All you need to do is take a good, hard look, and you realize the Soccer World Cup logo is actually a facepalming dude. It seems this matches Captain Picard, but there’s hardly a resemblance, except the facepalm of course.
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Dogs Wear Soccer Uniforms for Their Countries
Dogs get some patriotic fervor for soccer in this photo series. In the series Soccer Nation Dogs, stock photography website Life on White dressed dogs in the color of their nation. German Shepherd, French Bulldog, Siberian Husky, all don the colors of their named lands to cheer for soccer.
Death Star Soccer Ball
Put your love for the Star Wars and Soccer in one place, and have a time with the Death Star Soccer Ball. It doesn’t have an exhaust port design flaw, but then it isn’t the size of the moon and won’t shoot down planets either. Costs $30.
Lionel Messi Takes On a Robot Goalkeeper [video]
Someone created a robot goalkeeper and pitted it against the current soccer hotshot, Lionel Messi. That looks like a Japanese TV show where the clumsy robot manages to give a tough fight to Messi.
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All of Lionel Messi’s 234 Goals, the Supercut
Lionel Messi is only 24, and he’s got 234 goals to his name, making him the top goal scorer in all competitions for FC Barcelona. Watch them all in this 14 minute video. Totally worth the time.
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Royal Mint Releases Coin Explaining Soccer’s Offside Rule
Soccer, or football as it is called in most of the world, is the most popular game in the world. And there are many a souls who have absolutely no idea what the game’s Offside Rule is about. Taking the opportunity of the upcoming 2012 London Olympics, the British Royal Mint has released a new 50pence coin explaining the rule. That should do the explaining part. The mint plans to release commemorative coins for every sport in the Olympics.
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Artificial clouds to cool Qatar for the 2022 World Cup
Qatar will be the host of the 2022 soccer world cup, but the extreme heat in the middle-eastern country could dampen spirits at what is arguably the most popular sporting event in the world. Wonders of modern tech have come forward to find a way around the problem, with scientists suggesting artificial clouds to cool the stadiums. The artificial clouds will provide shade to the stadium, and also harvest solar energy to power air-conditioning to keep things cool in the stadiums. Each of these “clouds” is expected to cost $500,000.
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Manchester United fan gets his back tattoed with the club’s logo
Obsession or loyalty, whatever you may call it, makes people do weird things. Manchester United fan John Retter decided to display his loyalty to the English club by having his back covered in a $1400 tattoo of the English club’s logo that took 16 hours to complete.
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Soccer ball that also serves as virtual referee wins design award
Remote-controlled soccer boots play soccer for you
What’s soccer without the shoes? Especially when you get to roll around the boots, pretend-playing soccer and scoring goals using your remote controlled boots. This is kind of like Auto Soccer, or playing soccer with cars. Except on a tinier scale and with remote-controlled boots, but you could easily replace the boots with RC cars. That would look way better. Each remote controlled football boot costs £25 ($40).
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