Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Herr Englisher


FIFA is requiring that all referees for the World Cup in Germany speak and write English. That's going to piss off a lot of people, especially the French, guardians of football's official langauge.

FIFA general secretary Urs Linsi says at a workshop for potential World Cup referees on Tuesday: "It's important for an international team that when the referees get together they can communicate in one language."



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