Said a Russian friend of mine, Alexei, when he told me he wouldn't be watching the World Cup this year:

"It means your whole world stops for a month!"

Dig it.

So now natch I get emails from him after each game. His team is Holland, he's announced, based on the sensational performance this weekend by the orange greyhound, Arjean Robben, who plays his club football for London's Chelsea, and is probably the most exciting individual...