Archive for the 'Pictures' Category

May 4th, 2010

GeoEye’s View Of The 2010 World Cup Venues In South Africa

GeoEye, the world’s preeminent provider of satellite imagery, has some incredible hi-resolution images of the upcoming venues of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. From Cape Town (above) to Durban to Jo'burg, these images are an amazing way to get another look at life in South Africa with only 37 days left before the start of the 2010 World ...
April 8th, 2010

Getting Closer

A man holds a boy as he signs a giant soccer ball 64 days prior to the World Cup at Nelson Mandela Square in Sandton, Johannesburg April 7, 2010. image source
April 3rd, 2010

Kung fu Soccer

Martial arts students at a Kung fu school in the northern suburbs of Beijing practice their technique leaping over a soccer ball on April 2, 2010. The school earlier this year started incorporating soccer into its martial arts program dubbing it 'Kung fu soccer', adding an element of the world's most popular game into their traditional Chinese ...
January 31st, 2010

Soccer Images from around the world

An Angolan youth plays soccer in the streets of the capital Luanda January 30, 2010. more pictures after the jump... (more...)
January 22nd, 2010

The Beautiful Game in Haiti

A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands and leaving many homeless. In these amazing photos you see children playing soccer on pitches set up in a tent cities around Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Images via daylife, taken Friday, Jan. 22, 2010.
January 1st, 2010

Soccer In America (while driving down Wilshire Blvd) – A Photographic Journey

Location – MacArthur Park - Wilshire & Alvarado St., Los Angeles, CA Date – January 1, 2010 I.S.houldve.P.layed.S.occer To have your photos included in this series, please email them to ben [at] theoriginalwinger [dot[ com. Many more shots after the jump... (more...)
December 24th, 2009

Images from Around the World

Sahrawi refugees play soccer at a camp in Tindouf, south of Algiers, December 19, 2009. Picture taken December 19, 2009. more pics after the jump.... (more...)
December 1st, 2009

Big Balls on Display, Soccer Balls that is

A person walks past in front of soccer balls on display at the city of Cape Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2009. South African Oscar winner Charlize Theron and Nobel Peace laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and F.W. de Klerk will be among the star-studded cast attending Friday's World Cup draw ceremony. image via daylife