who received a yellow card for waving an imaginary card at the referee in his teams match with Holland.
An administrative error meant FA chairman Geoff Thompson was asked by FIFA to board the Paraguay team bus for the journey back to his hotel in Frankfurt. He declined the offer and waited for a car.
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