World Cup 2006 has reached its conclusion, with Italy crowned the winners! We hope that you enjoyed the tournament and, if you’ve been a regular reader of World Cup Hippo, that the site has been an enjoyable and useful complement to the on-pitch action.
Since January we’ve published 148 World Cup related articles. These features have […]

…from Herr Colin.

Tuesday evening, and everyone leaves work early to get the best seats for the England game. And this time Herr Hippo lets his editorial staff out in time to enjoy the football on the Samsung big screen, rather than keeping up with the action on Ceefax like they normally do. This was a rare night […]

I am very happy with the first week of FIFA’s trial of a yellow card being shown every time a foul is committed. There can’t be many fans around the world whose enjoyment of the competition has been anything but increased by this wonderful development. 
The days of one or two yellow cards per game are fortunately long […]

Between composing articles for Herr Hippo, WCH contributor Herr Paul runs a website called ToyTalk. ToyTalk is your online resource for toy news, reviews and features. Next week is World Cup week on the site and it will be focusing on the best football-related toys. Starting on Monday June 12th, there will be a new post every […]

WCH is pleased to have received a positive review from the highly respected football magazine When Saturday Comes (WSC). 
Rated 8/10, World Cup Hippo is ‘top of the blogs’! 
The magazine is in the shops now, and you can read the review online if you click here.

France - Michael Douglas: An ageing team, they’re not the force they used to be but are still very capable of turning in good performances.  They are also living proof that marrying the old with the young won’t necessarily manage to recreate the appeal they had in the 90s.
Mexico - John C Reilly: A consistent and […]

FIFA President Sepp Blatter has hinted that a new scheme may be introduced for World Cup 2006 to encourage more attacking football.
Mr Blatter is concerned that some games become rather lacklustre when a team is winning comfortably by several goals. The current rules actually prompt the team that is leading to coast through the game’s final stages, and the losing side to just give up. This situation obviously […]