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Goal-line technology chorus gains momentum

June 28, 2010

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Goal-line technology chorus gains momentum

The truth. We all seek it in life, and consequently, we all seek it in football as well. In life, it is difficult to get the truth. However, in football it should be easy. As easy as implementing a system that already exists. Before arguing the various cases that could help implement justice and clarity [...]

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CNN unites football fans around the world

June 7, 2010

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CNN unites football fans around the world

Top interviews, global reach help take network’s coverage beyond borders Putting football fans at the heart of its 2010 FIFA World Cup coverage, CNN has created a global fanzone to unite and inform its sport-enthusiastic audience across CNN International, CNN.com, CNN iReport and CNN en Español. “In the run-up to the World Cup, CNN has [...]

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Useful plugins and applicaitons in the run up to the World Cup!

April 20, 2010

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Useful plugins and applicaitons in the run up to the World Cup!

OK so you are one of the unlucky ones, much like myself who can’t make it to see the world cup this time around!  However why not make things easier for yourself by downloading some useful programmes to help you plan your time at home around the World Cup matches! Do you use Microsoft Outlook [...]

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Game On makes grand entrance into soccer scene

March 24, 2010

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Game On makes grand entrance into soccer scene

There are sports websites and there are sports websites … and then there’s Game On. Game On, is a collaborative campaign between several partners to promote sport tourism in South Africa. The initiative, created by Marcus Brewster Publicity and ICT consultancy Netgen, aims to continually promote South Africa as a sporting hub on the global [...]

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SA’s popular soccer stadiums, according to Google searches

February 26, 2010

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SA’s popular soccer stadiums, according to Google searches

With just over  one hundred days to go until the FIFA World Cup™, soccer fever is taking over South Africa. The excitement is not only about soccer but also the venues where the games are going to be played. In the past few months, new stadiums, each shinier and more ‘state of the art’ than [...]

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Fans can tweet teams to victory in Sony Ericsson twitter cup

December 8, 2009

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With everyone gearing up for the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, Sony Ericsson is offering fans exclusive and exciting ways to support their team online and take them to victory in the first World Cup with social networking and media sharing at it’s heart As excitement builds in anticipation of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ in [...]

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Philips and the ‘Dutch Legends’ donates LED floodlighting system to Refilwe community

December 7, 2009

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Philips and the ‘Dutch Legends’ football team have donated one of the worlds first dedicated solar powered LED floodlighting system (intense beams of light) to the Refilwe community project near Johannesburg, allowing the local community to play and watch football long after dark for the first time ever. This initiative comes as Philips announced the [...]

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Interview: Gail Swartz, editor at www.soccerladuma.co.za

October 22, 2009

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What is the soccer blog web address? www.soccerladuma.com Who owns the blog? Soccer-Laduma How many people contribute content on the blog? At the moment around 6 journalists, including myself

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Interview: Springleap.com on 2010 Soccer World Cup

October 20, 2009

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Springleap.com is a crowd sourcing company currently embracing the fire set alight by the upcoming 2010 FIFA World Cup. Springleap.com runs a new themed t-shirt design competition every two weeks and at the moment the competition been voted on is called “Football Fever”. The designs received by the current community have been astoundingly good. You [...]

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Will anti-piracy replica shirt technology also come to Africa?

June 23, 2009

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Everyone knows the serious problem we have in South Africa of fake replica shirts and other soccer merchandise denying football clubs and national teams of additional income rightly due to them. This is a problem particularly prevalent in the music industry. It is widely believed that this fake merchandise is largely manufactured by Asian criminals [...]

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Amazing technology behind the scenes

June 22, 2009

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Watching the highlights during the Confed Cup, I couldn’t help noticing how quickly the producers are able to put together all the plays by an individual player or all the saves during a game, for instance. One can’t help noticing the very high level of methodology and accuracy of it all. A bit of research [...]

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