Pin Itemailprint The 2022 World Cup will be held in Qatar, the country that won the bid by promising its new open-air soccer stadiums would all be air-conditioned by then. Now, they have another high-tech trick up their sleeves as well. The Qataris plan to build an “artificial cloud” that will hover above the stadium, [...]
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This is it. The most thorough, ginormous collection of 2010 tribute videos available anywhere on the web, and Blippitt’s got them all for you. As we say goodbye to 2010, let’s take a look at some of the biggest events of the past year. Below, we’ve compiled what we believe to be the definitive collection [...]
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U.S. soccer star Landon Donovan has filed for divorce from his wife, actress Bianca Kajlich. The two have been separated for more than a year. The World Cup phenom filed the divorce paperwork on Tuesday. “We remain the closest of friends and will always be important parts of each other’s lives,” the couple said in [...]
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It’s official: the 2018 FIFA World Cup will be held in Russia and the 2022 FIFA World Cup will be held in Qatar. What do you think? Did Qatar buy their way in? It will be hot there, that’s for sure. Qatar will make the Sahara Desert seem like a shady oasis. Here’s a look [...]
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Mere moments after Spain won the 2010 FIFA World Cup, CBS News Mobile accidentally ran the wrong pre-written story, saying that the Netherlands had won the tournament. What an exciting game. It was a well-deserved SCORE to SCORE victory. [Via]
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What a touching moment we got to witness during this afternoon’s victory by Spain in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. After Spanish player Andres Iniesta scored the winning goal in extra time, he removed his jersey, revealing a vest with the words “Dani Jarque seimpre con nosotros” scrawled on it. Translation: “Dani Jarque is always [...]
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The fate of the 2010 World Cup has been sealed. Paul, the octopus oracle, has spoken. On Friday, the German octopus predicted that Spain will beat the Netherlands in the final of the soccer tournament. UPDATE: Paul the Octopus has died. Paul has a perfect record so far in the tournament, a fact with has [...]
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It was fun while it lasted, but America has been eliminated from the World Cup as Bob Bradley‘s team exited the tournament with a 2-1 extra-time defeat to Ghana. They fell to the same African team who also eliminated them four years ago. Once again, Team USA fell behind early and yet again they came [...]
There have been other exciting soccer matches for Team USA, but there may have been none quite as exciting as Tuesday’s game in which Landon Donovan scored in the 91st minute of play to win and advance in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Check out this great reaction clip shot at Captan Jack’s Bar in [...]
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Ever felt so hungry you could eat a king? The king of the jungle that is. One Phoenix valley restaurant is stirring up some controversy by offering a lion burger as a tribute to the World Cup in South Africa. The Il Vinaio restaurant in Mesa has actually gotten a bomb threat as well as [...]
Just when we thought the sound of the Vuvuzela couldn’t get any more annoying, YouTube has gone and pulled a fast one on us. The popular video-sharing site has pulled its share of pranks in the past, and in keeping with that tradition you will now find a little, soccer ball-shaped icon at the bottom [...]
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The dramatic 1-0 victory for Team USA in their World Cup match today against Algeria may very well set a new record for internet traffic, according to Mashable. In the moments following Landon Donovan‘s game-winning goal in the 91st minute of play (which sent the U.S. to round 16), the Akamai’s Net Usage Index, which [...]
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