Nostradamus tips Spain to win the World Cup

The Spanish public might not have held out much hope for their national team before the World Cup kicked off, but their usual optimism is back with a vengeance and now they believe Nostradamus has tipped them to win the competition.

Spanish newspaper 20 Minutos quotes Nostradamus as predicting: "In the sixth month of 2006 the King of Spain will cross the Pyrenees with his troops. The legions of Beelzebub will battle him in central Europe and suffer doom and destruction. The Holy Grail will then come to Spain." Sounds a bit violent to me. If the referees are clamping down on shirt-pulling, I doubt you can get away with doom and destruction. [Via BBC]