He's the new World Cup mascot, and clearly way more awesome than those Trix and Flix Euro losers.

Zakumi. I kinda like it. And it's clever too.

The first two letters of Zakumi are the country's initials in Afrikaans - one of South Africa's 11 official languages. "Kumi'' means 10 - for the year of the tournament - in many African languages, World Cup organizers said.

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Y'all know I have a love-hate relationship with Kanye West. I have to be honest though when I say that after his hook on Farnsworth Bentley's surprisingly tight single "Everybody" and last night's unveiling of the brooding, paranoid groover "Love Lockdown" I'm kinda feeling him right now. Click to continue reading...

Oh, boy. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 29, 2008 TO THE XTREME! Official unveiling of Xtreme Soccer League takes place September 16 HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – A new interactive sports lifestyle debuts Sept. 16, 2008, with the formal introduction of the Xtreme Soccer League and the Xtreme Soccer Xperience. Click to continue reading...

Racing showed on the opening day of the Apertura that they've still got some improving to do in certain areas if they're not going to have a repeat of last season's desperate struggle against relegation. On Tuesday, a step forward was taken with the unveiling of Boca Juniors' Pablo Migliore on loan, to provide more [. Click to continue reading...

That's what SI and a buncha others are saying.

I also heard that some Spanish paper (reliability 1 outta 10) that Real have a preliminary unveiling date of August 15th for the winger.

We also heard this whole saga was supposed to be settled weeks ago... Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon today appeared to accept defeat in the signing of Crisitano Ronaldo from Manchester United during the unveiling of Rafael van der Vaart. The eternal trouble making president has continuously suggested that the portuguese winger is set to quit Old trafford to link up with the Spanish giants but Calderon stated whilst presenting Real's new Dutch signing at the bernabau that "Van der Vaart is the first signing and probably the only one" It would appear that Man Utd fans can now breathe a sigh of relief as it seems that Ronaldo is set to stay in Manchester for at least another season. Click to continue reading...

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UPDATED: Listen to Press Conference on QPR World...

Real Madrid Official Announcement - Parejo to QPR on One Year Loan Real Madrid - Daniel Parejo loaned to Queens Park Rangers
Real Madrid Castilla's Daniel Parejo has been loaned to Queens Park Rangers for one year. Click to continue reading...

The above insanity is the unveiling of Bayern Munich's new kit. And as Brian at Run of Play says: "Once the blonde starts doing her little apocalyptic roller-derby jig around 1:30, things are really just getting started." Not sure what Bayern's marketing department thought they were up to, but unless the kits are made of a special [. Click to continue reading...

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"Queens Park Rangers Football Club will be holding a press conference at
Loftus Road on Monday 4th August at midday.
Chairman Flavio Briatore will be in attendance to unveil a new signing,
ahead of the R's opening Championship fixture against Barnsley on
Saturday.
Following the unveiling of the new signing, Mr Briatore and the R's
latest summer signing will take questions from the floor, prior to a
staged photo-call on the Loftus Road pitch. Click to continue reading...

I've never really understood the hoopla that surrounds the unveiling of new football kits. However, now that I've seen this kit-unveiling video from Bayern Munich, I can honestly say that understand it far, far less. Try to make yourself watch the whole thing. You'll think you have the point around the :50 mark, but believe me, [. Click to continue reading...

More great weekend material. This is one heckuva jersey unveiling. Click to continue reading...

When Premiership Talk reported that Roy Keane was doing his best to sign four Tottenham players, many readers were unsure. It is, after all, unheard of to sign four players from the same club in one swoop. A day after this story broke, Younes Kaboul's agent was quick to say that his player would never leave Tottenham for Sunderland, not even if there was an earthquake. Click to continue reading...

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QPR Official Site
KIT OF ALRIGHT!
Posted on: Thu 24 Jul 2008
Queens Park Rangers Football Club are delighted to unveil our new away kit.

The second strip, which will be worn by the R's First Team for our upcoming pre-season friendlies at Falkirk and Kilmarnock, completes the brand-new collection of Lotto Sport Italia kit, following the recent unveiling of our home and third strips. Click to continue reading...

Well there's not really a story here other than a brief line of transfer news that I'm sure everyone has heard by now: having been courted previously by Portsmouth and Newcastle, Argentine ace Pable Aimar has now actually signed for Portuguese outfit Benfica. More importantly though, just look at this photo! Click to continue reading...

Continuing the excellently homogenous style that STT is quickly becoming synonymous with, we stay in America today to highlight the press unveiling of one of English football's unsung heroes. For those of you outside of East Anglia, it probably slid under the radar that ex-Norwich winger Darren Huckerby was tragically snubbed a contract extension this summer and basically forced out of the club he's supported all his life. Click to continue reading...

It hasn't even been a week since Alexander Hleb was kissing the badge at his Barcelona unveiling and he's gone and likely irked his old club's supporters again. The ungrateful midfielder spoke to BarcaTV and suggested that Cesc should come... Click to continue reading...

Ronaldinho passed up Manchester City despite the Blues making a big offer for the Brazilian star, instead choosing to go to AC Milan. Here's the best photo of his official unveiling. Click to continue reading...

Premiership Talk first reported the Samir Nasri deal on July 2nd, and now sources like Sky Sports are finally announcing that Samir Nasri's move to Arsenal will happen. The paperwork merely needs to be signed and personal terms ironed out with the player and his agent, so expect an official unveiling in a few weeks. Click to continue reading...

AEG boss Tim Leiweke said he'd come to the Houston Community College's South Campus to cheer Mayor Bill White on at the unveiling of plans for an 18-field youth sports center near Texas 288 and Airport Boulevard. White jokingly described... Click to continue reading...

David looked amazing (and hey, fully dressed!) in an Armani suit as he presided over the unveiling of his 60' image on the side of Macy's in Union Square, San Francisco, yesterday. The Manchester United legend, and LA Galaxy star, launched the second wave of his Emporio Armani underwear campaign. (Pics from Hollywood Bubble. Click to continue reading...

A warning for those readers who are not attracted to men. This video features 6-story high naked man in his underwear. You may want to skip this post. As for the ladies and homosexualist, get an eyeful...it's rare that you see a Volkswagon-sized underwear bulge so take it in.

Now with all that aside, how crazy is the size of that crowd? Click to continue reading...

Looking at this photo I think I may cry two different types of tears. One set for sadness I feel for seeing him leave New York and a second set for the joy I feel for him to get this type of reception at his unveiling in Spain. Do us proud young man. Click to continue reading...

TORONTO - Pistolas FC has reached just over 3000 online fans, and the crowds at games are expected to grow as the Summer weather finally arrives this Sunday, with projected highs of 22C.

The ever growing number of of visits to the website has also landed the team at number 216 - the highest ever for the team - in the top 300 Soccer Websites of the world as ranked by SoccerLinks. Click to continue reading...

The recruitment policy to acquire outstanding young talent is being followed closely by Martin Jol and his team. So far this summer Spurs have made Adel Taarabt (18) a permanent signing after his successful loan spell. They have also brought in youngsters Danny Rose (17), Younes Kaboul (21), Darren Bent (23) and Gareth Bale (18) [...] Click to continue reading...