Iker Casillas Kisses Sara Live On TV

A joyful Spanish Captain Iker Casillas thanks everyone for his World Cup Final victory & kisses his journalist girlfriend LIVE on TV with interview ^_^ cute

World Cup 2010 Golden Awards

Diego Forlan - Adidas Golden Ball

"It is as amazing as it is unexpected. I never thought something like this would be possible." Uruguay striker Diego Forlan

Thomas Muller - Adidas Golden Shoe & Hyundai Best Young Player

“We had a genuinely good season at Bayern Munich, and it was also a good one for me personally, because I finished with a lot of goals and assists,” Muller told FIFA.com. “That gave me plenty of confidence, but once I was selected for the senior national team, I was suddenly in new territory again. It's a tremendous feeling when the tournament that rounds off a season goes so well.”
Germany striker Thomas Muller

Iker Casillas - Adidas Golden Glove

"It’s a real honour. This is one of those awards that you look for but don’t expect to win."
Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas

**Photos and news are from FIFA.COM

Spain on top of the world!!

Photo from fifa.com

"Champions of Europe and now champions of the world, Spain captured football's Holy Grail for the first time with a 1-0 victory over the Netherlands thanks to Andres Iniesta's 116th-minute strike at Soccer City."

"The solitary goal came with penalties looming as substitute Cesc Fabregas played in Iniesta and the little midfielder drove emphatically across Maarten Stekelenburg and into the far corner. With this victory – their fourth successive single-goal win in South Africa – Spain became the eighth name on the FIFA World Cup™ Trophy and also the first European team to have triumphed on a different continent. For the Netherlands, who lost defender John Heitinga to a red card in extra time, there is only the heartache of another tale of what might have been after they completed a hat-trick of Final losses."

"Fernando Torres replaced Villa midway through the extra period and Spain gained a man advantage four minutes later with Heitinga's dismissal for pulling back Iniesta on the edge of the box, the offence earning him a second yellow. Iniesta would not be denied, however, and his fine late strike put Spain into the history books and left a Dutch dream shattered."

more news detail at FIFA.COM and see the match Highlights

Paul The Octopus (Spain) vs Mani The Parakeet (Netherlands)

Paul The Octopus (Spain) vs Mani The Parakeet (Netherlands)

Rasa-rasanyer semua dah baca atau tengok berita malam tadi (Jumaat 10-07-2010) kan? hahahaa..lagi berita pasal Paul Si Kurita..tapi kali ni Paul dah ada pesaing...Mani Si Nuri... ^_^
Kenapa aku letak tajuk "Paul The Octopus (Spain) vs Mani The Parakeet (Netherlands)" sebab saingan Paul lawan Mani lebih menarik kot...hahahahaa..

Paul telah membuat ramalan terakhirnya untuk edisi Piala Dunia 2010 kali ini dengan memilih Sepanyol yang menjuarai Piala Dunia 2010 kali ini.

"By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER (AP) :
BERLIN — Eyes around the world were on Germany's octopus oracle Paul on Friday as he made his biggest prediction yet in the World Cup: Spain will beat the Netherlands in the final.Paul's prescient picks in the World Cup — he has yet to predict a match wrong — have propelled him to international fame from obscurity in an aquarium in the western city of Oberhausen.TV stations in Germany, Great Britain, Taiwan and elsewhere broadcast live pictures, complete with breathless commentary, of his final decision.Millions watched as the eight-legged oracle descended upon on a tank marked with a Spanish flag, sitting for only a few minutes before grabbing a mussel and devouring it, while completely ignoring the Dutch tank — indicating a Spanish victory in Sunday's final match in Sunday's final.(more)"

Tapi..lain pula bagi si peramal baru yang juga pesaing Paul, Mani Si Nuri yang berasal dari Singapura. Mani dikatakan telah membuat ramalan yang tepat untuk 4 perlawanan suku akhir dan kemenangan Sepanyol pada perlawanan separuh akhir oleh pemiliknya M. Muniyappan (seorang tukang tilik).Untuk perlawanan akhir nanti..Mani telah memilih kad yang tertera bendera Belanda (yang telah diterbalikkan) dan ini sekaligus bertentangan dengan ramalan Paul.

"Mani, a 13-year-old parakeet, picks up a card with the flag of the Netherlands in Singapore's Little India neighborhood, Friday July 9, 2010. Mani's owner, fortune-teller M. Muniyappan, claims the bird accurately predicted the winner of the tournament's four quarterfinal games and Spain's victory in its semifinal match.(others news about Mani)"

Jadi persaingan Piala Dunia 2010 kali ini bukan sahaja antara Sepanyol dan Belanda...tetapi juga antara Paul dan Mani, pastinya sesuatu yang menarik!! hahahahaaa...

Apa yang pasti..perlawanan akhir nanti bukan kedua-dua binatang ini yang berhak untuk menentukannya tetapi pemain-pemain Sepanyol dan Belanda yang akan menentukannya...

Sepanyol atau Belanda...siapa JUARA?

**UPDATE : Video Paul dan Mani

Germany's 'Octopus oracle' keeps perfect record

"It will not come as much of a consolation to heartbroken German fans, but at least Paul, Germany's now world-famous "Octopus oracle", has maintained his perfect record.

The "psychic" creature has correctly predicted all six of Germany's FIFA World Cup™ games and, amid excruciating drama broadcast live on national television on Tuesday, plumped for Spain, causing anguish up and down the country. And the eight-legged soccer soothsayer was spot on Wednesday, as Carles Puyol's semi-final header shattered Germany's dreams of winning their fourth world crown.

Two plastic boxes, one with a German flag and one with a Spanish, were lowered into Paul's tank at an aquarium in western Germany, each with a tasty morsel of food inside. The box which Paul opens first is adjudged to be his predicted winner. But with classic fickleness, German fans turned against their beloved octopus after he forecast a Spanish win.

According to 'Der Western' daily paper, there have been "a host of comments on Facebook, Twitter... suggesting Paul should be fried, barbecued or turned into a seafood salad or paella". "Others wanted to throw him into the shark tank," the paper reported on its website. And on Berlin's fan mile, some sections of the crowd also turned against their former hero. Anti-octopus songs were sung."

(AFP) Thursday 8 July 2010 @ fifa.com news

Paul Si Sotong Kurita meramalkan Spain memenangi semi final nanti!!

Berita dari luar negara :

World Cup 2010: Paul The Octopus predicts Spain victory over Germany

"According to an Associated Press report, the eight-legged football oracle known as Paul has predicted that Spain will defeat Germany in tomorrow's World Cup semi-final.

After carefully mulling his decision, Oberhausen's famous prophet chose to consume a mussel from a glass tank with a Spanish flag rather than one from a similar tank marked with a German flag.

Paul's decision may at first be devastating for Germany fans; the octopus has successfully predicted each of his country's results at the 2010 World Cup, and in his life, has been correct 80% of the time.

However, there remains hope for die Mannschaft: Paul once before made a mistake in predicting a Germany-Spain clash. At Euro 2008, the vizier chose Germany to beat Spain in the final, but in that competition, Spain prevailed."

By Clark Whitney 6 Jul 2010 @ Goal.com