World Cup Marketing Disaster

Nothing like taking political correctness and using it to ruin an entire marketing campaign.  I can't wait to see all of the tourists on the bus looking for Port Elizabeth and not realizing it is Nelson...

15 Players "Vanish" From Homeless World Cup

Guess this isn't totally surprising -- 15 out of 500 players in the Homeless World Cup, held in Copenhagen, have gone missing. The runaway players are from Afghanistan and Africa. (The games wrapped up last...

Asian Cup: Iraqi team unphased by domestic issues

UPDATE:  Iraq has made its way to the finals, but their success is mired in suffering from home." The Iraqi team are on an emotional rollercoaster after reaching their first Asian Cup final as it took a...

Game On: Video Game Championships in Paris

I don't consider video gaming to be a true sport, but there's no doubt that it's attracting its own galaxy of highly-paid stars. This was never possible in the days of Joust and Dig-Dug."Thousands of gamers are in...

Alinghi Wins America's Cup

In a close race, Swiss team Alinghi won the America's Cup -- this year held off Valencia, Spain -- becoming the third company in the Cup's history to retain the trophy for two years straight....

Sippy-Cup Saga Hits CNN

Here at NowPublic Global HQ, we were pleased to see the work of Bill Adler make it to CNN's Situation Room. Regardless of whose side one takes in the TSA/sippy-cup story, it's quite telling to see a site like...

Analysis: Video of The Sippy Cup Incident

Our friends at Boing Boing have posted another article about what is now known as the Sippy Cup Incident. In this piece Mark Frauenfelder analyzes the TSA video.He starts with a simple summary: "The videos have no sound. The first video shows a woman pushing a stroller while...

Symmetrics Sweeps BC Cup #4 Atomic Bradner Road Race

Once again Symmetrics showed the quality of their squad as they placed both of their riders on the podium in both the Men's and Women's Category 1/2 Races. This podium presence was despite a large portion...

Aussies bowl in the dark to win cricket World Cup

A great clean sweep with Australia's third cricket World Cup win in a row. It was odd seeing them trying to play the game in such low light - I swear the batsmen did not even see some of the balls after the...

World cup of Ulimate Frisbee hits Italian beaches

Check out the great photos of the event that are coming in from our members! This weekend saw the annual Paganello Ultimate Frisbee event. Teams come from all over the world to compete; in the end UTI (UK,...

Super 8 clashes- World Cup’07

The super 8 clashes have begun with the round robin matches having outlined the top 8 teams in the tournament. The surprise inclusion in the league would certainly be Bangladesh and Ireland who for sure would thank their fortunes for a long time! Having said that, two teams...

India salvage some pride against Bermuda- World Cup’-07

Indian steamrolled Bermuda in their match and finished the match as expected by the fans all over the world. There were a couple of positives that the team could draw from this fixture. First was the century by ‘bang bang’ Sehwag who got his lost touch back with some...

Pakistan shown the door- World Cup’07

Pakistan suffered a shocking defeat at the hands of minnows Ireland who showed them the door in the early stages of the World Cup. To add salt to injuries, the sad demise of coach Bob Woolmer following the disppointing performance of the Pakistani team has come as a big...

Bangladesh Slam India in World Cup Cricket Match

I was introduced to cricket during the Ashes tests (England vs. Australia), shown live. Unfortunately, I was living in England at the time. My flatmates yanked me out of bed at three in the morning, placed a beer in my hand and explained cricket to me. I remember some of...

FIFA U-20 World Cup 2007 is coming to Canada

FIFA is coming to Canada this July. In preparation, U-20 teams from around the world were assigned their cities and playing times. In Vancouver, many congregated at Burnaby Metrotown's Fan Fest to hear the...

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