Fur Covered Tea Cup News
du Nord, July 3, 2006
World Cup Semifinals:Tuesday July 4 in Dortmund - Germany v Italy at 2pm central time on ESPNWednesday July 5 in Munich - France v Portugal at 2pm central time on ESPNWorld Cup Final:Sunday July 9 in Berlin - the semifinal winners meet at 1pm central time on ABC~ ~ ~ ~In case you missed it, USA team captain Claudio Reyna has announced his retirement from international soccer. He will continue on at his club Manchester City.~ ~ ~ ~The Washington Post has an article on South Africa, host of the next World Cup in 2010.~ ~ ~ ~I mentioned a few posts back that I made a pilgrimage to St Pauli FC in Hamburg. So did Steven Goff of the Washington Post.~ ~ ~ ~Greece has been suspended from International football by FIFA for an undetermined amount of time due to government interference in the countries football association.~ ~ ~ ~Grahame Jones of the LA Times looks at the negativity surrounding the Italians. Does it fuel their winning?~ ~ ~ ~Rob Hughes of the International Herald Tribune with a couple great stories at