Here we go, here we go, here we go ... it's the WORLD CUP! (soccer)

[Zubenelgenubi]

And Chile is being the Grim Reaper.

Finally they were...

Well, it was nice while it lasted... Thank you Spain for all this years of good football! now it´s time to think on a new era...

[squeezyjohn]

Bad luck Zubenelgenubi - and bad luck to Spain!

Unfortunately for you - you can't just change the team you support ... and the best bit of football is that all the times of despair make the moments of glory more intense. I'm sure we'll see another great Spanish team in the future.

Now bring on our game tonight ....

EN-GER-LAAAAAND!!!!

[Skell18]

The rugby world cup is in Wales???

yeah yeah - the USA, Canada and Ivory Coast might as well just turn up to polish the boots - the chance they've got of scoring a try!!

For anyone who doesn't follow rugby ... these are the only teams which really compete:

England
Ireland
Scotland
Wales
France
(Italy - a bit rubbish though)
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
(Argentina - only join in so they can stamp on English heads)

A few others scrape together a team like the small polynesian islands ... but all their best players end up playing for New Zealand anyway! The US, Canada and Japan and various other random countries occasionally field a team ... but they are awful!

So it's hardly a world sport like football is it?

its played in more than one country, by definition it's worldwide. Also all the teams you mentioned including the pacific islands etc have beaten wales (more than once) it is therefore better again!

[squeezyjohn]

England 1 - 2 Uruguay

Bugger!

Playing like that we don't deserve to go through ... dreadful!

[alopezg1]

bollocks

[alopezg1]

That cheeky little dynamo Suarez

[Skell18]

Told you.

[squeezyjohn]

That cheeky little dynamo Suarez

I think you mean that little rat-faced, cheating, biting bastard Suarez surely?

[alopezg1]

yes, but he is a little wizard

[Crow]

It's a good thing I've gathered a bunch of 'relaxing flowers' to soothe the pain..

United States v Portugal on 22 June -- Don't **** this up guys!

[alopezg1]

Game over for England as Costa Rica beat Italy making it mathematically impossible for us to progress

shit

[joserra]

And Costa Rica doing what everyone thought impossible. America for americans (America is a continent, not a country )

[alopezg1]

I thought Costa Rica were good against Uruguay . And that kid Joel Campbell , he's a magician! he's an Arsenal boy as well , which is extra good

[Stark]

Really bad match for Italy today... I knew we are a bad team this year, but after the first game I was hoping for something better. Honestly Costa Rica deserved the win, they don't have any champion but they play great. Now it's going to be a tough match against Uruguay!

[Burnsey]

And Costa Rica doing what everyone thought impossible. America for americans (America is a continent, not a country )

Actually continents, North and South.....but the Americans have never been referred to as United Statesians so we'll take the American monicker....