| For many years there has been an argument in | | | | |
| sports circles regarding the partaking in | | | | I know we encourage our young adults to speak |
| sexual activity prior to and leading up to a | | | | their mind and make a difference in our |
| game, match or prize fight. I mean even in | | | | society, but I'm not sure that officials at |
| the movie Rocky 1 the Italian Stallion had to | | | | Bangladesh University are teaching students, |
| say "Yo Adrian no fooling around" the night | | | | to burn property in the street, when they |
| before he met Apollo Creed in the square | | | | have a demand. Seems like several students in |
| circle. | | | | the one of fifteen dormitories on campus, |
| | | | were unhappy with the quality of the two |
| Word has come out of the Ukraine soccer camp | | | | television sets in the lounge area and |
| that coach Oleg Blokhin has decided to use | | | | decided to throw them in the street and |
| the promise of sex for his players if they | | | | ignite them. This was their way of displaying |
| reach the semi finals. Ukraine, playing in | | | | their anger, as the country awaits the |
| their first World Cup finals, have been drawn | | | | beginning of the World Cup. |
| in Group H, along with Spain, Tunisia and | | | | |
| Saudi Arabia! | | | | Meanwhile French fans are optimistic about |
| | | | their squad's chances, even though defending |
| My take on this is that if Ukraine stuns the | | | | champions in 2002, France disappeared from |
| soccer world by getting that far, why you | | | | the tournament in the first round without |
| would give the boys a reward, rather then | | | | winning a match or scoring a goal. |
| hold off until they win the grand prize. Most | | | | |
| coaches think that depriving players of their | | | | But the opinion poll carried out by L'Equipe |
| personal freedom gives them a soldier | | | | newspaper found that French fans were |
| mentality and keeps that "eye of the tiger" | | | | optimistic over how Zinedine Zidane and his |
| mentality. | | | | team-mates will perform in Germany where they |
| | | | are grouped with Switzerland, Togo and South |
| The World Cup kicks off on June 9. | | | | Korea. |
| | | | |
| Veteran Japan midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata on | | | | The poll showed that 51 percent of fans |
| the other hand is concerned that his young | | | | thought that their side would reach at least |
| Japan team is not properly focused, prior to | | | | the semi-finals, while 15 percent said they |
| their friendly with Germany. | | | | would go all the way and win it as they did |
| | | | in 1998. |
| Japan is coached by Brazilian legend Zico and | | | | |
| 11 members of Japan's 23-strong squad were | | | | There was good news too for the embattled |
| veterans of the 2002 World Cup finals on home | | | | Domenech with 68 percent of fans saying they |
| soil, Nakata said only four struggled through | | | | had full confidence in him and only 19 |
| France 1998 when Japan made a winless, | | | | percent saying the opposite. |
| one-goal debut on the big stage. | | | | |
| | | | On whether the team was dependent on Real |
| Without the advantage of home field and the | | | | Madrid playmaker Zinedine Zidane, French fans |
| support of millions of Asian fans, I look for | | | | were split with 45 percent saying it was and |
| Japan to get bounced early. | | | | 48 percent saying it was not. |