Zakumi Zakumi Zakumi the Leopard was the Official Mascot for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He is a cheerful, sporty anthropomorphized leopard with green hair, presented on 22 September 2008. His name comes from "ZA", the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code for South Africa, and "kumi", a word that means "ten" in several African languages, referencing the year 2010. Za is a code for South Africa and kumi means ten in many African languages so it signifies South Africa 2010. Zakumi the leopard's birth date coincides with a day known and celebrated as Youth Day in South Africa. The group A match
Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year Sporting News Men's College Basketball Player of the Year The "Sporting News" Men's College Basketball Player of the Year is an annual basketball award given to the best men's basketball player in NCAA Division I competition. The award was first given following the 1942–43 season and is presented by "Sporting News" (formerly "The Sporting News"), an American–based sports magazine that was established in 1886. No award winners were selected from 1947–49 and from 1952–57. Repeat winners of the "Sporting News" Player of the Year award are rare; as of 2016, it has occurred only six times in the award's 63