Vuvuzela South Africa

Who says girls on the soccer field are too soft? Look and see why I say girls are even rougher and tougher than guys. Not that we want our own Banyana Banyana to employ these tactics, but a University of New Mexico soccer player has become an Internet celebrity for the wrong reasons.

Girl Soccer Player Pulls Hair

According to the Huffington Post Junior defender Elizabeth Lambert was suspended Friday for her infractions the day before during a 1-0 loss to BYU in a Mountain West Conference semifinal. Lambert is seen in video from the game throwing elbows, colliding with several players and then pulling the ponytail of a BYU player who went crashing to the ground.

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Imagine you could write a  the World Cup Song?

Well it looks like there are a few avenues, but this way you can win some money by writing a World Cup Song and putting your video on YouTube.

“This is the official place for lovers of World Cup Songs and the World Cup Song 2010 competition is FREE to enter for anyone with a song about South Africa 2010 or your countries’ team.”

You can win a thousand pounds. Take a look at why you should get your mates together and record a World Cup song.

This week’s table leader:When England Rule the World.

Wavin Flag By K’naan

Wavin Flag by Somalian born K’naan is the rousing Soccer Anthem for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa.

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Just in time for the 2010 World Cup – the Puma phone. The Puma phone will be launched to celebrate 2010’s Football World Cup held in South Africa and reflects the “DNA of the Puma brand”

Puma and Sagem Wireless

Puma and Sagem Wireless have signed a license agreement to launch this Puma mobile phone in the second quarter of 2010. The new phone will be sold through telecom channels and in Puma stores. A global licensing agreement will see the phone debut across the world in the second quarter of next year.

According to knowyourmobile.com.  Although there are precious few details about the phone available at present, it claims to be “the first mobile device completely tailor designed, from the inside out.”

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Today the solid gold FIFA World Cup Trophy will leave from Zurich to Cairo for the African leg of the World tour where it will visit over 53 countries to bring the REAL World Cup Experience to fans.

World Cup Trophy Tour

The Trophy Tour, which will begin its journey from the FIFA Headquarters today, September 21, 2009, will travel around the world before arriving in the host country of South Africa on May 4, 2010. The total distance the tour will travel is 134,017 kilometers (83,274 miles) or more than three times the circumference of Earth. The Tour was developed through an exclusive partnership between FIFA and Coca-Cola, a FIFA Partner and one of the organization’s longest-standing corporate partners.

Free tickets to the 2009/10 Trophy Tour will be made available to consumers via Coca-Cola promotions in countries on the route.  At events in each city, fans will have the opportunity to have a souvenir photo taken of themselves with the trophy, view a special 3-D movie showcasing memorable moments of the FIFA World Cup, participate in interactive displays, and enjoy other entertainment.

Arrive for World Cup Draw

The solid gold FIFA World Cup Trophy( below)  will arrive in Cape Town on 4 December 2009 in time for the World Cup Draw.

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The first clue one gets that Fred Hatman – diagnosed as SA- Positive – like the Vuvuzela is the pictures of a man in a hat blowing a Vuvuzela on the banner of his blog – I guess that’s Fred…

Well his post Viva Vuvu

It’s not often I say PE (Port Elizabeth, South Africa for my Kazakhstan readers) is the place to be. It is tomorrow. But perhaps not for the elitists who want to take over our 2010 World Cup with their poncy “kuduzelas”…

This was obviously written on the eve of the great Vuvuzela Guinness Book of Records attempt. And I just so totally agree with him about the kuduzelas being poncy, although  I’m not quite sure that that is quite the right word for them, I’m sure I’ll think of a better one.

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