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Jone Samuelsen has done something he will probably never do again.

The future's ahead - Medium

In our latest exercise, find out what Norwegian football player Jone Samuelsen thinks he'll never do again. Then practise using the will future for predictions.

Football idol Wayne Rooney.Photo by Nike.

Rooney and the tenses - Medium

Manchester United footballer Wayne Rooney has apologized for swearing on camera in a recent match against West Ham United. Find out what happened to him next. Then review the tenses in our exercise.

Seven of our best travel articles

As 2010 ends, we look back at unusual words: "Ilanaaq" is the Inuktitut word for friend, and Ilanaaq the Inunnguaq was the mascot of the Vancouver Winter Olympics. We also learned that "Eyja" is island, "Fjalla" is mountain and "Jökull" is glacier.

Referee versus reality. In 1966, when Geoff Hurst's shot was seen as a goal, modern goal-line technology was not available. But even today some FIFA officials prefer the "human factor" of making mistakes.

Ref! Ref! Ref!

FIFA president Sepp Blatter opposes using technology to help referees make decisions. But the outcry over mistakes such as Frank Lampard's disallowed goal in England's World Cup loss to Germany seems to have changed things.

Goaaaaaaaaaalllllllllllllllllllllllll!

Eamonn Fitzgerald writes: "Sport shows us the good side of globalization."

It's time to clean up the beautiful game

Eamonn Fitzgerald writes: "The players no longer respect the officials."

Winning all the way, so far. Team USA. Photo by isiphotos

The day Landon Donovan almost broke the Web

Just how dramatic was Landon Donovan's 91st-minute goal in Wednesday's win-or-go-home US-Algeria World Cup game? Well, it caused Twitter to collapse temporarily, and it might have been the single biggest driver of Internet traffic ever.

"Serious sport has nothing to do with fair play. It is war minus ___________." George Orwell

The guns, the shooting or the troops?

World Cup diary

Dagmar Taylor writes: "At work, in the beer garden, even at the dentist's: The World Cup is everywhere."

The Vuvuzela 2010 app has been downloaded more than a million times.

Vuvuzela apps top the iTunes charts

Vuvuzela apps are topping the Apple iTunes charts. They allow iPhone owners to annoy friends and family by turning their phone into a virtual trumpet. One app, Vuvuzela 2010, has been downloaded more than a million times from Apple's App Store.

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