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Total, fcuk and UPS in joint sponsorship deal with England football team

Opposition strangely reluctant to swap shirts after the game‘The combination of these three corporate giants perfectly captures the ethos of the England side.’

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Posted: Jul 7th, 2010
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Maradona kicks damaging football habit and returns to cocaine

‘I had a successful cocaine career and the world at my feet, but I found myself dabbling in football,’ said Maradona today.

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Posted: Jul 5th, 2010
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Goalkeeper insists on wearing different colour shirt to team dinner

James 'just expressing himself'England goalkeeper David James surprised reporters last night by eschewing the England team’s official regalia of Marks & Spencer grey suit, waistcoat and tie at a function at the British High Commission, and instead opting for a yellow long-sleeved polyester top with elbow and shoulder padding, complemented by a pair of thick white gloves designed by Umbro.

‘Goalkeepers are like method actors,’ said former England goalkeeper Bob Wilson. ‘It’s not a role you can just slip in and out of. People assume that goalies wear different outfits to the rest of the team for the extra protection and easy on-field identification, but it’s actually because we want to show everyone that we’re individuals, and that different rules apply to us both on and off the pitch.’

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Posted: Jun 19th, 2010
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Disappointment for Brazil after football team draws ‘office idiot’ in sweepstake

Pélé could do photocopying much, much betterThe national football team of Brazil will head off to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa with heavy hearts this week, after drawing ‘useless clot’ Brian Davies from Accounts in the annual Zenith Industrial Holdings Ltd. sweepstake.

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Posted: Jun 18th, 2010
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Finance declares war on Marketing after sweepstake draw

Office rivalry at JR Holdings escalated into full scale war yesterday afternoon after Terry from Marketing and Nigel from Finance drew North and South Korea in the World Cup sweep.

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Posted: Jun 10th, 2010
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