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Well, here I was today, blogging about South Africa, the World Cup, and technology, and look what I found: Sony Twilight Football! It’s a worldwide event where countries around the world will be participating in “football” (In the United States, we call it soccer; other countries call it football) games held at twilight, around the world. It’s hosted by non other than Sony, that company extraordinaire when it comes to photography and technology. I’ve long wanted an illustrious Sony camcorder because of Sony’s superior low-light capabilities, and here’s a great chance to see what Sony has to offer.

The event will take place on September 22, 2009. Seven twilight football games are planned, all to be held in the most beautiful locations: Iguazú Falls, Argentina; Tintagel, UK; Pinnacle Desert, Australia; Antequera, Spain; Venice, Italy; the gorgeous Alps at the border of France; and the finale will be at the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa! Wow, it’s going to be spectacular viewing. Here’s a video with a preview of the fun to come (those soccer guys are such clowns! Is this what they call “Dodge Bull”? *snort*):

Yeaaaaah. If you had asked me initially who I thought would have won this practice game, I’d have said the bull. But after watching the entire video, aren’t these guys AMAZING?!

I’m looking forward to catching a few of the matches and seeing how the Sony equipment performs in the low-light, super-high-action conditions (not to mention maybe they’ll have the bull do a little show). The photos on the Twilight Football website are beautiful. It’s a real inspiration, definitely. It’s great that they are putting emphasis on the beautiful surroundings and on the ability of players to work as a team– that’s why I like soccer so much. (That, and I was QUITE the soccer player as a kid). Check out the website– Twilight Football– for viewing information and schedules.