NewsTalk 1280 WGBF » soccer http://newstalk1280.com Tue, 18 Jun 2013 05:50:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 North Korea Woman's Soccer Coach Blames Lightning For World Cup Loss To U.S. http://newstalk1280.com/north-korea-womans-soccer-coach-blames-lightning-for-world-cup-loss-to-u-s/ http://newstalk1280.com/north-korea-womans-soccer-coach-blames-lightning-for-world-cup-loss-to-u-s/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 12:58:04 +0000 Jeremy Taylor http://tsminteractive.com/?p=21057 Among other things, North Korea is a strange place when it comes to sports.  Its leader, Kim Jong Il, once claimed he shot the best round of golf in recorded history, and after North Korea men’s soccer team had an unsuccessful run in the 2010 World Cup they were forced to stand on a stage where they were berated by 400 government officials.

Perhaps it is in this context that we can best understand North Korean soccer coach’s Kwang Min Kim’s bizarre excuse as to why his team lost to the United States 2-0 in the Women’s World Cup Tuesday.

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