World Cup 2010 Football Song - There May Be Glory

The Dulwich Ukulele Club have pulled out all the stops to produce The Football Anthem for the World Cup 2010.



Brilliant!

Today is the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster

The city of Liverpool, England is marking the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough stadium disaster when 96 Liverpool fans were crushed to death. I remember watching the news and being horrified by the pictures and the witness reports about the disaster. It was a tragedy that never should have happened. I still feel distressed when I think about it so I can't begin to imagine what the families of the dead and the people who survived feel like. My heart goes out to them on this very sad day when the memorial service takes place to commemorate those who lost their lives 20 years ago today. Liverpool to fall silent on 20th anniversary of Hillsborough disaster Liverpool will mark the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster today by falling silent for two minutes in memory of the 96 football fans who died. The bells of the city’s two cathedrals and its civic buildings will ring out in memory of the tragedy at FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. The bells will cease and public transport will come to a stop for two minutes at 3.06pm – the moment the match was abandoned, as authorities realised the scale of the horror that had unfolded when police wrongly allowed hundreds of fans to cram down a tunnel into an already overcrowded viewing pen. (link via timesonline.co.uk) The Guardian News Blog is providing live coverage of the Hillsborough memorial service.

Inspired by British cycling winners?

After the success of the British cyclists in the Olympic Games, has it encouraged you to start bike riding? The Independent has provided a useful list of The 50 Best Bicycles Sustrans (co-ordinators of over 12,000 miles of national cycle routes around the UK) is offering you a free information pack to help you get out and about by bike. I would feel inspired to get my bike out more - if it would just stop raining so much! This summer has been nearly as bad as last summer, weather-wise. And this news is hardly encouraging: Britain is set for its wettest August for nearly 100 years (link via telegraph.co.uk)

Beach volleyball & other Olympic "sports"

This funny article, Just why is beach volleyball in the Olympics? raises some valid questions about whether some of the sports, such as beach volleyball, in the Olympic Games really are sports. What do you guys think?

Shouldn't Team GB be Team UK?

Okay. Maybe someone can answer this puzzling question: Why is the British team in the Olympics called Team GB and not Team UK? Team GB is the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team and since the United Kingdom consists of Great Britain* and Northern Ireland, why is it not called Team UK? Doesn't Team GB imply that Northern Ireland is not included? Does the name bother you at all or am I missing something? *Great Britain consists of England, Wales and Scotland.