Articles

World Cup 2014 Set in Brazil With Your Choice for 'Group of Death'

Group G gets early consideration for 'group of death' with Germany, Ghana, Portugal and United States.

• By David Trifunov, GlobalPost
• Tags: World Rec

Davis Cup Brings Free Tennis to Boise Youths

The Family Tennis Carnival at Julia Davis Park on Saturday, April 6, presented by the Idaho Tennis Association.

• By Sam Alderman
The carnival gives fans of all ages an opportunity to join in the energy of tennis and celebrate the competition. Games, drills and other tennis activities will run from 10 a.m. to noon and precede the Davis Cup doubles matches that start at 12:30 p.m.
• Tags: World Rec, Taco Bell Arena, Julia Davis Park

South Africa Kicks off World Cup 2010

Nation gripped by soccer fever, dances in the streets and proclaims "It is time"

• By Erin Conway-Smith, GlobalPost
• Tags: World Rec, World Cup, South Africa, Nelson Mandela

North Korea Soccer Team Cancels Zimbabwe Stay

Mugabe government's plans to reap benefits from 2010 soccer World Cup are not materializing

• By Zimbabwe Correspondent, GlobalPost
• Tags: World Rec, Walter Mzembi, Zimbabwe, World Cup

What Apple's "iTablet" could mean for Asia

Here's the latest chatter about the supply chain of the coming Apple gadget — if it really exists

• By Jonathan Adams, GlobalPost
• Tags: World Rec, Apple

Soweto's Vilakazi Street spruces up

World Cup will highlight historic street that was home to 2 Nobel prize-winners

• By Erin Conway-Smith, GlobalPost
• Tags: World Rec, World Cup

Video

The Politics of Pumping Iron

How weight lifting in the Gaza Strip is about more than sports

• By Jon Jensen, GlobalPost
On location with the next generation of Palestinian strongmen.
• Tags: World Rec, Gaza Strip, weight lifting, Video

Slideshow

Snowboarding in Snow-Covered Berlin

Germany has suffered from cold and snow, but add enterprising snowboarders and fun ensues.

• By Anna Lai, Special to GlobalPost
• Tags: World Rec, Germany, snowboarding, Slideshow

Top 10 Sports Figures Who Helped Define a Year

And one New Year's wish: that the glories of sport trump the inglorious in the coming year

• By Mark Starr, GlobalPost
From the infamous (Tiger Woods, Caster Semenya) to the impressive (Lance Armstrong, Usain Bolt), 2009 had a lot to offer.
• Tags: World Rec, Tiger Woods, Roger Federer, Usain Bolt, Lionel Messi, Lance Armstrong, Caster Semenya, Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, Kim Clijsters, Kobe Bryant, Manny Pacquiao

The Uniquely Scandalous Nature of American College Athletics

Unlike other countries, where clubs and junior leagues precede the pros, American colleges serve as feeders—and unholy ones at tha.

• By Mark Starr, GlobalPost
• Tags: World Rec, football, college football

Highlights from the 2010 World Cup Draw

A look forward a next year's match-ups

• By Mark Starr, GlobalPost
South Africa was more than a little unlucky, but for the United States there is hope where there was once despair
• Tags: World Rec, World Cup, Soccer, United States Soccer

Hey FIFA, How Low Can You Go?

On the sinking integrity of soccer's international governing body and why the World Cup will be regarded with suspicion

• By Mark Starr, GlobalPost
Contentious call puts light on international sports organization.
• Tags: World Rec, Soccer, World Cup

Golf's Homeland Laments Its Decline

For Scotland, the ascendancy of Scandinavian golfers was a wake-up call

• By William Echikson, GlobalPost
Birthplace of golf finds new ways of creating the next generation of duffers.
• Tags: World Rec, Golf, Scotland

Playing “Moneyball” With Money

Why the economics of America's national sport may never be the same.

• By Mark Starr, GlobalPost
• Tags: World Rec, Baseball, World Series

Hockey-Crazed Canada Can't Keep the Puck on its Own Turf

How a billionaire's thwarted effort to bring the Phoenix Coyotes to Ontario reinforces the troubling trend of NHL teams migrating south.

• By Sandro Contenta, GlobalPost
• Tags: World Rec, Hockey, Canada, Phoenix Coyotes

The 2016 Olympics: The betting odds

President Obama is headed to Copenhagen. Will it matter?

• By Mark Starr, GlobalPost
• Tags: World Rec, Olympics, Chicago

Surf's up in Liberia

Catching waves is an adventure in this West African nation that is recovering from war.

• By Myles Estey, GlobalPost
• Tags: World Rec, Liberia

Thanks, Fox

Thanks to Fox, American soccer fans can feast on European soccer — including this week's Barcelona-Inter Milan match

• By Mark Starr, GlobalPost

So Long Beckham. You Won’t Be Missed

Why soccer in America will survive a failed experiment

• By Mark Starr, GlobalPost
He brought fame to an unappreciated sport in the United States, but the love affair didn't last
• Tags: World Rec, Soccer, Los Angeles Galaxy, David Beckham

Mountain Bikers Find Surprise Solace in Colombia

Once the province of Marxist guerrillas, the mountains outside Bogota remain a secret from tourists.

• By John Otis, GlobalPost
• Tags: World Rec, mountain biking, Colombia

America wins gold! In frisbee.

Did you know the US has the world's best ultimate team? You're not alone.

• By Jonathan Adams, GlobalPost
Ultimate frisbee may be one of the fastest-growing recreational sports in the United States, but it's still fighting to shed its image as a campus quad past-time for the patchouli crowd, and be taken seriously on the world stage.
• Tags: World Rec, ultimate frisbee

Lance Armstrong is Not a God

But he is pretty impressive, grabbing a virtual dead heat for the lead as the Tour de France rolls along

• By Mark Starr, GlobalPost
• Tags: World Rec, Tour de France, Lance Armstrong

Lance Armstrong, the French and a mysterious bathroom break

• By Mark Starr, GlobalPost

Paragliding Paradise

Brazil hosts World Cup of human flight

• By Seth Kugel | GlobalPost