In our continuing preparation for FIFA World Cup 2010, here's yet another El Tri (that's the nickname for the Mexican national soccer team) Soccer Babe . This time round it's an Mexico City born model Catherine Elizabeth Leah rocking the brand new adidas Mexico World Cup 2010 home jersey (or "camiseta" if you prefer).

It's round Since every World Cup produces an accompanying matchball which is supposedly "rounder" than its predecessor, you could be forgiven for thinking that footballs are now about as round as they are likely to get. Not so, according to Adidas. They will officially unveil their Adidas Jabulani ball at Friday's World Cup draw and are sticking [.

Say hello to FC Tokyo's new Adidas home (left) and away shirts. I think they're two of the smartest kits Adidas has designed in ages. Apart from the awesome new Germany kit, Adidas has come up with a string of turkeys for this season (the current Chelsea home kit, for example, or the incredibly bland Nigeria World Cup kit which the Nigerian FA has apparently rejected as too generic).

Cape Town / Herzogenaurach (December 4, 2009) – adidas and FIFA present the adidas "JABULANI," the Official Match Ball for the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa. The "JABULANI," which means "to celebrate" in isiZulu, features a South African inspired design and radically new technology. The new match ball will be available in stores starting [.

Last month adidas debuted the World Cup 2010 kits for Argentina, France, Germany, Mexico, Spain, South Africa, Nigeria, Denmark and Paraguay. Now the training jerseys that some of these teams will wear during the 2009/11 period and at FIFA World Cup 2010 are available. Here's an up close look at the 09/11 training kits for adidas [.

The official Argentina adidas World Cup 2010 home jersey has been on the market for the past few weeks. However, we hadn't had any idea of what El Albiceleste's alternate kit (also their 2010/12 home shirt) would look like until now. Here's a leak coming out of South America of the Argentina adidas World Cup 2010 away [.

World Cup fever is finally here! The new World Cup ball was officially unveiled on Premiership Talk earlier today, and Prem Talk readers will now have the chance to watch Sepp Blatter and David Beckham unveil the ball live from South Africa. The official unveiling in Johannesburg is at 2:45pm GMT, 9:45am EST and will be aired right here on Premiership Talk (video is below).

Steven Gerrard and David Beckham star in a new Adidas TV advert for the Predator X boot. Both Stevie G and Becks are on the football pitch and engage in a playful competition between each other to figure out who has the best accuracy.

Zinedine Zidane also stars in the commercial.

Here is a link to the live stream of adidas Official FIFA 2010 World Cup Match Ball Unveiling press conference to be held on Friday morning. Who are expected to be in attendance: FIFA President Joseph Blatter, David Beckham (pending the date of his grandfather's funeral) and Franz Beckenbauer Date: Friday Dec.

Well, now we know Adidas' Jabulani (Happiness) is the new Official 2010 FIFA World Cup Match Ball and it was carried on to the stage at the Cape Town International Convention Centre last night by South Africa's Oscar winning star, Charlize Theron.

Jabulani 11 Colours

Jabulani has 11 colors honouring each of South Africa's eleven official languages, the 11 match ball, and the 11 players on the field.

We've seen some great soccer jersey releases in 2009. The tight-fitting retro look made a strong comeback as the oversized kits of the early to mid 2000s made way for team wear that more closely reflected today's contemporary fashion. In celebration of the year that was in the world of footie kits, we've made a [.

World Cup 2010 kits have gone high tech. Seriously high tech.

How high tech, you ask?

Well, according to the official Adidas press release:

Through the use of compression fabrics and applied TPU bands in specific areas, TECHFIT is proven to increase a player's power by 5.

The official World Cup 2010 soccer ball from Adidas has been unveiled. Named Jabulani, the ball features a newly developed "Grip'n'Groove" ball technology, which provides an exceptionally stable flight and perfect grip under all conditions. With only eight, thermally bonded 3-D panels, which are spherically molded for the first time, the ball is perfectly round and more accurate than ever before.

Chris Pontius and Rodney Wallace helped the Generation adidas squad to a win in its final game in South Africa, playing 62 and 65 minutes, respectively, as the MLS side earned a 2-0 win over Ajax Cape Town's reserve squad.

Generation adidas ends their time in South Africa with a 2-1 record.

Here's one that just crept onto my radar. For those of you still recoiling in distaste at this seasons brand on kits, lovingly provided by Puma, help may be on the way. Hidden in the middle of this Newcastle themed article comes the tantalising news that Tottenham and Adidas on reportedly are on the verge of a new deal.

Adidas has announced that the roundest ball ever, the Jubulani, will be used during next summer's World Cup finals in South Africa. It continues the trend to improving balls which have evolved since the leather cannonball was first used.

The key piece of equipment, footballs have been iconic.

On Friday December 4th at 7:45am ET, Adidas will be hosting a webcast featuring Sepp Blatter, Franz Beckenbauer and David Beckham to officially unveil the 2010 World Cup match day ball live from South Africa. The three will hand the ball over to the local organizing officials.

The event will run approximately 20 minutes.

This past weekend professional player Niko Gkionis, pictured above and guest blogger for us, scored his first pro GOAL! He wrote a guest blog about it on Tuesday. That is a pretty cool feeling and I was glad he could share it with us!

But he isn't the only one having firsts happening.

Anuncio: este post es un autobombo así que avisado estas.

Hace tres años decidí abrir un blog sobre el deporte que mas me apasiona, el fútbol, contar mis experiencias en mis andares y dar mi vision del deporte.
Pensé que en esta ocasión no hablaria de estos 3 años, pero gracias a una nota que saque en los dias del aniversario es que me doy cuenta del alcance en la red.

Here she is folks – the official match ball for the 2010 World Cup, aka the Adidas Jabulani (Jabulani means 'to celebrate' in the native South African isuZulu dialect, fact fans).

The official unveiling of the ball will take place today, during the draw for the World Cup.

The official matchball of World Cup 2010 was officially unveiled today. Officially. So now it's all official.

The adidas Jabulani (above) will be the ball used in all World Cup 2010 games in South Africa. There are plenty of technical details, some of which are after the jump.

Gracias a la gente de adidas en especial Monica Luna por su atención y la cortesía de mandarme la información completa del balón Jabulani, que días antes hablamos de el en este espacio de la red, así que literalmente aquí esta para que llenes tu cabeza de gol.

adidas "JABULANI" Balón Oficial de la Mundial FIFA™ 2010

Perfil Grip'n'Groove para la celebración del futbol en África

Ciudad del Cabo/Herzogenaurach, 4 de diciembre, 2009- Hoy en Ciudad del Cabo, adidas y la FIFA presentaron "JABULANI", el Balón Oficial para el Mundial FIFA Sudáfrica 2010™.

Finalmente quedaron definidos los grupos de las 32 selecciones que participarán en la Copa Mundial de Futbol Sudafrica 2010, el sorteo mundialista más largo de la historia se realizó en Ciudad del Cabo con la presencia de más de 2,000 invitados y una audiencia televisiva global del orden de 200 millones de personas.

JABULANI balón mundial Sudafrica panel shot explode descriptions, originalmente cargada por prismatico.

Hace una semana tuvimos la primicia mundial del balón oficial para la copa del mundo Sudáfrica 2010, hoy te presentamos los vídeos de como esta manufacturado y que significa para la marca adidas y para el aficionado al fútbol soccer mundial.

On the move for the next couple of days, so here is our quick take on a recent article about the sale of soccer merchandise in the United States and around the world. OregonLive presents an interesting article on Adidas marketing efforts for the 2010 World Cup. The article provides in depth analysis on the soccer apparel industry and efforts to sell sporting goods in the current market.

Via Footiebusiness a couple weeks ago, an Oregon Live article that sets annual adidas MLS merchandise revenue at over $300 million annually:

To build its U.S. soccer edge, Adidas paid a reported $150 million over 10 years to sponsor and outfit men's Major League Soccer, which is expanding to 18 teams and drew 3.

If you haven't yet done our year-end quiz, stop by this post and make your guesses. (And you now have my permission to use google.) I know I've made a quiz a bit too easy when I don't have to look up my own answers. This one was a little too easy. Even [...]

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The 2010 MLS Draft is drawing ever closer and each passing week helps provide some focus into what we might see happen when the league's 16 teams converge on Philadelphia to select from this year's crop of talent.

Freddy Adu is telling people on Twitter that he has an offer on the table, but that it has to be the right one. Check it out. Where do you want to see him go?
Ives Galarcep breaks down some scenarios apparently playing out with potential Generation adidas signings. Some big-time talent looks to be joining the League this year.

Missouri State Bears, Johannes Demarzi

Missouri State senior defender Johannes Demarzi was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA)/adidas men's Scholar All-America first team, it was recently announced.

Demarzi, who holds a 3.37 GPA in political science, recorded a Missouri Valley Conference-high 10 assists during the 2009 season.

Jabulani es el nombre del balón que sera utilizado durante el Mundial de Sudafrica 2010, aunque, la presentación oficial del balón sera realizada por Adidas el cuatro de diciembre de 2009 en diferentes sitios de internet ya circula la imagen del diseño de Jabulani.

In November, Adidas unveiled its new kit design for Bafana Bafana, South Africa's national team. The project is aimed at uniting all South Africans in support of both the football tournament and national team Bafana Bafana. The word Mzansi is isiZulu for "south", and is commonly used to refer to South Africa.

Adidas has created the Unite Mzansi Unite campaign a project that will inspire all South Africans to unite in celebration behind 2010 FIFA World Cup and the national team.

That the jersey is touring the Western Cape at present, but check out where the truck is or to sign the Bafana Bafana 2010 World Cup jersey online.

Swindon Town Football Club is a football club based in Swindon, Wiltshire, England that currently play in the English Football League One. Last week Swindon wore a new all-blue third kit for their FA Cup Second Round victory at Wrexham because the Dragons' home and away colours clashed with Swindon's forcing the need for a [.

Mañana con el sorteo mundialista se presentará el balón Jabulani, que será la redonda que ruede en canchas sudafricanas. Ese balón se los presentamos aquí, anticipadamente.

Sin embargo, esto de los balones de la Copa del Mundo es una tradición iniciada en México. Si, en el Mundial de México 70 y cada cuatro años desde ese entonces se ha estrenado un balón que se ha vuelto icónico en cada Copa del Mundo.

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Finalmente quedaron definidos los grupos de las 32 selecciones que participarán en la Copa Mundial de Futbol Sudáfrica 2010, el sorteo mundialista más largo de la historia se realizó en Ciudad del Cabo con la presencia de más de 2,000 invitados y una audiencia televisiva global del orden de 200 millones de personas.

Chris Pontius and Rodney Wallace helped the Generation adidas squad to a win in its final game in South Africa, playing 62 and 65 minutes, respectively, as the MLS side earned a 2-0 win over Ajax Cape Town's reserve squad.

Generation adidas ends their time in South Africa with a 2-1 record.