Tag: SOCCER

A couple months back, we told you about football coaches and players using 'Madden NFL' to practice and stay sharp year round. Apparently, this phenomenon isn't limited to a single sport. According to the New York Times, professional athletes in several major sports are now using video games as a practice tool. The Times credits this trend to the increased level of realism in video games. From ...

Somewhere between Mars Blackmon and the Lebrons, Nike became much more than just a shoe company. Now, the Oregon-based empire has decided to throw its hat in the coaching ring with a new, interactive online program called Nike Football+ (read: Nike Soccer+). In what seems to be an extension of its Nike+ system for runners, Nike Football+ allows diehard soccer fans (read: non-Americans) to watch ...

The World Cup of soccer kicks off this summer in South Africa, and even though the globe is ready for the world's most popular sporting event, an impressive hi-tech ball unfortunately won't be. AGENT has designed a technologically incredible soccer ball, capable of changing its color depending on various circumstances on the pitch. The transparent CTRUS ball design, which requires no air ...

With the 2010 FIFA World Cup just around the corner, the whole world (yes, even the States) will soon be swept up in soccer mania. The event will certainly produce an economic surge in host country South Africa, but, thanks to four Harvard students, soccer could produce more energy for the African country, too. According to Planet Green, the s0ccket ball generates and stores enough energy to ...

Highlights from this morning's other big tech headlines.... The Apple Tablet iSlate iPad finally made its official debut yesterday, but the company seems to be offering only a limited release of some of the gadget's services. The iBooks Store and the iBooks app will apparently first launch only in the States. [From: Engadget] Windows 7 recently became the "fastest selling operating system ...

What does the U.S. men's soccer team need to win the 2010 World Cup? Second to a miracle, a player robot that can boot a ball over 200 kilometers per hour (124 mph) wouldn't hurt. Unfortunately, this giant exhibition robot, which can kick at said mind-blowing speeds thanks to a spring-loaded "foot," was created by Japanese engineers at Castrol. So, in the unlikely event that hunks of metal are ...

Here's a concept for you: Researchers in Sweden have managed to synchronize a cell phone's vibrations with a soccer ball on a field, and have thereby designed a way for cell phone users to experience soccer games a bit more physically. Essentially, the phone vibrates whenever the ball is kicked, and different variations of vibrations let users know the ball's location on the field, and which ...

Where will the madness end? We've seen people dumped on Facebook, fired because of Facebook, and now one football (that's what they call soccer across the pond) player has inadvertently revealed, thanks for Facebook, that he was trying out for a different team, unbeknownst to his current club. UK soccer player Ashley-Paul Robinson, currently a member of the Crystal Palace team, updated his ...

Desperate times call for desperate measures, and phoning in a bomb threat is certainly desperate enough if you're late for a flight. But be careful about leaving tracks. Read on, crimestoppers... If you're into soccer – we mean really into soccer – then nothing will stop you from attending an important match. So take, for example, this German reporter, who was tasked with covering ...

When you really want to let someone know you care, what's the gift that says it all? How about an iPod? How about a personally inscribed iPod? How about a gold-plated, personally inscribed iPod? That's what English soccer great and current Los Angeles Galaxy player David Beckham received from his mates on the English national soccer team after participating in his 100th game with the club ...

The winner in a game of soccer is often determined by the smallest of margins, one goal dividing the victor from the vanquished. It is no surprise, then, that a source of dispute between fans, players and coaches from opposing teams has frequently been whether the ball did in fact cross the goal line on a contested shot. Luckily, the Daily Mail reports that a developing technology may soon ...