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2014 FIFA World Cup
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Brazil
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Corruption
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FIFA
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Lord's
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MySky
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Pinehurst No.2
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Sepp Blatter
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Sport
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Test rugby
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US Open
We've got quite a lot happening over the next few weeks. So SWMBO suggested a couple of weeks ago that she would plan a work trip around a weekend with her family, and when we checked the sporting schedules, we encouraged her heartily!
That's because there's a veritable feast of sport this weekend, and the Sky remote will be ours and ours alone! It's not like we're obsessed or anything, but you know what it's like.
For many, the FIFA World Cup is always a highlight. All the talk and all the speculation is over, and Sepp Blatter will be glad the focus is about to go off his leadership of FIFA and onto the Beautiful Game itself. Blatter has made comments about needing a fifth term as FIFA president to "finish my mission", and if his mission is to make sure that FIFA is seen as corrupt, he's almost there!
But the World Cup itself is about to kick off. The Opening Ceremony is underway, and shortly, Brazil and Croatia will play the opening match. It should be a feast of football over the next month.
Pinehurst No. 2 is a golf course steeped in tradition. It's 15 years since Payne Stewart won his second US Open (and his third major) at Pinehurst. A few short months later, Stewart died in a bizarre plane accident. And how can we forget the last Pinehurst winner, Michael Campbell?
The US Open is underway, and Pinehurst No. 2 with its signature turtle-back greens is already providing a fantastic test of golf for the world's best players, with only 23 players under par at the moment, and the leaders at only two-under. Steven Alker has made a difficult start, and is three-over after six holes, but he is in good company. You can follow the live scores right here.
If that's not enough, there's the normal weekend diet of NRL, the second test between England and New Zealand, the semi-finals of the IRB U20 tournament with New Zealand out for revenge against a giant South African side and the test match between England and Sri Lanka at Lord's in London.
It's almost too much of a good thing. But with the remote in our palm, and with the magic of MySky, we'll manage to watch a good selection of sport this weekend. What's not to like about that?
