Some of Germany's finest international women footballers have thrown themselves into a different kind of strip — in a shoot for PLAYBOY.

São Paulo-based Corinthians Paulista has released the Nike 2011 third kit that is will use for this year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and Copa do Brasil campaigns.

Italian Serie A club and two-time Scudetto winners SS Lazio unveiled their PUMA 2011/12 home, away and third kits to the public on Friday at the Piazza di Spagna in Rome. The new kits to be worn by Lazio in their 11/12 Serie A, Coppa Italia and UEFA Europa league campaigns were modeled by eight soccer [.

Early today an article stating ex-Chelsea legend Marcel Desailly caught my attention as he claimed that the reason Carlo Ancelotti was sacked was purely because he couldn't get the best out of Fernando Torres and nothing else.
Now straight away I thought to myself "Are you for real!

Germany are the overwhelming Women's World Cup favorites for two very distinct reasons:

i. They're better than everybody else two-time defending champs.
ii. They're better than everybody else and hosting the tournament.

But they've also launched a couple of campaigns one formal, the other less so in order to drum up interest.

Barnsley Football Club is an English soccer team, based in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, and nicknamed the Tykes. Barnsley FC currently campaigns in the English Football League Championship where they recently completed the 2010/11 season in 17th place. Earlier this week, the Barnsley FC 2011/12 home kit was unveiled.

Corporación Popular Deportiva Junior, also known as Junior, Junior de Barranquilla and by its former name Atlético Junior, is a Colombian soccer team based in Barranquilla. The club has won the Colombian professional football championship six times (1977, 1980, 1993, 1995, 2004, 2010) and currently campaigns in the top tier of Colombian soccer La [.

Club Deportes Concepción is a Chilean football club based in the city of Concepción. The club currently campaigns in the second tier of soccer in Chile, the Chilean Primera División B, following its relegation from La Primera División in 2008. Deportes Concepción made it to the second round of the Copa Libertadores in 1991 and 2001 [.

The new Mexico jersey for the 2011 soccer season has been unveiled by Adidas. El Tri, the Mexican national soccer team, will wear this jersey during the course of their Gold Cup and Copa America campaigns. The new Mexican home jersey is green in colour, with white stripes on the shoulders ( representing the kit [.

Scottish soccer powerhouse Celtic FC have unveiled their Nike 2011/12 third kit for next season's Scottish Premier League, domestic cup and Europa League campaigns. According to a press release from Nike: This season Celtic will play in a new third kit which pays homage to the history of the club, but with a contemporary colour and design.

Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Traditionally, United are nicknamed The Terrors and the supporters known as The Arabs. The club currently campaigns in the Scottish Premier League. On Friday, Dundee United their Nike home kit for the 2011/12 SPL season.

The new marketing campaign "Visit Spain, Visit Madrid" is now ready and shows all of Real Madrid's star players, like Cristiano Ronaldo act as "brand ambassadors" for both the Spanish capital and the country as a whole.

Unione Calcio Sampdoria (usually called Sampdoria) have officially launched their Kappa 2011/12 home, away and third kits for their upcoming Italian Serie B and Coppa Italia campaigns. The 11/12 Blucerchiati kits were on Tuesday with several soccer babes serving as models. The Sampdoria Kappa 11/12 kit collection consists of the club's traditional blue home kit, a [.

Eleven time Primera División Venezolana champion Caracas FC has unveiled its 2011/12 home and away jerseys for its upcoming domestic and Copa Libertadores campaigns. Nicknamed Los Rojos del Ávila (The Reds from Ávila) Caracas FC is the most successful club in Venezuelan soccer history. The team currently features Renny Vega, Alexander Gonzalez and Franklin Lucena of [.

- Jason Davis
So here we go again. Two MLS teams start their CONCAChampions campaigns tonight. After the thrilling, but ultimately disappointing, story of Real Salt Lake to start the year, the tournament that has remained such an MLS bugaboo is back to twist our gonads.
MLS has five teams in the group stages, a new high.

Ricky Hoegg by VarsitySportsWest.com

From the Crestview News Bulletin Choctaw's Hoegg bound for Missouri State

FORT WALTON BEACH — Choctawhatchee boys soccer coach Chris McDaniel read off Ricky Hoegg's scoring output during his prolific career with the Indians and came to the only reasonable conclusion:

"These are some unbelievable stats that he put up," McDaniel said.

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football club from the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais founded on January 2, 1921. Cruzeiro currently campaigns in the top-tier of Brazilian soccer – the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A. The club finished in 2nd place in last season's league and won the 2010 Campeonato Mineiro.

Having once featured England internationals such as John Barnes, David James and Ashley Young through the years, Watford FC currently campaigns in the second tier of English soccer – the Football League Championship. Last Saturday, the Watford FC BURRDA 2011/12 home kit was officially launched. It was worn for the first time during the subsequent 0-1 [.

Leading figures in French football - including national team coach Laurent Blanc - have been accused of trying to implement racial quotas for non-white players in youth academies.
Lilian Thuram is France's most capped player with 142 appearances under his belt. Originally from Guadalupe, Thuram now campaigns against discrimination in football.

São Paulo-based Corinthians Paulista has released the Nike 2011 third kit that is will use for this year's Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and Copa do Brasil campaigns. Its release follows the Jaunary launch of the Corinthians Nike 2011 home and away jerseys. The Corinthians Nike 2011 third shirt features a print of St.

Málaga FC will sport the logo of the United Nations cultural organization as part of an "Imagining Peace" campaign that will also include Internet and social media messages aimed largely at youth.

A copy of 'The Footballers' Guidebook - Life as a professional footballer and how to handle it', will be handed to every player in the top four divisions next season.

Electronics manufacturer Samsung are today launching a second season of their ‘Win A Pro Contract' nationwide football talent search, in association with Swindon Town FC.

From now on, we will be trying to give a little room to charities, volunteer organisations and others that need your help in some way or another that are related to football and are worthy of your attention. If you have anything that you feel we would be interested in, drop us a line via the Contact page and we will do our best to help to publicise your cause or project.

Cruzeiro Esporte Clube is a Brazilian football club from the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais founded on January 2, 1921 that has featured players such as Alex, Dida, Ronaldo, Rivaldo and Ramires through the years. The club currently campaigns in the top-tier of Brazilian soccer – the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and finished [.

To work at FIFA as a Brand Manager your duties will include: Manage marketing or brand management related projects Manage the development and drive the marketing of key event-related brands for FIFA competitions (e.g. logos, mascots, posters, slogans, badges) Manage or assist with brand-related events such as launch campaigns, handover ceremonies etc.

By Chris Wright

Taking the wee-wee out of the very sport that you're attempting to advertise? Perhaps not the smartest of campaigns from ESPN's SportsCentre team at least it's hil-a-rious...

Yeah John, get up.

el Jimador, 100% blue agave tequila, announced the launch of its soccer-themed consumer experience on its Facebook page

Dundee United Football Club is a Scottish professional football club located in the city of Dundee. Traditionally, United are nicknamed The Terrors and the supporters known as The Arabs. The club currently campaigns in the Scottish Premier League. On Friday, Dundee United their Nike away kit for the 2011/12 SPL season.

After constantly intoning that Saturday's overwhelming mediocrity counts for little in the grand scheme of things, I thought I'd actually compare how Liverpool's fared in previous preseasons to the subsequent league campaign. I'm well aware that preseason games don't count for points (among other caveats), but bear with me; it's the best way to force this forced comparison.

The Wales Umbro 2011/12 home kit to be used for the rest of the team's EURO 2012 and early 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification campaigns has been officially launched. The new Wales home strip was worn for the first time during Wednesday's 2-1 international friendly loss to Australia at the at Cardiff City Stadium.

Getafe football club releases tongue-in-cheek video in an attempt to boost its number of season ticket holders

Meet The Minnows: A statistical analysis of Europe's Whipping Boys is a post from: Just Football

Okay so they're bad, but just how bad? Making his debut for Just Football here's Jake Miller with a statistical analysis of UEFA's minnows.

During the last round of qualifiers for next summer's European Championships in Poland and Ukraine, the world's number one ranked team, Holland stuffed perennial losers San Marino 11-0.

Club Atlético Lanús, known simply as Lanús, is a sports club from Lanús, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. The club's soccer team currently campaigns in the top tier of Argentine football La Primera División. Lanús has won two major championships in its history, the Copa CONMEBOL in 1996 and the 2007 Apertura, and finished the [.

One team looking to bounce back from a rough 2010 and another looking to prove it still belongs among the league's elite kick off their respective 2011 MLS campaigns at RFK Stadium in the nation's capital.

D.C. United faces optimism and high expectations after a horrid year was followed by an offseason that included the acquisitions of Charlie Davies, Dax McCarty and Perry Kitchen.

Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English football team based at Gresty Road in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's historical links with the rail industry, the club currently currently campaigns in the Football League Two. Crewe Alexandra is famed for an academy that that has produced a slew of English and Scottish [.

Imogen Thomas has returned to work – in a Man United kit promoting Paddy Power's offer on the Champions League Final. Paddy Power will refund losing bets if United lose the match.

We're playing Brazil TWICE live on SBS.
Daily highlights from the Women's World Cup and the best U17's take on the World.
Then it's the Under 20's in August.
Check out the kick-off times and schedules here
In a big month for Australian football, the Matildas and Joeys begin their FIFA World Cup campaigns, while the Young Socceroos prepare for the FIFA U-20 World Cup in July.

My Day, My Life - Women's Soccer online mini-series ahead of the Women's World Cup in Germany. Karina LeBlanc: How does life pan out for the Canadian player?

Amy gets to train in beautiful Palm Beach. How does she prep for the big games in Germany and get ready for her wedding at the same time?