Social media and sports are natural teammates. Enthusiastic fans are eager for updates on their favorite teams and the …
soccer
WATCH: Robots Win World Cup (of Robot Soccer)
Robots can do many things. They can vacuum our homes. They can assemble our automobiles in huge factories. And, of course, they can play soccer.
Over the last week, teams from all over the world have been competing in the Robot World Cup in Istanbul, Turkey. A team from Virginia Tech’s Robotics and Mechanisms Laboratory won two …
FIFA 11 Review: Solid Soccer Fun Gets Even More Realistic
FIFA Soccer 11
EA Sports
PS3, Xbox 360, PC, Wii, PS2, DS, PSP
ESRB rating: E for Everyone
System reviewed on: PS3
Like many titles from EA Sports, FIFA 11 presents owners of last year’s game with the decision of whether or not to shell out another $60 for this year’s version. New to FIFA 11 this year are a revamped career mode, …
FIFA 11 Ships This September
Another year, another FIFA title from EA but this time its different. Like Konami’s PES, FIFA 11 will allow faux footballers to edit teams and players with the introduction of Creation Centre. But it’s not all its cracked up to be.
Sure, you can manipulate players, teams, crowd chants, crests and kits, but you still can’t take …
Who’s Really Winning The World Cup?
Unlike a lot of folks in this country, I didn’t stop watching the World Cup just because the US lost to Ghana. The level of support for football (soccer) in this country is appalling and a bit disgusting but that’s typical, I suppose.
With the semifinals slated to begin today with Holland taking on Uruguay, I started to wonder if …
FIFA Really Needs To Pull Its Head Out Of Its Ass
After the refereeing debacle that took place over the weekend in the England vs Germany and Mexico vs Argentina matches, the world soccer governing body FIFA has said they’ll reevaluate goal-line video technology next month during a board meeting.
FIFA president Sepp Blatter said refereeing changes won’t be made during this World …
Vuvuzela: There’s An (Incredibly Annoying) App For That
Watch The World Cup in a public space and eventually someone will ask, “What’s that awful noise?” (Hint: It’s not The Swarm come to life.)
(More from TIME: What Is That Weird Hum During The World Cup Games?)
The sound that’s keeping your television on mute is actually the vuvuzela, a plastic horn popular with South African soccer …