The world cup Soccer outside the United States and Canada‚ the game of soccer is called football. Soccer is the world’s most popular game‚ with the best players meeting every four years to compete for the World Cup. It is bigger than baseball‚ American football and basketball combined. Statistics showed that a global television audience of 49 billion people tuned in to watch the 2002 World Cup (FIFA.com “Pure Football” pg.1). The World Cup is held every four years‚ hosted by a different country
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surveys for the World Cup. So by a number of hands‚ how many of you have heard of the World Cup? I’ll be informing you all a little more knowledge about one of the biggest competitions in the world. (Change) I’ll be teaching you all about the history of the World Cup‚ awards given during the competition‚ and about the next World Cup. (CHANGE) First‚ we will be discussing the history of the FIFA World Cup. FIFA stands for Federation Internationale de Football Association. * The World Cup began back
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Yamila Ohaco Urbani. Football World Cup: sports‚ business‚ politics? “What is the reason for the football World Cup to be considered such an important sporting event?” is a question that has triggered widespread debate since time immemorial. Sports‚ business and politics are popularly believed to be the different options that can be chosen to explain why this event is so essential worldwide. However‚ in my opinion the three factors should be considered to cause this tournament to be such an important
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THE WORLD CUP Ow! I said as Eric slide tackled me. We were playing a two vs. two game and max was on my team while James was on Eric’s team. "Free kick" I said‚ "fine" said Eric as I trotted over to retrieve the ball. When I set the Ball down James stood right in front of it. "Get out of the way James" Max said. Finally James got out of the way and I kicked the ball. It took a slight deflection and went into the dump. "Not again" I said as I walked over to look in the dump for the ball. As we
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The Soccer World Cup 2014 in Brazil Will the World Cup bring economic boom or bust? 13th of June‚ 2012 Table of content 1. Brazil in the spotlight 4 2. Current economic situation 4 3. Sporting events and the FIFA World Cup 6 4. Challenges and efforts for the World Cup preparation in Brazil 7 5. Consequences of the World Cup for Brazil 10 5.1. Economic consequences 10 5.2. Political consequences 12 5.3. Social consequences 12 6. Analysis 13 6.1. SWOT Analysis 13 6.2
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Edson Arantes do Nascimento‚ KBE (born October 23‚ 1940 in Três Corações‚ Brazil)‚ best known by his nickname Pelé‚ is a former Brazilian football player. In his native Brazil‚ Pelé is hailed as a national hero for his accomplishments and contribution to the game‚[2] in addition to being officially declared the football ambassador of the world by FIFA and a national treasure by the Brazilian government. He is also acknowledged for his vocal support of policies to improve the social conditions of
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511-060 Nike Football: World Cup 2010 South Africa Nike Football revenue had grown from $40 million in 1994 to more than $1 billion in 2008. In just under 15 years‚ it had reached a sales level that took some of its competitors over 50 years to achieve. Although not the end goal‚ the 2010 World Cup was another unique moment in time for Nike to create separation between the company and its competitors. Edwards knew he had to seize this opportunity and pull his team together to deliver a
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The FIFA World Cup‚ often simply the World Cup‚ is an international association football competition contested by the senior men’s national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)‚ the sport’s global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930‚ except in 1942 and 1946 when it was not held because of the Second World War. The current champions are Spain‚ who won the 2010 tournament. The current
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« Can the World Cup bridge South Africa’s sporting divide? » 1. In what ways are South African sports divided along racial lines and what factors perpetuate this “segregation”? Racial segregation has ruled the major part of South Africa’s History and seems to remain along time. Though apartheid has been abolished in 1994‚ black and white populations stick to old habits regarding certain fields. If you look closer into sports‚ for instance‚ you will discover that some are considered for
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Cricket World Cup is the biggest international event of cricket. The first Cricket World Cup was played during 1975 in England (www.wikipedia.org). The first three matches were also recognized as Prudential Cup with the sponsorship of prudential plc‚ it is a pecuniary services company. Till the1992 Cricket World Cup‚ only 8 teams used to participate in the tournament. Later on‚ the number of teams increased and in Cricket World Cup2007‚ 16 teams had participated. But in 2011 Cricket World Cup 14 teams
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