2003 Cricket World Cup

According to New World Encyclopedia over 240 million people play soccer in more than 200 countries. Soccer is considered the most popular sport in the world. More and more people are learning about the history of soccer, how to coach it, the players involved, and the types of plays in soccer. Soccer, which is called football in many countries, has been played for many years. Dating back to the second and third centuries in China was the first form of the game (“Soccer”). Soccer has been…

in the world and is expected to be the next Pele in the coming years. He has been a contributing player throughout his whole life and will always be a key for any team’s success. Neymar Jr., the world’s most expensive soccer player, created a new world of soccer, used Responsible risks to innovate ways to overcome other players, and illuminated the world by becoming an uprising legend in soccer history. Neymar Jr. created soccer history as being the most expensive player in the world at 222…

Football, known as soccer in the United States, is ranked as the most watched and played sport in the world. With more than 240 million people who regularly play it, the sport has grown to be the most popular in the world (FIFA). What no one acknowledges after all, is the dark side of football, which includes homophobia, corruption, and most commonly racism. Racism has been a persistent problem, especially in Europe since it “first appeared around the 1970’s when England’s black players were…

has been around for a long time, and there seems to be no answer to satisfy everyone no matter how big the popularity of futbol overshadows its counterpart. The best sport in the world overall is futbol not american, but the original futbol that is known through the world, and is played by the majority of the world 's population. The debates answer might be hard to swallow at first, but after a few facts the truth is undeniable futbol or how americans call it soccer is way more advanced than…

In 2015, several complaints were lodged against FIFA because they provided the Women’s World Cup with only artificial turf for them to play on. This caused numerous injuries to many female players at the international level. FIFA has never hosted a major international tournament on artificial fields for men. Another difference noted is how harshly…

The History of Soccer The Beautiful Game, God’s Game, Football, Soccer, and many, many other names it goes by but this sport is much more than a game, it unites people all around the world no matter what color their skin is or what religion they practice or from what country they come from. Soccer is a way for different communities to get along with each other, to reconcile after a war or tragedy as this sport is all about love and respect for one another. Every time I step into a pitch i feel…

that many people call it “Garrincha’s World Cup” Mario Zagallo, Garrincha and Pelé’s teammate during the 1962 world cup, said “I have only ever seen two players win a World Cup alone: Garrincha in 1962 and Maradona in 1970” (Garrincha- The Genius of Dribble). During this World Cup Garrincha was unstoppable winning the golden boot and golden ball awards, but this performance in often overshadowed. Partly by the tragedies that absorbed Garrincha after the World Cup turning him from public hero to…

Sixty years ago, if you saw me and my family in public, there is a great chance you would not recognize us as being a family. My dad, my mom, and my three oldest siblings are Caucasian Americans. My sister, my foster-brother, and I are all Black South Africans. I even have a brother-in-law who is Taiwanese and Paraguayan. There is a good chance that sixty years ago my family would not be out in public together. There is a good chance we would not exist. However, if we did exist as a family,…

The two things I am going to talk about is when Mandela didn’t really give Francois Pienaar's the Invictus poem. Then the next one I will talk about will be when the ANC actually booed Nelson Mandela when he was walking out on the field for the World Cup game, instead of cheering “Nelson Nelson Nelson.” After doing some research on both of these I was able to find out some facts that proved that what they put in the movie were not historically correct. I will start off with when the ANC booed…

appreciated records in the soccer history. He has won awards for scoring goals, winning highly acclaimed tournaments and received world-wide recognition as one of the highest paid soccer player. This young soccer player born on June 24, 1987 is a native of Rosario, Argentina. After moving to Spain at the age of 13, Lionel Messi never thought that he will become a world-famous soccer player one day. During his teenage time, he was treated for hormonal deficiency syndromes. Today, Messi is a star…