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BOOT UP: AND ANOTHER ONE, LIONEL MESSI REPEATS AS FIFA’S TOP PLAYER
Monday, January 10, 2011
23 year old, Argentine footballer Lionel Messi has won the Golden Ball, awarded to FIFA’s top player, for the second year in a row becoming the first player since Ronaldinho(2004-2005) to have a repeat performance. Messi scored 58 goals for FC Barcelona in 2010 helping the club retain it’s title, and is the 8th Barcelona ⇒
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BOOT UP: QATAR GEARS UP FOR 2022 WORLD CUP WITH SPORTS CITY STADIUM PLANS
Monday, December 20, 2010
11 years out from the 2022 World Cup, bid winning middle east country Qatar is already on the move with stadium plans and construction. Featured in the images above and below are renderings for Sports City Stadium to be built in the eastern gulf city of Doha. The stadium structure draws influence from the nomadic ⇒
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BOOT UP: RUSSIA, QATAR TO HOLD DOWN 2018 & 2022 WORLD CUP
Thursday, December 2, 2010
The US was shut out of it’s second bid in consecutive years for a major international sporting event. Last year it was a bid for the 2016 Olympics, and today it was announced that the small oil rich nation of Qatar won a head up contest with the US, Japan, South Korea, and Australia to host the ⇒
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BOOT UP: NIGERIAN PRESIDENT SHUTS IT DOWN
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
In a bizarre turn of events, North Korea is not being investigated for meddling with its team after a first round exit from World Cup 2010, instead FIFA is warning France and Nigeria to lay off their national teams. Nigerian President (wait for it…) Goodluck Jonathan (worth it, right) has suspended the Nigerian national team the (again…wait for it…) Super Eagles, ⇒
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