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sweetcocoatakky: talk of the town!!

lottydotty — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:43:20 -0400

talk of the town!!

afootballreport: Brazil, it’s time to catch up in the race to...

lottydotty — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 03:44:06 -0400

Brazil, it’s time to catch up in the race to 2014

“[Brazil] will be ready because it is the World Cup and no one can afford not to be ready for the World Cup.” - Sepp Blatter

Sepp, that’s just not how things work. The timetable of preparedness for the World Cup is against Brazil. We’re all going to try to go to the World Cup regardless of the levels of chaos, but we’ve all spoken with our Brazilian friends. The response from the World Cup hosts’ countrymen / voices of reason is the same: it’s going to be a mess.

Now, you expect a mess when the whole world throws a party for a month straight, but it’s rarely been this bad this close to the tournament. Only two of six stadiums are ready for the Confederations Cup in June.

Most recently, the Brazilian government has called upon the United Nations to assist with meeting deadlines for construction. As Reuters reports, “The Brasilia government signed this week a 35 million reais ($17.61 million) agreement with two U.N. agencies under which they will procure services and items such as tents, generators and security cameras for the stadium… The U.N.’s main advantage: It can acquire goods and services without going through the complex and lengthy procurement process required by the Brazilian government.”

Calling upon the UN is a desperate measure, but hopefully one that finally motivates the South Americans to get their act together. Brazil wants to truly showcase its standing as an emerging power, and - perhaps unfortunately - we’re all watching closely. [For more on the progress, or lack thereof, in Brazil, be sure to give our friend Chistopher Gaffney (Academic Geographer and Investigative Journalist) a follow. Posted by Eric]

afootballreport: The long road to recovery “With concussions,...

lottydotty — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 07:26:08 -0400

afootballreport:

The long road to recovery

“With concussions, the hardest part was just sort of the unknown. There isn’t anything the doctors can do for you besides give you advice. As far as treating your body and giv[ing] your brain the adequate rest that it needs, there’s no ligament you can repair. Nothing like that so that was the hardest part for me, the uncertainty, kind of, you know, the constantness of my symptoms.”

Over at Dynamo Theory, Houston Dynamo player Calen Carr talks about the effects of concussions, MLS’ league-wide response strategy, and the road to recovery. If we’re going to begin a dialogue about concussions, we have to start somewhere. Right? [Posted by Maxi]

Fans at the international airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti take...

returnofthedeji — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 12:45:07 -0500

Fans at the international airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti take in the Real Madrid-Barcelona match. Onscreen is Cristiano Ronaldo being fouled.

Photo by @dejiridoo

footysphere: Wembley empties after the recent England v Brazil...

lottydotty — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:11:29 -0500

footysphere:

Wembley empties after the recent England v Brazil fixture

Wembley Flow by ~JaanusJ

TV rights and wrongs: The impact of broadcasting deals on Europe’s top clubs

amadeus-ebay — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 00:10:00 -0500

vuvuzealots: Spain’s big two lead the way once again, and a renegotiation of contracts mean a new...

Deloitte Money League 2013

amadeus-ebay — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 08:30:33 -0500

The Deloitte Sports Business Group presents the Deloitte Football Money League 2013

President Obama watches the 2012 Champions League Final

returnofthedeji — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:04:00 -0500

May 19, 2012 “At Camp David for the G8 Summit, European leaders took a break to watch the...

hearthearart: Hombre Va!! #diving #futball #spain#soccer#boys

returnofthedeji — Sun, 13 Jan 2013 07:11:25 -0500

hearthearart:

Hombre Va!! #diving #futball #spain#soccer#boys

inventfootball: ‘He is like a Playstation player.’ – Arsène...

lottydotty — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 18:22:17 -0500

inventfootball:

‘He is like a Playstation player.’ – Arsène Wenger, 2010

Life is impossible to perfectly recreate, and football, restricted by reality, is the same. Video games are simply a reduced reflection of that on which they are based, and can never compete with the real thing – but that’s only obvious. There is only so much that current technology can achieve in taking life and art to the same level. There are only so many fingers on two hands, and only so many buttons and triggers that can be pushed at once. There are only so many different combinations resulting in only so many movements on the screen. A virtual Lionel Messi is good, but he has his limits.

The Messi that scored 91 goals in 2012 , that has won the Ballon d’Or for a fourth time, seemingly has no such limits. Wenger was wrong to compare him to the artificial imitation. The real Messi is far better.

We’re delighted to be working with Matheus, the man behind 8-bit Football, as we head into 2013. Words by Max Grieve.

(via afootballreport)

The Murky History of Foosball

returnofthedeji — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:07:23 -0500

The Murky History of Foosball: In the best tradition of skulduggery, claim and counterclaim,...

A cool video on the Katlego, Adidas’ new soccer ball for...

returnofthedeji — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 12:16:09 -0500

A cool video on the Katlego, Adidas’ new soccer ball for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. I’ll always be partial to the 2008 edition, but I love how they’re developing these balls.

afootballreport: It was always going to be Leo Via the team...

lottydotty — Tue, 08 Jan 2013 07:18:53 -0500

afootballreport:

It was always going to be Leo

Via the team over at adidas Football: “Congratulations to Leo Messi on winning his fourth consecutive World Player of the Year award! We’ve joined forces with illustrator Richard Swarbrick to celebrate this amazing achievement. Have a look!”

Now, who could possibly imagine what 2013 has in store for Messi? A manita of Ballon d’Ors, perhaps?

Me lose brain? Uh-oh! Research suggests soccer players...

lottydotty — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:12:00 -0500

Me lose brain? Uh-oh! Research suggests soccer players repeatedly using headballs may deplete gray matter

Milan friendly stopped after racist chants

returnofthedeji — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 13:58:00 -0500

Milan friendly stopped after racist chants: BUSTO ARSIZIO, Italy — AC Milan players walked...

Zenit St. Petersburg fans support racism in the name of tradition

returnofthedeji — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:27:00 -0500

Zenit St. Petersburg fans support racism in the name of tradition: MOSCOW — Fans of...

More than a club: FC Barcelona and Catalonia’s road to...

amadeus-ebay — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 19:14:54 -0500

More than a club: FC Barcelona and Catalonia’s road to independence – video

Time for Neymar to head to Europe

amadeus-ebay — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 13:27:34 -0500

“The background here is that over the last 25 years almost every big-name Brazilian player...

Fantasista 2013 Exhibition: group of talented artists celebrate...

amadeus-ebay — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:30:32 -0500

Fantasista 2013 Exhibition: group of talented artists celebrate the beautiful game

In Belgium, an Old Quarrel Gets a New Slant

amadeus-ebay — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 21:14:14 -0500

“Since 1979 we’ve had a survey of how Belgian people feel,” De Winter said. “The Walloons have...