Sports Minister, George Sad, unveiled Britain's bid to host the 2020 Tiddlywinks World Cup in his monthly press conference yesterday.
Early estimates suggested that hosting the popular event will cost around £300 million.
Mr Sad dismissed that...
Beer and sex must be sold at all venues hosting matches in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, football's world governing body, Fifa, has insisted.
Fifa General Secretary Jerome Valcke said the right to sell beer and sex must be enshrined in a World Cup...
Following the BBC Frozen Planet polar bear scenes - which were actually filmed in a zoo - controversy, a probably even more profoundly shocking revelation is about to rock the nation to its very foundations.
Former BBC special effects wizard, Keit...
In an unprecedented move, the FA are expected to field a team of naturalised Poles to represent England in the upcoming World Cup qualifying round against Poland.
The move comes as English born players, heavily criticised in the press for their ex...
A two headed Royal python has been discovered in an amphibian and reptile shop in Germany.
The snake was born a year ago, and has two spinal cords and two heads - and they're both active.
"The reptile has no physical problems or defects," say...
Football supporters' clubs have expressed concern about the ease with which fans now switch club allegiances.
'It's changing the face of football,' lamented George "Kicker" Boot, the supporters' club chairman of, bottom of League Two, Stockport Co...
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Birmingham City 'keeper Ben Foster has declared himself unavailable indefinitely for international duty to further his club career.
The 28 year old has been Joe Hart's England understudy for the last 2 years but has decided that being associated w...
News has reached us that, before Paul the Psychic Octopus passed on to the great blue yonder, scientists in Germany had a plan to clone him. After all, they had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
This top secret scientific plan was passed on...
Scientists have proposed a radical innovation for World Cup 2022 in Qatar.
There are major concerns at the Western nations' players ability to cope with the 100 degree heat in the Gulf state, prompting some sources to suggest that the tournament s...
After studying the issue of national mourning for the last 2 years, sociologists at the Institute of Deep Thinking have come up with the theory that our increasing capacity for public outpourings of grief is inextricably linked with the premature dea...
Sepp Blatter has confirmed that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar will definitely be played in the Summer.
Despite widespread concerns amongst many of the European national associations at the prospect of their players having to put up with 40C temperat...
Fabio Capello has thrown his weight behind the bid to host the 2026 World Cup.
The England coach regards England as "the perfect country" as "the facilities and stadiums are really good".
Lets not, of course, forget the quality air and rail lin...
Paul the Octopus (reportedly hatched January 2008; died 26 October 2010) was a common octopus from Weymouth, England. Paul lived in a tank at a commercial attraction, the Sea Life Centre in Oberhausen, Germany and became internationally famous after...
In a dramatic turnaround over who hosts which tournament, Sepp Blatter, FIFA dictator spoke with Lord Coe, Baron of the Olympics, this weekend to discuss re-scheduling the Olympics and upcoming 2022 World Cup.
Blatter said Qatar is too hot in Summ...
Sepp Blatter has finally listened to the thousands of requests made by ginger freckled people the world over and changed the date of the 2022 World Cup.
Qatar can be 50 degrees Celsius in the shade and that's far too hot for most of us let alone t...
In what has been described as "nothing short of an everyday occurrence", a woman in the Potteries yesterday discovered another amazing item under her 9-year-old son's bed - a vuvuzela!
Karen Low-Cal, 45, from Stoke, was rummaging about under Child...
Great news just in from FIFA - following the incomprehensible decision by FIFA to stage the 2022 World Cup Finals in a country which frequently experiences 50 degree heat in summer, FIFA mastermind (and distinctly not corrupt in any way) Sepp Blatter...