Watch out for the up and coming 2010 FIFA World Cup soccer trophy to be hosted for the first time in South Africa. This 19^th tournament will take place between June 11 to July 11^th with the US opening the tournament on June 12^th against England in Rustenburg and following against Slovenia in Johhanesburg on the 18^th and wrapping it up against Algeria in Tshwane/ Pretoria on the 23^rd. However, before heading off for the World Cup in SA, the US Men’s National Team will have to face Turkey and the Czech Republic for the Send Off Series. The game against Czech Republic will be at a site yet to be determined while the tournament against Turkey will take place on May 29^th in Philadelphia. According to U.S. head coach, Bob Bradley, the Send Off Series games provides a ‘great opportunity to fine tune US plans and test against some of the better teams in Europe before the  matches in South Africa’.

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The International Olympic Committee will host the new Youth Olympic Games in Singapore August 14-26 . The event will invite 3600 young athletes, ages fourteen to eighteen and from twenty six different sports to compete for Olympic medals and wrestling trophies. The Games will be held every four years in Winter and Summer events in tandem with the current Olympic Games. One of the sports to be featured is youth wrestling. Fourteen different classes will be divided as five weight classes in men’s freestyle, five in Greco-Roman and four weight classes in women’s freestyle. Greco-Roman wrestling is a style of wrestling that is practiced worldwide. It differs from freestyle wrestling in that it forbids holds below the waist. Both styles have been included in Summer Olympics held since 1908.

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Awards and trophies run the gamut when it comes to the sport of hockey. With the NHL hockey season in the final game series, these hockey trophies and awards will be the highlight of the events. Even if you are not a hockey sports fan it’s probable that you’ve at least heard of the Stanly Cup Award. For a little background, the Cup was initially a donation trophy given to honor the best amateur hockey team in Canada, where this sport more or less governs even today. In 1982, it was donated by Lord Stanley of Preston, Canada’s Governor General at the time. The Cup has been won by the Montreal Canadian’s for a record of 23 times including the pre NHL period. This record was far followed by the Toronto Maple Leafs. In more recent times the winning of this award has made some of the most exciting highlights in the American news and media especially the 1993-94 Stanley Cup winning by the New York Rangers. Last year’s Cup winning trumpeted the Pittsburgh Penguins, who are returning again this 2009-10 season, over the Detroit Red Wings.

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The medals won at the Vancouver 2010 Olympic this year have rolled in and, as expected, have created quite some excitement. For the U.S., Olympic medal making news this year highlights winners such as Evan Lysacek, winning the Gold medal in men’s figure skating. This is a big achievement for the U.S. as the former and quite intimidating Russian gold medalist, Evgeni Plushenko, has seemed to eye and own the Gold medal hands down. After all, he won the Gold medal at the 2006 Games and the Silver medal at the former 2002 Games. In addition to that, he is a three time World Champion, a six time European Champion, a four time Grand Prix Final Champion and eight- time Russian National Champion! The news is that Russia is ‘outraged’ over his loss, believing that Lysacek stole the Gold from Plushenko as a result of poor judging.

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For the first time since 1960 Olympic gold pairs figure skating medals did not go to Russians. The first place at the Olympics in Vancouver took the couple from China - Shen Xue and Zhao Hongbo. They scored 216.57 points. In second place another Chinese couple - Pang Qing and TONG Jian with a result of 213.31 points. Bronze with representatives of Germany - Aliona Savchenko and Robin Szolkowy (210.60).

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Lionel Messi and Barcelona were the definite winners of World Soccer's 2009 Awards, triumphing in three out of four categories: World Player, Team and Manager of the Year awards. Messi is the first Argentinian to win World Soccer's World Player award since Diego Maradona in 1986. And Barcelona dominated this year's soccer awards -- he Spanish team not only played winning soccer they also played one of the most entertaining brands ever seen. The fast paced game was played  by some of the best players in the modern day game as Barcelona returned to the side of glory after many years of failure in both Spain and Europe.

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In the world of sports the big questions are surprisingly immediate and simple. What team? What player? Which coach? Basically, who will win and who will lose? Who will upstage a champion and who will become the next legacy? Who will walk away with the most prestigious award or trophy? Perhaps one of the biggest arenas for such questions to circulate is that of basketball. Once again, basketball fans of all ages nationwide are anticipating the heat of the basketball season on the high school, college and professional levels. Key upcoming tournaments and events such as the annual March Madness season and the Naismith Trophy presentations for college and high school basketball are examples of occasions that will yield numerous answers to these much anticipated questions. The answers will be numerous because in today’s basketball scene, many wins will happen, yet few legacies will be made.

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In a day and age where the presentation of trophy awards are as frequent and common as the weekly winnings of the pick five lottery, it is not unreasonable to wonder if the history of the trophy and its tradition may be forgotten. Weekly, if not daily, a simple click of a television will broadcast awards given and received, nominations made and winnings and titles earned or lost. Most recently in January, the Peoples Choice Awards flooded our televisions, computers, radios and smart phones. How many of the newly designed trophies were presented to the likes such Jonny Depp, Sandra Bullock, and Keith Urban, to name a few. In November, the media highlighted the trophy winning of basketball wonder boy, Kobe Bryant, for Most Valuable Player of the season and Finals. And, in December most of us, football fans or not caught glimpse of the 75th Heisman Memorial Trophy award given to Mark Ingram for Most Outstanding College Football Player of the 2009 season.

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