World Cup News Roundup

As World Cup approaches this week, watch this space for coverage of the event in the international press!

New! The A.V. Club talks about the World Cup and which international teams have the deepest derby roots.

A brief piece in the Cape Gazette compares the Derby World Cup to the first FIFA soccer World Cup.

Canadian National Post photographer Tyler Anderson covered today's Team USA practice in this excellent photo essay.

The Guardian talks about what the World Cup is and how derby is different from other sports.

The Star talks about stars in the sport, including Bonnie Thunders, Atomatrix, Georgia W. Tush, and Bone Machine.

An awesome article in London's The Independent featuring Team England and Team Scotland, a ref, and skaters Stefanie Mainey and Raw Heidi!

Talk 2 Bristol interviews The Blizzard, a local who will compete in World Cup for Team Finland.

One News has a video piece up today on UK and Ireland's Yahoo News, about New Zealand's team, just before leaving for World Cup.

First up, an awesome Toronto Star article with video and Team Canada interviews, speculating that World Cup may be a predecessor to many skaters' Olympic derby dreams...

Team Australia makes headlines today in The West Australian, pre-World Cup.

Team England practice is covered in The Metro.

New Zealand's World Cup team gets some nice Sports Section coverage in The Dominion Post.

The Morgan Hill Times Sports Section covers Brazilian Bombshell of Team Brazil.

Birmingham Mail gets up close and personal with Violet Attack of Team England.

Vivien LeighEmOut gives the inside scoop on preparing to compete with Team USA in the Casper Star-Tribune.