Image via WikipediaSpain won the FIFA Worldcup 2010 first time.
First Position : Spain
Second Position : Netherlands
Third Position : Germany
Showing posts with label Worldcup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Worldcup. Show all posts
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Parakeet forecasts Dutch World Cup victory, octopus goes for Spain
Image via WikipediaMani, a 13-year-old parakeet in Singapore, has forecast the Netherlands will win the World Cup final in South Africa on Sunday.
Mani, who successfully picked the winners for the quarter-finals and Spain's semi-final win over Germany, flipped over a card to reveal the Dutch flag in Friday's forecasting session, news agency AP reported. But Paul, the German octopus who is said to have a 100% success rate in the earlier World Cup rounds, has picked Spain as Sunday's winner. Under the eyes of many tv cameras, Paul first ate mussels from a tank marked with the Spanish flag.
There is still hope for Holland, Nos tv says. In the 2008 European championships Paul also had it right up to the final, but then wrongly predicted Germany would beat Spain.
A Dutch new entrant in the forecasting market, a female octopus at the Sealife centre in Scheveningen, has also predicted a Dutch victory. The appropriately named Pauline ignored the pot of Spanish mussels, Nos says.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Octopus Paul predicts Spain to win WC FIFA 2010
New Delhi: It seems the animal kingdom is backing two different teams when it comes to picking the winner of the 2010 Football World Cup. Barely a couple of hours after Mani the parakeet picked Holland as its choice, Octopus Paul has yet again forecast a Spanish victory in the title fight that will be held at the Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday.
The octopus, who has already attained a celebrity status, completely ignored the Dutch tank at the German Aquarium in Oberhausen and indicated his preferance for the Spanish flag by quickly polishing off the mussel from their tank.
Paul has been predicting results involving Germany throughout the tournament and had predicted Germany's loss to Spain in the semi finals as well, much to the dismay of the German fans.
But Paul on Friday gave them a ray of hope as well as he predicted a German win in the battle for third place against Uruguay that is slated to be played on Saturday. Germany had also finished third in the previous edition of the tournament when they had played host in 2006.
Being a celebrity has its flip side as well. It has not taken him long to become the villain of the piece as the Germans came up second best against Spain. Having said that, he has now got a new fan following among the Spaniards and the Spanish Prime Minister has even offered 'state protection' to the eight-legged creature.
Source: IBNLive
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Germany's 'Octopus oracle' keeps perfect record
Image via WikipediaIt will not come as much of a consolation to heartbroken German fans, but at least Paul, Germany's now world-famous "Octopus oracle", has maintained his perfect record.
The "psychic" creature has correctly predicted all six of Germany's FIFA World Cup™ games and, amid excruciating drama broadcast live on national television on Tuesday, plumped for Spain, causing anguish up and down the country. And the eight-legged soccer soothsayer was spot on Wednesday, as Carles Puyol's semi-final header shattered Germany's dreams of winning their fourth world crown.
Two plastic boxes, one with a German flag and one with a Spanish, were lowered into Paul's tank at an aquarium in western Germany, each with a tasty morsel of food inside. The box which Paul opens first is adjudged to be his predicted winner. But with classic fickleness, German fans turned against their beloved octopus after he forecast a Spanish win.
According to 'Der Western' daily paper, there have been "a host of comments on Facebook, Twitter... suggesting Paul should be fried, barbecued or turned into a seafood salad or paella". "Others wanted to throw him into the shark tank," the paper reported on its website. And on Berlin's fan mile, some sections of the crowd also turned against their former hero. Anti-octopus songs were sung.
Paul Octopus Will Predict Spain vs Netherland FIFA World Cup 2010 FINALS
Image via WikipediaPaul Octopus Will Predict Spain vs Netherland FIFA World Cup 2010 FINALS Paul is reported to have correctly chosen the winner in five of Germany’s six UEFA Euro 2008 matches, predicting that Germany would win every match except a loss to Croatia, but incorrectly predicting that Germany would defeat Spain in the final in 2008.
Paul the Octopus or Paul Oktopus is a two-year-old common octopus with a history of correctly predicting the results of major German international football matches,especially in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
This total rate of 11 out of 12 games correct constitutes a significant deviation from what flipping a coin would suggest, using a Binomial test. A fair coin would guess at least 11 out of 12 games correctly only 1 time in 315.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Netherlands Vs Uruguay FIFA 2010 Highlites : Netherlands won with 3 - 2
Holland won the match with 3-2 on Uruguay... Watch the highlites..
Uruguay 0-1 Netherlands
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Uruguay 0-1 Netherlands
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SRK and Family To Catch Final FIFA Action
SRK and Family To Catch Final FIFA Action
The SRK family follows FIFA like religion and they are holidaying in Europe now-a-days. Now, they can easily attend the finals and are all set to scream in the FIFA final match.
Shah Rukh is a sports freak, as he has a crazy ardor for cricket and now for football. In the present thrilling FIFA world cup scenario, it seems, the SRK family is just going mad about it.
SRK will watch the live final action with wife Gauri and kids, Aryan and Suhana. It seems the kids are also really crazy about the sport.
A source reveals, “Aryan is an ardent football fan, like his father and will be flying to South Africa to watch the finals. At the moment, the entire family is holidaying in London. Shahrukh was on a Europe tour and cruise with his family spending quality time with his kids, his wife and a couple of friends.”
A source reveals, “Aryan is an ardent football fan, like his father and will be flying to South Africa to watch the finals. At the moment, the entire family is holidaying in London. Shahrukh was on a Europe tour and cruise with his family spending quality time with his kids, his wife and a couple of friends.”
“He and the kids have been following football religiously even there and are very keen to watch the finals at the stadium in South Africa because all the action will now be live.”
The other B-Town celebrities flying to South Africa are Imran Khan, John Abraham and Bipasha. In fact, Imran is flying to South Africa with his childhood friends to celebrate the ‘IHLS’ success.
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Who Are The Favorites To Win The World Cup?
The World Cup 2010 Odds - C Ling Fan
As the World Cup draws ever closer the one question everyone is asking is who will lift the trophy - Which team is most likely to win the soccer World Cup in South Africa
Brazil And Spain Joint Favorites For South Africa 2010
The World Cup, which commences next June, is still a long way off; however, as we know which teams are heading to South Africa, now might be the time to place a bet. So, who are the favorites to win the 19th soccer World Cup?
Odds of Spain Winning the 2010 World Cup
- 4/1 (+450)
The European Cup holders are joint favorites, with Brazil, and have recently been backed by the world’s greatest ever player, Pele, to claim their first championship. Following a flawless qualifying campaign, winning ten out of ten, Spain are the current number one team in the FIFA rankings, and will be the team to beat in South Africa.
Odds of Brazil Winning the 2010 World Cup
