not spread from Brazil to the same extent as other drinks like the caipirinha.

Traditional recipe
1 part of fruit juice (or coconut milk)
1 table spoon of sugar
2 parts of cachaça

Place all the components in a blender and blend very briefly, just to mix all the components.  Serve cold or in a tall glass with ice.

An optional recipe is made adding sweet condensed milk and/ or sour cream along with the fruit juice.  Like almost all of the cachaça made drinks, some people prefer to replace the cachaça with vodka.

The most popular batida flavours are passion fruit and coconut.  However, one also commonly finds guava, mango, or pineapple in these drinks.  Many exotic combinations are possible, including apricot and peach, or chocolate and peach, or figFrom Missiles To The Pitch: The Story Behind World Cup Tech

U.S. national soccer team player Michael Bradley ran 10.4 miles during the team's World Cup game against Belgium. Brian Kopp of STATS LLC explains to Melissa Block how technology first developed by the Israeli military is now being used in athletics.

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

At the World Cup in Brazil a stream of real-time data has been pouring off the field. We can find out exactly how many miles each player has run and how fast - also, detailed tracking of ball possession and location. We wondered, how is all that data being collected? And Brian Kopp is the guy who can answer that question. He's senior vice president with the company STATS. It owns the SportVU technology behind those