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World Cup comes to an end
July 31, 2010Ask anyone why he or she loves a sport and you will hear similar responses about athletic skill, strategy, and the beauty of a game well played or a sport well executed. So what sets soccer apart from other sports? Mainly its worldwide appeal. The 2010 World Cup Tournament ended a few weeks ago. Thousands [...]
PUMA announce Project Pink with Women’s Professional Soccer
July 31, 2010World Cup PUMA is excited to announce a new initiative that links women’s soccer with a well-deserving cause: launching this month, PUMA’s Project Pink will strive to raise awareness — and funds — in support of the fight against breast cancer. In conjunction with their partnership with Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS), PUMA will outfit some of the best female players in the world in special ...
The Shame of the World Cup
July 31, 2010by Tim Parks For any practitioner of Zen who imagines he has achieved a state of detached equanimity, the ultimate test must be to watch his national side play at soccer’s World Cup. That England’s team is dull, I tell myself after the first game, I can handle; that they are truly dire, I reflect after the second and third, is perhaps only par for the course. When, in their first ...
M. Soccer. Dillon Powers And U.S. U-20s To Play In Milk Cup Final On Friday
July 31, 2010Dillon Powers (Plano, Texas/Plano Senior), a rising sophomore on the Notre Dame men's soccer team, is part of the United States Under-20 squad that will face host country Northern Ireland in the Milk Cup Elite Section final on Friday (July 30). Kickoff is slated for 1:00 p.m. (ET).
3 charged for bomb attacks
July 31, 2010KAMPALA (Uganda) - THREE Kenyans have been charged with the bomb attacks that killed 79 soccer fans watching the World Cup final on television in the Ugandan capital, Kampala. Hussein Hassan, 27, Mohammed Adan Abdow, 25, and Idris Magondu, 42, were taken to a magistrate's court and charged with murder, terrorism and attempted murder.
Soccer Team Avalanche Ends Season With a Win
July 31, 2010Local coaches Alex Gallego and Larry Van Patten brought talent from Oyster Bay, Bayville, and young athletes from the Hispanic Cultural Center (CCU) together to build one of Oyster Bay’s most competitive youth soccer teams, the Avalanche. “We’ve put together a very diverse and special group of young men. It includes some from the CCU who are still learning English to help them integrate into ...
World Cup Crime in South Africa
July 31, 2010People in South Africa feel under attack, literally. Why? Well, look at the following crimes that have not been reported, these specific cases occurring in the space of about three days and excluding hundreds of other crimes not ever talked about.
Sports briefs: WPS Camp coming to Lucy Winton Bell in July
July 31, 2010Women's Professional Soccer, which features many of the best players in the world competing on eight teams across the country, will be hosting a camp with the St. Croix Soccer Club at the Lucy Winton Bell Athletic Fields on July 19-23. Scheduled to appear at the clinic is Minnesota native Bri Scurry, who plays professionally for the Washington Freedom. Scurry was the starting goaltender for the ...
RBNY's Agudelo leads USA to Milk Cup title
July 31, 2010The US Under-20 National Team captured the 2010 Milk Cup with a convincing 3-0 win over hosts Northern Ireland in the final, making it three wins from three matches for coach Thomas Rongen’s side.
North Korean Soccer Team Publicly Shamed For World Cup Failure - News By The Second (blog)
July 31, 2010 News By The Second (blog) | North Korean Soccer Team Publicly Shamed For World Cup Failure News By The Second (blog) ... about the public shaming that members of the North Korean men's soccer team were subjected to after their return to the country following the World Cup. ... |
