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Roaring Success At Euro 2020 For "Psychic" Thai Lion
- Friday June 18, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Move over Paul the Octopus, Thailand has a new claimant to the football forecasting crown: Boy the "psychic" lion, who has so far correctly called four Euro 2020 matches.
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FIFA World Cup 2014: Nelly the Elephant, the Fortune-Teller
- Thursday June 5, 2014
- Written by NDTVSports
After Paul the Octopus became a huge hit in the Euro 2008 and FIFA World Cup 2010 with his uncanny predictions, Nelly the Elephant with the ability to predict football scores will be the 'star' to watch out for in the upcoming FIFA World Cup.
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Euro 2012: Citta the elephant to sniff out winners
- Thursday May 24, 2012
- Written by Agence-France Presse
An elephant in Poland is set to sniff out winners in the Euro 2012 football championships, using her trunk where Germany's Paul the Octopus used his wily arms to prophesy for the 2010 World Cup.
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'Psychic' animals bid to emulate Paul the Octopus
- Saturday May 19, 2012
- Written by Agence-France Presse
Ahead of Saturday's Champions League final and with Euro 2012 just around the corner, animals of all shapes and sizes are queuing up to succeed Paul the Octopus, the famous clairvoyant cephalopod from the 2010 World Cup.
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Shane Warne is the new Paul Octopus
- Monday February 28, 2011
- Written by NDTVSports
After FIFA World Cup's Paul Octopus, Shane Warne played the perfect oracle, as much before the India-England match started, the former Australia spinner predicted it would be a tie in Bangalore.
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Germany's cross-eyed opossum to pick Oscar winners
- Saturday February 12, 2011
- Entertainment | Sarika
Heidi, the cross-eyed opossum, is taking a page from Paul the Octopus' playbook: the marsupial will attempt to pick this year's Oscar winners.
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Paul the Octopus immortalised in soccer avatar
- Friday January 21, 2011
- World News | Jack Bell, New York Times
The ode to Paul the Octopus is complete. Talismanic is certainly an overused word (have you ever seen it used more than in soccer stories, mostly from across the sea?), but it seems it applies to Paul, at least in the mind of soccer-crazed Germans.On Thursday in Oberhausen, Germany, the tentacled star of last summer's World Cup was immortalized, so...
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12 Chinese Pandas as psychic as Octopus Paul?
- Tuesday November 16, 2010
- World News | AFP
First there was Paul the octopus, now there's Bo Si, the "psychic" panda.Bo Si picked a Chinese athlete to be the first gold medal winner of the Asian Games -- and Yuan Xiaochao promptly won the wushu, boosting the popularity of the 12 giant pandas at Xiangjiang Safari Park in Guangzhou.But given China are so dominant, are favourites to finish top ...
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Octopus Paul 2: The successor makes his debut
- Thursday November 4, 2010
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Octopus Paul II, successor to the tentacled tipster that wowed the world with his uncanny knack of correctly predicting World Cup football games, was unveiled amid great fanfare in Germany. The new cephalopod, also named Paul in honour of his world-famous predecessor who passed away last week, was lowered gently into his t...
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Paul the octopus dies
- Tuesday October 26, 2010
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Paul the octopus, who shot to fame during this year's football World Cup in South Africa for his flawless record in predicting game outcomes, has died, his aquarium in Germany said today."Management and staff at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre were devastated to discover that oracle octopus Paul, who achieved global renown during the recent World Cu...
- www.ndtv.com
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Roaring Success At Euro 2020 For "Psychic" Thai Lion
- Friday June 18, 2021
- Agence France-Presse
Move over Paul the Octopus, Thailand has a new claimant to the football forecasting crown: Boy the "psychic" lion, who has so far correctly called four Euro 2020 matches.
- sports.ndtv.com
-
FIFA World Cup 2014: Nelly the Elephant, the Fortune-Teller
- Thursday June 5, 2014
- Written by NDTVSports
After Paul the Octopus became a huge hit in the Euro 2008 and FIFA World Cup 2010 with his uncanny predictions, Nelly the Elephant with the ability to predict football scores will be the 'star' to watch out for in the upcoming FIFA World Cup.
- sports.ndtv.com
-
Euro 2012: Citta the elephant to sniff out winners
- Thursday May 24, 2012
- Written by Agence-France Presse
An elephant in Poland is set to sniff out winners in the Euro 2012 football championships, using her trunk where Germany's Paul the Octopus used his wily arms to prophesy for the 2010 World Cup.
- sports.ndtv.com
-
'Psychic' animals bid to emulate Paul the Octopus
- Saturday May 19, 2012
- Written by Agence-France Presse
Ahead of Saturday's Champions League final and with Euro 2012 just around the corner, animals of all shapes and sizes are queuing up to succeed Paul the Octopus, the famous clairvoyant cephalopod from the 2010 World Cup.
- sports.ndtv.com
-
Shane Warne is the new Paul Octopus
- Monday February 28, 2011
- Written by NDTVSports
After FIFA World Cup's Paul Octopus, Shane Warne played the perfect oracle, as much before the India-England match started, the former Australia spinner predicted it would be a tie in Bangalore.
- sports.ndtv.com
-
Germany's cross-eyed opossum to pick Oscar winners
- Saturday February 12, 2011
- Entertainment | Sarika
Heidi, the cross-eyed opossum, is taking a page from Paul the Octopus' playbook: the marsupial will attempt to pick this year's Oscar winners.
- www.ndtv.com/entertainment
-
Paul the Octopus immortalised in soccer avatar
- Friday January 21, 2011
- World News | Jack Bell, New York Times
The ode to Paul the Octopus is complete. Talismanic is certainly an overused word (have you ever seen it used more than in soccer stories, mostly from across the sea?), but it seems it applies to Paul, at least in the mind of soccer-crazed Germans.On Thursday in Oberhausen, Germany, the tentacled star of last summer's World Cup was immortalized, so...
- www.ndtv.com
-
12 Chinese Pandas as psychic as Octopus Paul?
- Tuesday November 16, 2010
- World News | AFP
First there was Paul the octopus, now there's Bo Si, the "psychic" panda.Bo Si picked a Chinese athlete to be the first gold medal winner of the Asian Games -- and Yuan Xiaochao promptly won the wushu, boosting the popularity of the 12 giant pandas at Xiangjiang Safari Park in Guangzhou.But given China are so dominant, are favourites to finish top ...
- www.ndtv.com
-
Octopus Paul 2: The successor makes his debut
- Thursday November 4, 2010
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Octopus Paul II, successor to the tentacled tipster that wowed the world with his uncanny knack of correctly predicting World Cup football games, was unveiled amid great fanfare in Germany. The new cephalopod, also named Paul in honour of his world-famous predecessor who passed away last week, was lowered gently into his t...
- www.ndtv.com
-
Paul the octopus dies
- Tuesday October 26, 2010
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Paul the octopus, who shot to fame during this year's football World Cup in South Africa for his flawless record in predicting game outcomes, has died, his aquarium in Germany said today."Management and staff at the Oberhausen Sea Life Centre were devastated to discover that oracle octopus Paul, who achieved global renown during the recent World Cu...
- www.ndtv.com