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New 2010 Nike Elite Football Boot Range
It looks like Nike have a reply to Adidas’ super light F50 Adizero’s. Adidas may be on the verge of creating and selling the lightest boot in the world to date, but Nike has a little something up their sleeve to counter with… Nike are set to release 4 new boots due right before the [...]
New Adidas F50 Adizero for the 2010 World Cup
Update: New post on the Adidas F50 Adizero here, with images and more in-depth information. Adidas is finally in the process of releasing their brand new cleat called the Adidas F50 Adizero which will finally be their response to the Nike Mercurial Vapor Line. When released, the new F50 Adizero’s will be the lightest boots [...]
Cities Confirmed for 2018 England World Cup Bid
The England bid team for the 2018 World Cup finals has confirmed the 15 cities and stadiums which will host matches should the application be successful. Sunderland, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Nottingham, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle-Gateshead, Bristol, Plymouth, Liverpool and Milton Keynes have been revealed as successful. Manchester has two stadia named and London three. Derby, Leicester [...]
South Africa World Cup 2010 Draw
The groups are set for the world’s biggest stars on the biggest stage. See who’ll be playing who in June 2010 in South Africa! Here are the groups, with Group G easily (if that’s the right word!) coming out as the legendary group of death! We’ll offer some more insight into each specific group later [...]
Adidas World Cup 2010 Jabulani
Today in Cape Town, adidas and FIFA present the adidas “JABULANIâ€, the Official Match Ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africaâ„¢. The “JABULANIâ€, which means “to celebrate†in isiZulu, features a South African inspired design and radically new technology. The newly developed “Grip’n’Groove†profile provides the best players in the world with a [...]
Adidas Argentina 2009-11 Kit
Will this be the year Argentina reclaim their title as world champions? With Diego Maradona in charge, they certainly hope so. Two-time World Cup Champion Argentina is loaded with star power. The Argentineans are coached by one of the best footballers to ever play the game: Diego Maradona. Lionel Messi, Maradona’s successor, has established himself [...]
World Cup European Play-offs
The Republic of Ireland will play 1998 champions France in the play-offs for the World Cup finals. The French will have the advantage of playing the second leg on home soil. Portugal, meanwhile, will face Bosnia-Herzegovina and it is Greece-Ukraine and Russia-Slovenia. France and Ireland were in the same qualifying group for the 2006 World [...]
Nike Tiempo 1994
’94… The year US Soccer broke onto the scene, and they have been turning heads ever since. In honor of the 1994 World Cup, which was hosted in the USA, Nike have released a special edition cleat, the Nike Tiempo 94. In honor of arguably on of the greatest World Cup Finals ever, these special [...]
Homeless World Cup 2009
“Congratulations to the players. Your spirit of fair play, courage and determination is a true example to the human race. This is what the united nations can look like. People standing together creating real significant change in their lives. A ball can change the world.”-Mel Young, President of the HWC There are one billion homeless [...]
Obama Supports US' Bid for World Cup
President Barack Obama recently sent a video and a letter to soccer’s governing body, FIFA, in effort to allow the US to host another World Cup. The president recently sent a video praising Chicago in its bid to hold the 2016 Summer Games. Now he has endorsed the United States’ effort to hold the World [...]
