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July 22, 2006

From Businessman to World Cup Referee (donga.com)

[ FIFA World Cup Updates] It began as a hobby, but it led him on to the World Cup grounds. Kim Dae-yeong (age 44), the only Korean to referee in the 2006 FIFA Germany World Cup, took part as an assistant referee in the third-place play-off match between Germany and Portugal.

Some related posts from Technorati and Google.

[Referees.worldcupblog.org] World Cup Referees Soccer - FIFA World Cup Football - Germany 2006: Well, if you’ve been reading my reports about the referees’ performances at the matches at this year’s World Cup, you’ve probably heard me say more than once that it’s time to get rid of offside altogether, or at the very least, amend it drastically in order to reduce the frequency of controversial and/or wrong decisions by the Assistant Referees. In addition, I’m of the belief that doing this will also create more scoring opportunities and thus, result in more goals being scored every match.

http://winnipegref.blogspot.com [Winnipegref.blogspot.com] Latest News from Héctor's Experiences: As four years early I am extremely happy to be amongst the referees most appointed to matches. Our match will be Ukraine and Switzerland, two teams that we do not know much about but that we had seen a couple of times during the World Cup and by the time the game arrives we will have studied in greater detail.

Live Soccer TVhttp://www.livesoccertv.com/blog [Live Soccer TV] Where in the World Is Cristiano Ronaldo?: England’s tabloid press, however, sought to stir up a campaign against Cristiano Ronaldo for the histrionics rather than Rooney for the boot. Indeed, Rooney has rapidly launched the first of five books intended to glorify his life and, of course, seeks to sell us the line that he is victim not villain - that the referee and FIFA, which subsequently banned him, misinterpreted a simple accident.

http://www.duncans.tv [Television Adverts at Duncan’s TV] Kit Kat Russian Linesman: The spot begins with historical footage from the 1966 game between England and West Germany. Geoff Hurst shoots for goal and the ball hits the crossbar, bounces down to the ground and back into the field.

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Posted at July 22, 2006 02:25 AM

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