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By Ben Hooper
Sept. 28 (UPI) -
- Portuguese soccer legend Luis Figo and a team of interna- tional players put their skills to the test in zero gravi- ty to break a Guinness World Record for a high altitude game of soccer.
The Guinness World Record attempt, organ- ized by Mastercard, saw Figo and a team of players from around the world
boarded a plane specially outfitted with an on-board soccer field and the flight took a parabolic path to simulate zero gravity for the game at 20,230 feet.
The game offi- cially broke the Guinness World Record for high- est altitude game of football (soc- cer) on a para- bolic flight.
"Football tran- scends bound- aries and unites people around
the world. I have played in stadi- ums where the electric atmos- phere sparks emotions that cuts across cul- tures and nation- alities; this was the exact same experience I had playing this beau- tiful game at 20,000 feet above ground with a group of fearless football fanatics taking their passion for the sport to unprecedented heights," Figo said in the news release.
Misprinted UC Irvine Sweatshirt Pulled FromCostco
After Costco released misprint- ed UC Irvine sweatshirts and removed them from stores in less than a day, stu- dents and alumni are now seeking to purchase the defective mer- chandise.
The sweatshirts d esigned for the University of California, Irvine, which were being sold at three Costco locations in Orange County, misspelled the school’s name as “UC Urvine Anteaters.” After recognizing the mistake, the Costco stores “took immediate action to have [the sweatshirts] removed.”
Many current and former students, however, are actively seeking the defective
sweatshirts, with one Twitter user stating that they would “go to LENGTHS” to acquire one.
Vivian Le, a 2010 alumna, stated that she has never purchased UC Irvine’s mer- chandise, but would “definitely buy this” and expressed confi- dence that other students would be interested in buy- ing the defective sweatshirts as well.
Le checked eBay for possible list- ings of the sweat- shirt but was unable to find any.
Others have begged those who managed to purchase the sweatshirts to list them for resale.
“It’s definitely a novelty item that a
lot of students are gonna want,” one student told CBS. “I would definitely show it off, be a little proud that they’re reppin the merch.”
A spokesperson for UC Irvine stat- ed the university “was made aware of the defective merchandise over the weekend at three Costco stores in Orange County.”
“UCI regularly works with ven- dors and on mer- chandising, design, manufac- turing and retail. Although there are different places in the mer- chandising chain where a defect may occur, it is a rare occurrence,” the spokesperson said per East Bay Times.
Zero Gravity Soccer Game Breaks World Record At 20,230 Feet