World Cup widows spread their wings

Every game is totally absorbing for her husband, but Qian Zhuoqiong finds it impossible to understand what all the fuss is about.

"I'm married to the ultimate soccer addict," said Qian, 27.

The Beijing bank clerk is a self-confessed Chinese "soccer widow" - one of an increasing number of women largely ignored during the World Cup, when their husbands become engrossed in the global soccer showpiece to the exclusion of virtually everything else.