Group Hex: Six pack of opening round refereeing blunders at the 2014 FIFA World Cup

#1 MAZIC WORKS HIS MAGIC FOR UNPARALLELED RAGE BY IRAN JUNE 21, MATCH 27, MILORAD MAZIC (SERBIA), ARGENTINA 1, IRAN 0:  Iran’s manager Carlos Queiroz couldn’t believe it, neither could striker Ashkan Dejagah after he was tripped in the penalty area by Pablo Zabaleta. Iinexplicably no call was forthcoming from referee Milorad Mazic of Serbia during … Continue reading

Jaws III: FIFA slams Luis Suarez with nine-match suspension for biting as Uruguay threatens boycott

  FIFA acted quickly and on Thursday and slapped Uruguay striker Luis Suarez with a lengthy suspension for biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini. Suarez was banned four months from all football related activity and was also suspended for nine international matches after a review of the highly-publicized incident by the disciplinary committee of the … Continue reading

Blatter Infection: Fresh corruption, match-fixing allegations more proof that FIFA boss needs to go

FIFA is losing the battle on corruption and match-fixing signalling that the time is right for Sepp Blatter to announce his resignation. More proof about what were once inconvenient ‘conspiracy’ theories against soccer’s ruling elite have surfaced just a little too frequently for these mammoth problems to again be merely … Continue reading