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Many Britons will spend the next month fixated by the unforeseen twists and drama of an epic battle drawing to a climactic conclusion. Oh, and there's an election on too. But the final weeks of England's domestic soccer season promises elation for some and frustration for others. Mindful of the fact that the neck-and-neck race for the English Premier League title between Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal will generate greater passion than the May 6 general-election contest pitting the Conservative front-runners against the Labour incumbents and smaller parties like the Liberal Democrats, the politicians...
...Nelson Mandela will pass the gold-plated World Cup trophy to the new soccer world champion at Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, as a billion sets of eyes and ears from every corner of the globe are glued to television screens and radios. The international sports media will call it the final day of a tournament that represents South Africa’s modernism and rapid, inspirational distancing from its torrential past of racial and economic inequalities. They will only be half right...
According to Sanchez’s research, men and women differed in the types of spaces they felt most important for the community. Men, for instance, sought more soccer fields and women wanted more spaces for family-oriented activities...
...Agganis Arena was overrun with robots taking part in the Boston FIRST Regional Robotics Competition. Fifty-three enthusiastic high school teams, decked out in beads, buttons, and crazy hats, cheered as their creations competed in a game called “Breakaway.” Robots kicked soccer balls into goals, climbed onto towers, and lifted themselves up in teams to advance to the world championship next month...
DAVID BECKHAM, soccer star, as quoted in reports shortly before he sustained an Achilles-tendon injury that will sideline him for six months, barring him from playing in the June tournament...