by Minter Dial | Aug 31, 2007 | Sports
Avec 7 jours (à la minute près) avant l’ouverture du Rugby World Cup 2007, la pression sur l’équipe de la France monte. Cependant, j’étais frappé par l’idée des néo-zélandais d’aller s’entraîner en Corse. Ca veut tout dire....
by Minter Dial | Aug 28, 2007 | Mobile, Sports
A trip to the village of Eymoutiers (pop C. 3000), in the Limousin area of France, for a weekend of relaxation with the family. This is the village about which I wrote in a prior post, where the Casino supermarket is open Sunday. On the way down (via the SNCF) from...
by Minter Dial | Jul 27, 2007 | Politics, Sports
On 25th July, Iraq beat South Korea, one of the cup favorites, in a nail-biter, where the 0-0 regulation time score led to a penalty shoot-out win 4-3 in the semis. (BBC report). A country deprived of joy for four years, Iraq has the potential to hoist its first ever...
by Minter Dial | Jul 26, 2007 | Sports
As the unraveling of the so-to-speak “cleansing” pre-race contract accelerates in this year’s Tour de France, you get the growing sense that the Tour de France is a sham, loaded with cotton-mouthed officials. I pity the poor souls who are actually...
by Minter Dial | Jul 19, 2007 | Sports
As we ramp up for the Rugby World Cup 2007, my first observation is that, perhaps because France will basically be on break for the months of July and August, there does not seem to be much warm up ‘buzz’ here. Cafe banter — French equivalent of...
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