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Change of Focus on S-O, New Serie A site launched!

May 11, 2010 - Tzaneen, South Africa - epa02153775 Two members of the Vakhegula Vakhegula grannies soccer team walk with their kit bags on their heads as they walk to play a game of soccer on the dusty rural field in Nkowankowa near Tzaneen, South Africa, 11 May 2010. The grannies play soccer twice a week and have to dodge cow dung and long grass under a scorching sun. The oldest member of the team is 85 years old and they say they are looking forward to watching and learning from international players during the South Africa FIFA 2010 World Cup. Vakhegula Vakhegula translates as grannies from the local language Xitshonga. Cancer survivor Beka Ntsanwisi set the team up in 2006. Doctors told her that although she was receiving treatment for lung cancer she still needed to keep fit. Courageously she invited other elderly women in the community to join her in playing soccer in a bid to stay healthy and supple. Initial skepticism was overwhelmed by huge interest and now there is even a league called the Top Eight.

As much as I love soccer, especially Serie A and the EPL, Sports Opinionated has been a confusing read for our fans.

Typically, the fans of North American-based sports are not the same fans of soccer, although that is changing somewhat.  That said, Sports Opinionated will narrow our focus to just hockey and football (the North American kind).  The goal will be to provide a statistically-relevant and in-depth analytical look at both sports, with the usual bad jokes sprinkled in as well.

This doesn’t mean I’ll be ignoring my love of The Beautiful Game.  Pete and I have launched the Pink Shirt Wise Guys site dedicated to Italy’s Serie A , with podcasts, formation analysis, stats and features like our goal of the week.

So, over the next few weeks, you’ll see the soccer articles disappear from here and start popping up on the PSWG site.  If you’re a soccer fan, please come by for a visit!

Buzz it!

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