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If University of Zurich Professor Rolf Pfeifer has his way, by 2050 his robots will replace the best players in the world on the pitch. According to his estimations, a team from the European Robot Football Tournament will beat Austria by 2015 or 2017, but will take until 2025 to get past the Brazilians. FC Uptown image via MrGadget

The National Stadium in Bridgeport was recently condemned by FIFA. Next week's US v Barbados will be played at the Kensington Oval, a cricket ground, instead. Very cool, futuristic looking stadium that also has a jacuzzi area similar to Chase field in Phoenix. FC Uptown images via Architen and Cricinfo

The Striker who snubber Hitler Orange Army Marches On Australian PM interested in WC 2018 bid... USA v Barbados preview No Love Lost Between Ferguson and Scolari  Russell Brand, bring the laughs Brit-style Big fan of Jeff Brouws photography of abandoned places (not soccer related) FC Uptown image via UEFA

Even though UEFA's William Gaillard has publicly back English referee Howard Webb's correct decision to award Austria an injury time penalty kick (which Ivica Vastic converted for a 1-1 result),  Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has admitted that when the call was made, even he wanted to kill Webb. 'As the prime minister I have to be balanced and ...

Dominika Huzvarova has been named the first ever Miss 2008 Euro Beauty Queen Contest. And how can you go wrong with a recap of all the hottest hotties so far? Even German National Teamer Bastian Shweinsteiger's girlfriend Sarah Brandner was in attendance. FC Uptown  image via FoxSports

How can you not have a crush on Ana Ivanovic?  She's in the French Open Final.. 10 Players to Watch at UEFA 08, LA Times Flubbing Dutchman (love the Orange) Benhakker apologizes to Germany over Polish tabloids invoking war themes (wow, this stuff ramps up..) Gotta love Ribery Keano visits the All Blacks in NZ 

Soccer vs Sex, duh (...wait, what..?) Mexico v Argentina in San Diego local coverage Following the England game I found myself beginning to wonder about this guy again... Goalies worry about new "Euro-Balls" FC Uptown image via ZeroEffect

'Boozing, Chanting, Pissing and Barfing' Donovan out of Spain friendly  An online guide to Euro 2008 Jack Warner now prefers England for WC 2018 (this should go on like this back and forth for the next 10 years) "The Great Soccer Pub Crawl"  - I may steal this title and book idea sometime in the future.... image via ImageCache