It seemed sort of slow here.

http://dw-world.de/english

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German Tapped To Coach Iraqi Soccer Team

Under pressure to succeed: Bernd Stange is expected to join the Iraq team.

If a war breaks out in Iraq, there may be at least one German stuck behind enemy lines. East Germany's former national football coach, Bernd Stange, is about to take over the running of the Iraqi National team.
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Yikes. And pampered, spoiled, coddled-from-the-time-they're in grade school American athletes/coaches think THEY have pressure? Whiny malcontents, the lot of 'em!

FIFA has Iraq ranked #51 in the world out of 203; oh the irony of Israel being ranked #52. Nice to see that the United States good showing in the World Cup has them ranked 8th, just ahead of my beloved England. Oh the shame of the colonies being ahead of them!

[ October 13, 2002: Message edited by: Jim Allen ]

What about Montserrat?

What a bunch of troopers. Ranked dead last by FIFA, practicing in the shadow of an active volcano on this beautiful little island.

Who could care about football?

You gotta love it!