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    MULTICULTURALISM IN BELGIUM FOOTBALL Multiculturalism in Belgium National Football Team Hakan Guher Antalya International University ENG 102, Section 10 Instructor Tugce Akyol May, 06, 2016 MULTICULTURALISM IN BELGIUM FOOTBALL Abstract The purpose of this research is demonstrate the quantitative and qualitative relationship between multiculturalism and Belgium Football. In recent years, football in Belgium has been noted as a great improvement. It moved from fifty third rank to the first in ten years in Fifa World Ranking. When Belgium National Team’s current squad and 2006 squad are investigated, big differences are outstanding. Being the first football team in Fifa World Ranking, Belgium National Team…

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    Why Is Soccer So Popular

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    Soccer and its popularity Originated in England and brought to the Americas, soccer has become a sport that is recognized around the world. Although the Chinese claim that they have been playing the sport way before anyone else, the sport became official in England in the mid-nineteenth century. Therefore England being fully credited for the rise of the sport caused a dispute. When soccer was brought to the Americas it for sure had competition with other sports such as football which is well…

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    The two sides first met on 14 November 1967 in the final of the 1967 Quoc Khanh Cup, held in South Vietnam. Australia won the match 3-2 and secured the nation’s first honour in international football. The last meeting between the two teams, a 0-0 draw, took place on 20 July 2013, at the 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup in South Korea. Australia, who began the 2015 Asian Cup as one of the favourites, was ranked 100 in the FIFA World Rankings and tenth among AFC teams, while South Korea was Ranked 69…

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    Soccer Player Messi Essay

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    This allows him move laterally at unbelievable speed, which is why he flits within flat-footed left-backs with such simplicity. Composure, here Messi throws away few chances once during on goal, and not often grabs at a shot. On one occasion into the penalty area, he frequently waits for a goalkeeper to entrust himself prior to intakingthe ball over him furthermore into the net. Control, like all true greats, Messi does not require one touch now to control the ball. As an alternative, his…

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    Zika Virus Research

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    supported the fact that climate change was to blame for the increase in infections and transmission of the Zika virus around the world. It is important that scientists take this virus serious and try to take action against it. There is always going to be a problem with bacteria and viruses…

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    Matthew V The person that I have chosen for my living history is Lionel Messi, the best soccer player in the world. Messi was born on June 24,1987, in Rosario, Argentina. His full name is Luis Lionel Andres Messi. Messi shares his birthplace with the Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara. His parent’s names are Jorge and Celia Messi. When he was a little kid, he was diagnosed with growth hormone deficiency. G.H.D means that you stop growing at a certain height or you grow really slow. The…

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    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 habitually pelted with bananas, ridiculed with…

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    The FIFA World Cup, or more commonly refered to as the World Cup is a global sports event that is organized once every 4 years. The most recent World Cup is hosted in the largest country in South America, Brazil, which is held from the 12th of June till the 13th of July of this year. The event has caused many troublesome effects on Brazil as a whole such as, rising inflation, decreasing jobs after the event, and spending government resources badly. According to Oxford English Dictionary,…

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    Sepp Blatter is a Swiss football executive and the eighth president of FIFA, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Having been born inborn in a remote Alpine town, he has been married three times and has one daughter, called Corinne. Blatter has greatly increased the influence of Asians and Africans in World Soccer. He, in addition, speaks fluent French, Italian, English, German and Spanish. Those are examples of his few good influences for the world. It is not yet totally…

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    Going hand in hand with the sponsors pulling out was the lack over viewership as the league aged. The league was booming with fans its first year of existence, but later found its fans faded with the memory of the 99’ Corld cup. A lot of different reasons are found to be the cause of peoples lack of interest. First of around the early 2000’s we had taken steps to reach closer to gender equality, but many people still viewed women as people who should stay home to cook, and raise children.…

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