Showdown, the sequel: Team USA vs. Team Canada, and this time it's for gold

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World Cup 2010 Blog: Nike Unveils a Selection of World Cup 2010 Kits, Made from Recycled Plastic Bottles

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Nike Unveils a Selection of World Cup 2010 Kits, Made from Recycled Plastic Bottles Posted: 26 Feb 2010 12:42 PM PST [Image via Football Fashion] We’ve been waiting to see what the nine Nike flavoured teams (10 if you count England) would be wearing at World Cup 2010 for some time now, but all some was finally revealed yesterday, when Nike unveiled a mixture of said World Cup teams home and away kits at Battersea Power Station in London yesterday. The players in the above faux team photo, and the jerseys they’re sporting are as follows: Top row, left to right: Clint Dempsey (USA away), Edson Braafheid (Netherlands away), Alexandre Pato (Brazil home), Lee Chung-Yong (South Korea away), Ryan Nelsen (New Zealand away); Bottom row, left to right: Nani (Portugal away), Vince Grella (Australia away), Nenad Milijaš (Serbia away), Robert Koren (Slovenia home). The headline grabbing thing about these jerseys is that all are apparently made from recycled plastic bottles. Which raises the obvious question: What? Also: How? Well, according to this Waste Aware Scotland story: “To make the 2010 national team kits, Nike's fabric suppliers sourced discarded plastic bottles from Japanese and Taiwanese landfill sites and then melted them down to produce new yarn that was ultimately converted to fabric for the jerseys. This process saves raw materials and reduces energy consumption by up to 30 percent compared to manufacturing virgin polyester. By using recycled polyester for its new range of national jerseys, Nike prevented nearly 13 million plastic bottles, totaling nearly 254,000 kg of polyester waste, from going into landfill sites. This amount would be enough to cover more than 29 football pitches. If the recycled bottles used to make the jerseys were laid end-to-end they would cover more than 3,000 kilometres, which is more than the entire coastline of South Africa.” Maybe Indonesia’s Green World Cup 2022 bid is having an effect already? - Once the above jerseys are for sale, you’ll be able to find them (and other World Cup 2010 shirts) in the World Cup Blog Store.

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Villanova at Syracuse tops critical day in college hoops

MAMUDU, Your February 27, 2010 issue of Sporting News Today is now available, please click here. Here are some articles in Today's Issue Golden rematch for Team USA, Team Canada in Olympic hockey Custance: Low-key Americans are on the cusp of something big Dillon: High-profile quarterbacks take a pass at Combine Braves' Heyward does damage; Angels look for leadoff hitter Michael Jordan reaches deal to buy Bobcats If you experience any problems with your issue, please click here to contact our customer service department. Know a friend who might like Sporting News Today? Email him/her this link: www.sportingnewstoday.com.     Trouble Viewing? If any of the above links do not work for you,   copy and paste this URL into your browser:   http://today.sportingnews.com/t=c/?1&122825&157858&19270&0000&1236490962&EIInjEOx9cS45     Please do not reply to this message. Questions may be submitted to Digital Support.   To stop receiving email notifications for digital issues of Sporting News Today,   click here.   Sporting News Today 120 West Morehead Street Suite 200 Charlotte, NC 28202

World Cup 2010 Blog: Wayne Bridge Turns His Back on the England Team and World Cup 2010

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Wayne Bridge Turns His Back on the England Team and World Cup 2010 Posted: 25 Feb 2010 09:08 AM PST World Cup broadcasters around the world have been denied a potentially juicy World Cup 2010 soap opera storyline, because Wayne Bridge has made himself unavailable for England selection, and so definitely won’t be going to South Africa. “I have thought long and hard about my position in the England football team in the light of the reporting and events over the last few weeks,” Bridge said in a statement released by his lawyers. “It has always been an honour to play for England. However, after careful thought I believe my position in the squad is now untenable and potentially divisive.” “Sadly therefore I feel for the sake of the team and in order to avoid what will be inevitable distractions, I have decided not to put myself forward for selection. “I have today informed the management of this decision. I wish the team all the very best in South Africa.” If you’re unfamiliar with the “the reporting and events over the last few weeks” that Bridge is referring to, then welcome back from the deserted island you’ve been living on. Basically it came to light that John Terry allegedly (are we still saying allegedly here? better safe than sorry) had an affair with Wayne Bridge’s former partner (and mother of Bridge’s children) Vanessa Perroncel. Terry was subsequently stripped of the England captaincy, but remains an important part of the team. It’s very very tempting to interpret Bridge’s statement as “there’s no way I’m playing alongside that John Terry.” Could be that’s exactly what he means. The interesting twist here is that with Ashley Cole injured, Wayne Bridge had a shot at going to World Cup 2010 as England’s first choice left back. Chance of a lifetime, but a chance he’s very much turned down today. - Read more about the Three Lions at England World Cup Blog.

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MAMUDU, Your February 26, 2010 issue of Sporting News Today is now available, please click here. Here are some articles in Today's Issue Six players tagged, NFL free-agency picture clearer Custance: Trash-talking Kesler backs it up on the ice Time is ticking for big names on NCAA tourney bubble Nationals improved, but expect another last-place finish Preparing for playoffs: Suns toughen up; contenders want Ilguaskas If you experience any problems with your issue, please click here to contact our customer service department. Know a friend who might like Sporting News Today? Email him/her this link: www.sportingnewstoday.com.     Trouble Viewing? If any of the above links do not work for you,   copy and paste this URL into your browser:   http://today.sportingnews.com/t=c/?1&122684&157841&19234&0000&1236490901&EIInjEOx9cS45     Please do not reply to this message. Questions may be submitted to Digital Support.   To stop receiving email notifications for digital issues of Sporting News Today,   click here.   Sporting News Today 120 West Morehead Street Suite 200 Charlotte, NC 28202

World Cup 2010 Blog: Complete List of World Cup 2010 Team Training Bases (Plus Poorly Researched Assumptions)

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Complete List of World Cup 2010 Team Training Bases (Plus Poorly Researched Assumptions) Posted: 24 Feb 2010 01:29 PM PST While the English tabloids are busy panicking about the fact that buildings have to be, you know, built, FIFA has released the list of World Cup 2010 bases for all 32 teams. This is where each squad will live, sleep, eat, breathe, train, watch bad movies on DVD and play XBox between World Cup matches. World Cup HQ is presumably massively important. It’s where the players and staff will spend the majority of their time, and so a happy World Cup base should theoretically translate into a happy and successful World Cup team. Obviously I don’t have too many details about what each location has to offer. I could do some Googling for you, but suspect the result would be each location claiming either “world class” or “state of the art” facilities. Or maybe “state of the art world class” facilities. Instead, here’s the list released by FIFA today, followed by a few ill-informed snap judgements: Algeria, Zimbali Lodge Argentina, High Performance Centre Australia, Kloofzicht Lodge Brazil, The Fairway Cameroon, Oyster Box Chile, Ingwenyama Conference Center Denmark, Simola Hotel Country Club England, Bafokeng Sports Campus France, Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa Germany, Velmore Hotel Ghana, Rhoode Valley Greece, Beverly Hills Hotel Honduras, The Indaba Hotel Italy, Leriba Lodge Ivory Coast, Riverside Hotel & Conference Japan, Fancourt Hotel & Country Club Mexico, Thaba Ya Batswana Netherlands, Hilton Sandton New Zealand, Serengeti Estate Nigeria, Hemshire North Korea, Protea Hotel Midrand Paraguay, Woodridge Country Estate Portugal, Valley Lodge Serbia, Sunnyside Park Hotel Slovakia, The Villas Luxury Suite Hotel Slovenia, Hyde Park Southern Sun Spain, NWU Campus South Africa, Southern Sun Grayston South Korea, Hunters Rest Hotel Switzerland, Emerald Resort & Casino United States, Irene Country Lodge Uruguay, Protea Hotel Kimberley Source: Associated Press Assumptions I’ve made based entirely on the names of the various bases: Argentina will attempt to use the power of science to maximize team potential at the High Performance Centre. I see a lot of graphs, which Diego Maradona will completely ignore. The Brazil squad will play a lot of golf at The Fairway, with Robinho repetitively waving his golf club around the ball in a circular motion before teeing off. France will be very very relaxed at the Pezula Resort Hotel & Spa. Until Domenech names his starting eleven anyway. Cote d’Ivoire will ignore actual training, and will instead have a lot of roundtable business meetings at the Riverside Hotel & Conference. Japan’s time at the Fancourt Hotel & Counry Club will make the Blue Samurai squad ever so slightly snooty. The Switzerland squad will lose all their money playing poker and fruit machines and have many many wild nights out. But it’s OK, because what happens in the Emerald Resort & Casino, stays in the Emerald Resort & Casino. I have no idea what Cameroon will get up to at The Oyster Box, but would be very interested to find out.

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Olympic hockey semis set: USA vs. Finland, Canada vs. Slovakia

MAMUDU, Your February 25, 2010 issue of Sporting News Today is now available, please click here. Here are some articles in Today's Issue Custance: Canadians have golden touch in demolition of Russians NFL Combine: Four low-profile players with high hopes Mets have reason for optimism in 2010 Michigan's Rodriguez can solve problems one way: win Four teams fight for final three NBA East playoff spots If you experience any problems with your issue, please click here to contact our customer service department. Know a friend who might like Sporting News Today? Email him/her this link: www.sportingnewstoday.com.     Trouble Viewing? If any of the above links do not work for you,   copy and paste this URL into your browser:   http://today.sportingnews.com/t=c/?1&122591&157828&19198&0000&1236490853&EIInjEOx9cS45     Please do not reply to this message. Questions may be submitted to Digital Support.   To stop receiving email notifications for digital issues of Sporting News Today,   click here.   Sporting News Today 120 West Morehead Street Suite 200 Charlotte, NC 28202