Posts Tagged ‘soccer’

Football World Cup Qualifying Group 2011

Update on Football:
DPRK has been drawn in the men’s World Cup Qualifying Group with following teams.
Japan
Uzbekistan
Syria
Ouch! Tough group! Come on soccer!!!

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Peace One Day / One Day One Goal 2011 in DPRK

ONE DAY ONE GOAL – football around the world
Last September we took the Middlesbrough Ladies into Pyongyang to play two North Korea teams…and they played with passion and lost with dignity and drank fiercely. The match supported the ‘One Day One Goal’ initiative and you can see the short  film clip  here http://bcove.me/j88vub34 This [...]

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GIRL POWER…umm GIRL POWERED OUT

Photos from one of our tourists Marcus Neuman…he was at the Women’s World Cup
DPRK have now lost to the USA (2-0) and Sweden (1-0) – so not looking very bright
BUT NOT ALL IS BAD…HANNAH FROM KORYO TOURS WILL SAVE THE DAY….
Hannah met many of the North Korean team when she brought Middlesbrough Womens FC [...]

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WORLD CUP FEVER Imperialism v Juche

WORLD CUP FEVER  Imperialism v Juche
Big match on 28th July at the Women’s World Cup in Germany…North Korea play the No. 1-ranked squad in the world; Team USA. In the last World Cup North Korea shocked the US by getting a draw…
North Korea is bringing the youngest roster in the competition to Germany with an [...]

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The Game of Their Lives Film

The Game of Their Lives

VeryMuchSo Production and Koryo Tours in conjuction with Passion Pictures and BBC4. Dan Gordon (Director/Producer) Nicholas Bonner (Associate Producer)
‘The greatest sports story never told’
-Ron Gluckman, Asian Wall Street Journal, Jan 2002
In 2003, ‘The Game of Their Lives’ won the Royal Television Society award for best sports documentary, received a nomination [...]

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