Do you know your game is tight, but feel there just isn’t enough flossing going on when you put on your present boots?  Maybe you just don’t have enough black diamonds and sapphires.  Chelsea’s John Terry has solved this problem by having Umbro make him a boot worth upwards of $250,000.

The boot has 84 black diamonds, 27 carats of white diamonds and 11 carats of sapphires.  All together they make one of the tackiest, unattractive boots ever assembled by man.  But we have to excuse him in this case, because they are for charity.

The boots will be auctioned off at the VIP launch of Rio Ferdinand’s Live The Dream Foundation this Wednesday in London.

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So back in 1994, my Junoir year of high school, a guy on my team came back from a trip to Denmark.  With him he brought a kick ass pair of Mizuno boots.  I remember my first thought was that the dude got suckered because Mizuno only made baseball cleats.  But sure enough these were soccer boots.

In a fit of nostalgia I went to the Mizunousa.com website today to look at their cleats, and guess what?  No soccer section.  That’s right Mizuno hates America.  How do I know?  Because their US website looks like it was programmed circa 1998 AND they are hiding their precious boots from us.

Yet I know they make them, I have seen them with my own eyes.  So I decide to try and out think The Man and go to Mizuno.eu, their European site.   I had to infiltrate the system by claiming my region was UK/Ireland, by doing so I was allowed access to their treasure trove of boots.  Not only did I get access, but the website is a beautiful exercise in flash programing.

So the question remains, why doesn’t Mizuno want my US Dollars?  Do they hate us for our freedoms?  Are we unfit to wear their gear?  Are our hairless women so much of a temptation that they refuse to barter with us on principle?

We’re waiting Mizuno…

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Arsenal and Danish international striker Nicklas Bendtner is selling his infamous custom Nike Mercurial Vapor Berry pink boots on eBay for charity.

Bendtner wore the boots when he scored against Dynamo Kiev in last years Champions League at the Emirates Stadium. The auction ends Saturday September 12th, and all proceeds will go to Danish charity cycling team, Team Rynkeby, who support a Danish childrens cancer fund. You can bid on the shoes here, more pictures below:

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Fabio Cannavaro became Italy’s most capped player after playing a friendly Wednesday August 12th against Switzerland. These are the custom Nike T-90 Laser II boots Cannavaro wore during the game in celebration of the milestone.

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Under Armour are yet another sports equipment brand entering the Soccer/Football/Futbol boot arena. Below are pictures of their first two offerings “Create” and “Dominate”, along with a Making Of video:

Under Armour Dominate Pro

Under Armour Create Pro

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