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The World Cup of Calvinball: Fifa’s hasty changes turn refereeing into a free-for-all | Beau Dure
In the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, the titular characters occasionally played a game known as Calvinball. The rules were amorphous. At any moment, something like a “30-yard base wicket” may become part of the game. Determining a “winner” was... Read more.
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