- Wayne Rooney says he won't touch the World Cup trophy on the FIFA promotional tour, lest it jinx his chances of actually lifting the thing for real this summer. He also reveals that he used to pretend he was Michael Owen when he played football on the playgrounds as a child. England fans probably wish that Michael Owen would every so often pretend he was Wayne Rooney .
- Mexico prepares for next week's friendly against Paraguay. They've recalled Claudio Suarez, but not soccer's most loveable hunchback.
- Serbian coach Ilija Petkovic is "quite sure" they will emerge from the Group of Death with Argentina, Holland and Cote d'Ivoire. Good luck with that.
Friday, March 24, 2006
Miscellaneous stuff
World Cup build-up news is pretty sparse today. Here are the highlights, such as they are:
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