FA Cup

The 2012 FIFA World Cup was held in Brazil, a country that lives and breathes soccer. Therefore, one would be surprised to know that the people of this country were outraged with hosting the 2012 World Cup. There was an outbreak of riots in the slums of Brazil due to the amount of money the country spent, but did not have, on the magnificent event. In an episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, he informs his audience on the issues regarding FIFA. John Oliver successfully informs his…

Pele was born in Três Corações, Brazil on Oct 23, 1940. His full name is Edson Arantes de Nascimento. He was the first child of João Ramos and Dona Celeste. Pele was named after Thomas Edison he moved with his family to the city of Bauru as a young boy. Joao Ramos, better known as “Dondinho” struggled to earn the living as a soccer player, and Pele grew up in poverty. Still he developed a rudimentary talent for soccer by kicking a rolled-up sock stuffed with rags around the streets of Bauru.…

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, born in Três Corações, Brazil on October 23, 1940. He is generally known as the Brazilian Football Forward, Pelé. Broadly respected to be the best player ever. In 1999, he was voted World Player of the Century by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS). That same year, France Football asked their previous Ballon d'Or victors to pick the Football Player of the Century...Pelé was chosen. In 1999, Pelé was then chosen Athlete of the…

In “Russia ban adds to South Korea’s Winter Olympics woes” by James Griffiths explains how Russia not competing has had a major impact on the ticket sale of the already low amount for the upcoming Winter Olympics in South Korea. Russian Athletes like Evgenia Medvedeva and Irina Avvakumova plan to not compete if they cannot compete under the Russian flag. With Russian spectators making up a large number of the visitors to winter games, South Korea struggles to get ticket buyers. The term oil with…

organizing the world tournament known as the world cup. The women’s world cup, and most international football tournaments formally classified as an association of associations with a non-commercial not for profit purpose. FIFA nevertheless, generates millions of dollars annually in profits by selling its Tv and marketing rights and thanks to big name sponsors for example Fox: an American broadcast network won the rights to showcase the 2018 and 2022 world cups for a reputed $425million dollars…

they are built up in your lifetime” (Ghillyer, 2014, p.4). Personally, if I am in doubt, I ask myself can I live with this decision and will anyone get hurt. In this case, Greg Mortenson could have made better ethical decisions. In the article, Three Cups of Tea: Mismanagement or Fraud which states in April 2011 journalist Jon Krakauer and 60 Minutes correspondent Steve Kroft…

Argentina has always had a historic fútbol rivalry with Brazil because they have produced the best players in the world like Messi, Ronaldinho, Pele, and Maradona. According to ESPN statistics Argentina and Brazil have won the most World Cup, Confederation Cup, and Olympic Tournament championship. They both have a record a close record of victories against each other since their first meeting in 1914. Since then players from these countries have gone on to play for the biggest European teams in…

“Goal!!!!” The roar of the crowd is the best sound. Hearing them chant your name. If you ever scored a winning soccer goal in the last two minutes then you know how I feel. Beautiful kick and perfectly flowing right into the corner of the goal. Now that’s what you call perfection. Knowing you are the star of the game is the best feeling. Enduring until the end is the way to go for all sports. Just because the game is almost over does not mean you can’t win it. You’re in it to win it so endure…

Three Cups of Tea is a book written by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Mortenson and Relin wrote Three Cups of Tea in 2006. Mortenson has co-written two books about his humanitarian efforts in northern Pakistan. Mortenson co-authored Three Cups of Tea because he wanted to gain publicity for his charity, the Central Asia Institute. Relin collaborated with Mortenson on the book because he had a passion for victims of poverty in Central Asia, and he had traveled to Vietnam in the past. Relin…

That alone would convince any football loving American to believe it is the best sport in the world. But when you look at the world’s viewers, the super bowl has 111.5 million viewers, and the world cup has an astounding 909.6 viewers. Obviously soccer wins this. Soccer is the only sport with a world championship. Yes there is the Olympics and the super bowl, but all in all soccer takes the cake with getting the world together to enjoy the sport. With…