Hey everyone, it's time for the Rugby World Cup to begin here in New Zealand, and time for a viewing post! <3

All game times will be in GMT+12 (New Zealand Standard Time) and EST (GMT-4).

If anyone knows of sites where the games are being streamed online, let me know and I'll add them to this post!

More Info: RWC 2011 on Wikipedia



RWC POOL GAMES (Next few days of competition.)

September 14, 2011: 2:30pm NZST; September 13, 2011: 10:30pm EST.
Samoa vs. Namibia
Samoa wins, 49 - 12.

September 14, 2011: 5:00pm NZST, 1:00am EST.
Tonga vs. Canada
Canada wins, 25-20.

September 14, 2011: 7:30pm NZST, 3:30am EST.
Scotland vs. Georgia
Scotland wins, 15 - 6.

September 15, 2011: 7:30pm NZST, 3:30am EST.
Russia vs. USA
USA wins, 13 - 6.

September 16, 2011: 8:00pm NZST, 4:00am EST.
New Zealand vs. Japan
New Zealand wins, 83 - 7.

September 17, 2011: 3:30pm NZST; September 16, 2011: 11:30pm EST.
Argentina vs. Romania
Argentina wins, 43 - 8.

September 17, 2011: 6:00pm NZST, 2:00am EST.
South Africa vs. Fiji
South Africa wins, 49 - 3.

September 17, 2011: 8:30pm NZST, 4:30am EST.
Australia vs. Ireland
Ireland wins, 15 - 6.

September 18, 2011: 3:30pm NZST; September 17, 2011: 11:30pm EST.
Wales vs. Samoa
Wales wins, 17 - 10.

September 18, 2011: 6:00pm NZST, 2:00am EST.
England vs. Georgia
England wins, 41 - 10.

September 18, 2011: 8:30pm NZST, 4:30am EST.
France vs. Canada


Live Updates

New Zealand Herald website: Live Updates

Video/Streaming

http://www.firstrowsports.tv/sport/rugby.html - Livestream! Thanks Lilaciel for finding it! c:

Universal Sports: Game videos and updates.
Official Rugby World Cup Site: Videos and Matches on Demand (released 24 hours after they're played)

We're down to the quarterfinals qualifying matches, so maybe just one post for the rest of this should be all right, eh?



CURRENT MATCH:
Match 28
Brazil vs. USA
USA
WINS!!


UPCOMING GAMES:

SEMI-FINALS
[Match 29] Japan vs. Sweden | July 13th, 11:45AM (PST)
[Match 30] France vs. USA | July 13th, 9:00AM (PST)

MATCH FOR THIRD PLACE
[Match 31] Match 29 loser vs. Match 30 loser | July 16th, 8:30AM (PST)

FINAL
[Match 32] Match 29 vs. Match 30 | July 17th, 11:45AM (PST)

Livestreams:
ESPN3

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I apologize in advance for any late updates and errors; I'd appreciate some help with this, if anyone's around. XD;

Hey guys the CONCACAF Gold Cup is being held. While it's not as Hetaliafied as some other events do to the lack of characters of the Americas, the US vs Canada match is on today at 8 Pm EST.

I'm sure many of you know who Paul the Octopus is...


... well, he's dead...


The article


Here are some of the pictures, both photographs as well as Hetalia-related drawings with Paul, that I have saved throughout the World Cup - just wanted to share them... If you have anything to contribute, go ahead...



Goodbye Paul, we love you ♥








Mods, sorry, I wasn't sure how to tag - if this isn't allowed, feel free to tell me, I'll delete the post.


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Since the Commonwealth Games start tommorrow, we need a information/viewing post.





Aren't sure what the Commonwealth Games are? Here's the Wikipedia page. Or if you don't feel like reading that, to sum it all up it's like the Olympics for the Commonwealth Nations, but instead of America kicking everyone's asses, it's Australia.

October 14th
Schedule

Athletics (Marathon)
Badminton
Gymnastic (Rhythmic)
Hockey
Netball
Table Tennis
Closing ceremony

CHECK THE SCHEDULE FOR TIMES AND WHOM ARE COMPETING

I'll update the post everyday with all events being held that day

Also, if anyone had links to streams that'd be very helpful.


Streams;
CBC Sports{Schedule}[Canada Only probably]


Useful links and stuff;
Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games Website
CGF Official Website
List of Networks Broadcasting the games

Are we going to have a Commonwealth Games thread? The opening ceremony is tomorrow :DDDDD

Judging from the post that was made last month, me and mykonos2 decided to make a information/viewing post for the UEFA Euro 2012 Qualification that will start on the 11th August. There will be most likely only one post for the whole qualification since there are only 19 days spread over 16 month, with sometimes more than 20 games on the same day.

I heard the qualifications for the Euro Cup are held this summer... Is that true? Are we going to created a thread or something when the time comes?

Football again! Fuck yeah!

Fic Dump featuring everything I wrote for the World Cup. I'm just going to link you to my journal though, because I'm lazy

Title: Groups 1
Characters: Korea, Greece, America, England, Germany, Australia, Netherlands, Denmark, Japan, Cameroon, Italy, Romano, New Zealand, and Spain. Switzerland, Liechtenstein and OC!Slovakia for half a second.
Warnings: Yandere!Italy? Also, France's match is missing because I was really mad at Uruguay at the time. And there's some USUK, because I'm a sucker for my OTPs.
Summary: South Korea vs Greece, US vs England, Germany vs Australia, Netherlands vs Denmark, Japan vs Cameroon, Italy vs Paraguay, New Zealand vs Slovakia, and Spain vs Switzerland drabbles.

Title: Groups 2
Characters: Korea, Greece, Japan, France, OC!Mexico, Germany, Prussia, Spain, America, England, Netherlands, Australia, Ghana, Cameroon, Denmark, New Zealand, Italy, Romano, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Spain. OC!Slovenia for half a second.
Warnings:  None.
Summary:  South Korea vs Argentina, Greece vs Niger, France vs Mexico, Germany vs Serbia, US vs Slovenia, England vs Algeria, Netherlands vs Japan, Australia vs Ghana, Cameroon vs Denmark, New Zealand vs Italy, Switzerland vs Chile, and Spain vs Honduras drabbles.

Title: Groups 3
Characters: France, Korea, Greece, England, OC!Slovenia, America, Germany, Prussia, Australia, New Zealand, Italy, Romano, Denmark, Japan, Netherlands, Cameroon, Spain, OC!Chile, Switzerland, and OC!Honduras. OC!South Africa and OC!Algeria for half a second.
Warnings: None.
Summary: France vs South Africa, South Korea vs Nigeria, Greece vs Argentina, England vs Slovenia, US vs Algeria, Germany vs Ghana, Australia vs Serbia, Italy vs Slovakia, New Zealand vs Paraguay, Denmark vs Japan, Cameroon vs Netherlands, Spain vs Chile, and Switzerland vs Honduras drabbles.

Title: Sweet 16
Characters: Korea, America, France, England, Germany, Prussia, Netherlands, Japan, Greece, Italy, Spain, and Romano. OC!Uruguay for half a second.
Warnings: None.
Summary: Korea vs Uruguay, US vs Ghana, England vs Germany, Netherlands vs Slovakia, Japan vs Paraguay, and Spain vs Portugal drabbles.

Title: Elite 8
Characters: Netherlands, France, OC!Brazil, Germany, Prussia, Italy, Spain, OC!Paraguay, and Romano.
Warnings: None.
Summary: Netherlands vs Brazil, Germany vs Argentina, and Spain vs Paraguay drabbles.

Title: Final 4/America and his Relationship with Football Soccer
Characters: Netherlands, Belgium, Romano, Spain, Germany, Prussia, and Italy/America and OC!FIFA
Warnings: None.
Summary: Netherlands vs Uruguay and Spain vs Germany Drabbles./About how being an American soccer fan is a difficult task.

Title: The Finals
Characters: Germany, Prussia, Italy, France, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, and Romano.
Warnings: Some Spamano at the end, because I'm a sucker for my OTPs, if you haven't noticed.
Summary: Germany vs Uruguay and Spain vs Netherlands drabbles.

Title: The Ultimate Football/Soccer Showdown
Characters: England, America, OC!Vuvuzela, and New Zealand. Prussia, Greece, France, Germany, Spain, and Australia cameos.
Warnings: Crack. And Vuvuzelas. Vuvuzelas on crack.
Summary: Otherwise known as "that one where New Zealand fights a personification of Vuvuzelas."

Title: CONCACAF Buddies
Characters: OC!Mexico, America, OC!Honduras, England, Prussia, and Spain. Mentions of a bunch of others.
Warnings: None.
Summary: Written for the kink meme prompt: What happens before/after World Cup games. Mexico, America, and Honduras hit the town after America's match.

Title: A Glass of Defeat
Characters: America and England
Warnings: Drinking and drunkenness.
Summary: America takes England out drinking to forget their World Cup woes. It doesn't exactly work.