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Poor Old Ghana
The wrong team won and not just because of this just awful ‘hand of maradonna’ move. Luis Suarez is without a doubt the biggest cheat in World Cup 2010. This all happened on the same day Paris Hilton appeared in a South African courtroom after being arrested and then cleared on suspicion of possession of [...]
Nike Ad on Skyscraper
Nike just unleashed another part of its World Cup “Write the Future” campaign, this time with a skyscraper as the medium: Using LEDs, soccer players’ photos and accompanying text are beamed onto Johannesburg’s 30-story Life Center Tower. The 90-meter high images are accompanied by up to 57 characters of user-generated text, a response to Nike’s [...]
Longest Tennis Match EVER!
Tennis history was made at Wimbledon on today as France’s Nicolas Mahut and John Isner of the United States shattered the record for the longest-ever match. It’s been going on for two days and even today it was halted at 59-59 in the fifth set after an astonishing ten hours when bad light halted play [...]
London 2012 Olympics
London won the Olympic bid back in 2005, pushing itself onto the International Olympic Committee as a model of eco-chic and onto the British public as a chance to redevelop certain parts of the city. The UK government vowed to “transform the heart of East London” and “make the Olympic Park a blueprint for sustainable [...]
Formula One Chaos
Lewis Hamilton led a dramatic one-two for McLaren with Jenson Button at the Turkish Grand Prix after Red Bull drivers Mark Webber & Sebastian Vettel collided while leading. Hamilton and Button remained in a close-knit front group until lap 41 of 58, when Vettel – level on 78 points with his team-mate heading into the [...]
Official World Cup Ball
This ball is faster than ever, potentially making for higher-scoring games. Next month’s FIFA World Cup only has one official ball, and for the 11th year, Adidas earned the right to field its version of what a world-class ball should look like. This tournament’s ball, called “Jabulani, which means “to celebrate” in Bantu, represents advances [...]
