Thanks to all the wonderful BlaBlanians who supported our nomination into the 2010 SA Blog Awards, we’re pleased to announce that The BlaBla Blog has been named as one of the Top 10 Finalists in the category Best Group Blog! If you are one... read more »
Wed, 01 September 2010 8:26 AM / 13 comments
Buttoning down good cheer
Kicked off by advertising agency Draftfcb South Africa, the Keep Flying campaign is aimed at proving the international research, which shows that all host nations suffer from post-event depression, wrong. Keep Flying... read more »
Thu, 08 July 2010 1:44 PM / 2 comments
2010 World Cup Knockout Phase Chart for Downloading & Printing
Updated: Sunday, 27 June
2010 World Cup Knockout Phase Chart - Click to Enlarge
Round of 16 match-ups of note: England vs. Germany; Brazil vs. Chile; Spain vs. Portugal;... read more »
Sun, 27 June 2010 9:15 AM / 4 comments
Sometimes I get a little hot under the collar. It doesn’t happen often, and it normally takes something big to upset me. Soon after the South African teams’ exit from the 2010 World Cup on Tuesday evening I had one of those rare moments.
Lamenting... read more »
Thu, 24 June 2010 8:45 AM / 17 comments
Our ubiquitous 2010 World Cup symbol, the vuvuzela, has been making it’s presence felt in the most unusual places. Now it’s found it’s way into the WordPress.org announcement of the launch of the much anticipated release of the new... read more »
Fri, 18 June 2010 8:00 AM / 6 comments
With the first round of Group Matches at the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa almost completed, The BlaBla Blog has put together this handy Match Tracker for free downloading, printing and use offline.
Because we know how difficult it is... read more »
Wed, 16 June 2010 10:00 AM / 2 comments
Awesome stop-motion video of the two opening goals of the 2010 World Cup using Lego players (and German commentary!) Legofussball! Yeah baby, yeah!
The Opening Match played between host-nation South Africa and Mexico at Soccer City in Johannesburg,... read more »
Tue, 15 June 2010 12:30 PM / 2 comments
Television, the drug of the nation of the United States of America, breeds ignorance and feeds radiation. And here’s the proof.
Found on TwitPic where it was posted by @lookitskris, it shows a screen grab of the morning news broadcast of... read more »
Mon, 14 June 2010 8:20 PM / 4 comments
The clubs, pubs, bars, shebeens, malls, fan parks and fan fests, hotels and lodges of South Africa are going to be teeming with delicious foreign delicacies visiting our shores for the first time. Surely it is the responsibility of the South... read more »
Thu, 10 June 2010 6:17 PM / 1 comment
Here’s an extended list of the bases, hotels and training venues of the 32 nations playing in the 2010 Fifa World Cup in South Africa.
The “NC ratings” are from Neal Collins (@nealcol), the UK-based football journalist and author, who... read more »
Thu, 03 June 2010 7:00 PM / 31 comments