Iniesta congratulates Paul the ‘Psychic’ Octopus
Andres Iniesta has joked about the popularity of Paul the ‘Psychic’ Octopus after helping Spain overcome the Netherlands in the World Cup final.
The midfielder’s late extra-time winner for Spain sunk a sorrowful Dutch team who had a few significant chances to win the match.
The Barcelona star struck with a fine volley deep into the additional half hour to crown Spain as World champions for the first time.
It’s currently unknown whether British-born Paul knew that the winner would not come in the regulation 90 minutes, but if he did he certainly kept quiet about it.
Nevertheless, the Octopus corrected his previous European Championship final mistake by predicting Spain to win this time around to complete a perfect eight out of eight record for the World Cup.
After the game, Iniesta commented on Foxsports: “The Octopus will now be very popular in Spain.”
Paul predicted the only losses of the tournament for both Holland and Germany. His most impressive prediction was arguably his correct call that Serbia would defeat the Germans in the group stages.
Paul’s growing fanbase will be hoping that he is still fed properly now the World Cup is over and could be starting to wonder whether he is any good when it comes to club football
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‘Dead Mandela’ art sparks row
A PAINTING depicting Nelson Mandela as a corpse undergoing dissection has provoked disgust and been compared to witchcraft by South Africa’s governing party.
The artwork is a parody of Rembrandt’s 17th-century masterpiece The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Nicolaes Tulp.
It shows Mandela lying in a loincloth while Nkosi Johnson, an AIDS activist who died aged 12, points to his arm stripped of flesh.
The spectators include Archbishop Desmond Tutu and politicians F. W. de Klerk, Thabo Mbeki and Jacob Zuma.
The artist, Yiull Damaso, argues South Africa must confront a subject that remains almost taboo: the future death of Mr Mandela. The country’s first black president turns 92 later this month.
The painting, which has been on display in Johannesburg, provoked a furious response from the ruling African National Congress.
”The ANC is appalled and strongly condemns in the strongest possible terms the dead Mandela painting,” said Jackson Mthembu, a party spokesman.
”It is in bad taste, disrespectful, and it is an insult and an affront to values of our society.
”In African society it is a foreign act of ubuthakathi [bewitch] to kill a living person and this so-called work of art ? is also racist.”
But Damaso, 41, insists that he is using the image to convey a political argument. ”The idea just popped up in my head,” he said on Friday.
”We have Nelson Mandela, one of the great leaders of our time, and the politicians around him are trying to find out what makes him a great man.
”Nkosi Johnson, the only one in the painting who’s no longer alive, is trying to show them that Mandela is just a man.”
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ROOTSRIDERS (Holland) ? Tribute 2 Bob Marley at HOF
Date: Friday 16 July 2010
Time: Doors open 8pm. Show time 9pm
?ONE LOVE? ?I SHOT THE SHERIFF? ?BUFFALO SOLDIERS? ?THREE LITTLE BIRDS? ?REDEMPTION SONG?
Rootsriders will be back in Swaziland again for first time since performing at Bushfire’s 2007 & 2008 editions with their Tribute2BobMarley live-show. They will be one of the closing acts for the 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP and will be coming to House on Fire straight after that! On July 16 this AWESOME Reggae band will perform inside the House On Fire Amphitheatre with an all exclusive new show! The band will be in Swaziland for about a week to record songs for their new album, expected to be released February 2011
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