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Barclays kick out top notch Android/iPhone Premier League app

August 12th, 2011 10:45am No comments

Barclays kick out top notch Android/iPhone Premier League app

Underlining their status as the official sponsors of the English Premier League, Barclays Bank have hoofed an official app into the air to mark the start of the season.

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FA Cup Final captured in stunning 10 gigapixel panorama

May 17th, 2011 11:59am No comments

FA Cup Final captured in stunning 10 gigapixel panorama

Hewn from over 1,000 high resolution images, the world’s largest 360 degree sports stadium photo shows the scene of last week’s FA Cup Final between Manchester City and Stoke.

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Football Manager 2011 demo available for download now [PC/Mac]

October 25th, 2010 12:54pm No comments

Football Manager 2011 demo available for download now [PC/Mac]

With the football season in full swing (come on Cardiff!), Sports Interactive and Sega have released a fully-featured demo of Football Manager 2011 ahead of the full game hitting the stores and Steam in two weeks.

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BBC’s brilliant World Cup District 9 homage

July 13th, 2010 11:53am 4 comments

The World Cup may be over, but the BBC has one last treat in store for us, in the shape of this incredible video package, mixing incredible special effects and highlights from the tournament to create a stunning, moving  homage to District 9.

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Hideous Vuvuzela iPhone apps offer new ways to annoy friends

June 14th, 2010 9:20am No comments

Hideous Vuvuzela iPhone apps offer new ways to annoy friends

We knew it wouldn’t take too long for some of these things to start virtually appearing in the App Store, and sure enough, a selection of Vuvuzela iPhone apps are now available for your downloading, err, pleasure

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Google invites you to ‘paint your browser’ for the World Cup

June 12th, 2010 12:34pm No comments

Google invites you to 'paint your browser' for the World Cup

God dang it if the whole world isn’t going football crazy, with the internet recording its busiest day ever and popular sites like Twitter falling over themselves to get a slab of the footie action.

Google is now inviting users to “show their team pride” and “paint” their browser and homepage in their team colours, courtesy of a collection of World Cup themed Google Chrome themes and iGoogle themes.

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World Cup creates the internet’s busiest day ever!

June 11th, 2010 7:46pm No comments

World Cup: the internet's busiest day ever!

According to Akamai, the world’s largest operator of a network of computers, the World Cup has created its busiest ever bandwidth demand for news sites.

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Twitter cashes in on Word Cup fever with dedicated homepage

June 11th, 2010 10:48am No comments

Twitter cashes in on Word Cup fever with dedicated homepage

The endless glory (and inevitable disappointment for England fans) of the World Cup is almost upon us, and Twitter are looking to be in the centre of it all.

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Google scores a World Cup gooooooooooal!

June 8th, 2010 11:58am No comments

Google scores a World Cup gooooooooooal!

Fans of Google will be familiar with the company’s policy of adding topical logo tweaks and general anniversary-related japes (like the fabulous PACMAN game recently) and it seems that they’re all getting into the spirit of the forthcoming World Cup.

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Chelsea vs Cardiff FA Cup clash to be streamed live for free

February 12th, 2010 12:18pm 1 comment

Chelsea vs Cardiff FA Cup clash to be streamed for free on web

The FA has announced that it will be streaming Saturday’s FA Cup clash between big spending, cash-loaded, posh Premiership millionaires Chelsea against the heroic – nay beautiful – injury-plagued, Welsh battlers Cardiff City.

Although seven FA Cup matches have already been streamed live through the FAtv website, tomorrow’s transmission will be the first one to feature one of the so-called ‘Big Four’ teams.

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Sky 3DTV launches in April – beery football fans get early look

January 28th, 2010 11:36am 1 comment

Sky 3DTV launches in April - beery football fans get early look

Football fans who like to mix up their three favourite passions: the beautiful game, beer and the pub; are going to be in for a treat this Sunday, with Sky announcing that it’ll be broadcasting the world’s first 3DTV sports event – an Arsenal vs Man Utd match.

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