FIFA World Cup

Historic sporting events over time have shaped the way fans view the sports, who they cheer for, and the entertainment value for the fans. These events impact the sports industry in fan attendance, television views, and merchandise sales. Sports have been around for centuries, and have been popular in the United States since the early 1900’s. Throughout sports history, there have been many important, or defining moments. Moments that have shaped the way we see these sports and the excitement…

has been affiliated with FIFA beginning the same year. There has been and continues to be trouble within the sport in Sierra Leone. In the past, however, the country has achieved a modicum of success in international competition. The Sierra Leone Premier League is the top football league in Sierra Leone, with 14 teams. At the completion of each season, the two worst teams are relegated to the second level, and their places taken by promoted teams. The Sierra Leone FA Cup is the national knockout…

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 Century by the IOC, and Time named him in their rundown of 100 most influential individuals of the twentieth century. In 2013 he got the FIFA Ballon d'Or Prix d'Honneur in…

the beautiful game of soccer has been a sport played all over the world, played by many ages and admired by all. In Europe, South America, Asia, and Africa, soccer is as big of a deal, if not more, than American football is in the United States. While soccer has not been in the United States for that long, the American people do not elevate it to the same status as they do baseball, basketball, or football. In the rest of the world, soccer is considered to be their pastime and they watch it at…

matches. In the 1985 pro soccer was legalized, after that the Football League was established. The first season had 12 clubs. (Street Directory) Women were excluded until the late 19th Century, women could play. The FA Cup was the most important competition ever, besides the FIFA World Cup 1930 with (Uruguay) playing every four years. England and Scotland were the national teams which at the end of the game was left to 0-0.…

Californian player to appear in the three finalists in her junior year (Who). Morgan was selected to join the United States Women's Soccer team at age 17. She couldn’t play with the team until April 2008 because of a ACL injury (Who). In FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup International 2008, United States wanted to get to the championship. In the final match facing against North Korea, Morgan scored the winning goal (Alex). In Puebla, Mexico she marked her international debut and scored her first…

The purpose of this article is to elucidate the sociological insights that can be learned from analysing the relationship between political, economic and cultural phenomenon within football institutions at both a global and local level. Giulianotti and Robertson(2004) assert that football is vitally important to our understanding of globalisation because roughly one billion people have an interest in the sport and it allows these groups to interact. Soccer acts like a microcosm of the concept of…

There are a lot of sports in the world that millions of people can choose to participate in and/ or follow, whether if it is because they are forced to watch/ participate or if it is for their own interest. We all know that in America, some of the favorite sports nationwide are basketball and football, for the most part, but in reality, soccer beats all of them at a worldwide scale. But why? Why is soccer the most popular sport in the world? Well, it’s the most popular because of its history,…

soccer is in the top three highest attended sports events in the world with 136,505. Continuing this soccer is the most watched sport around the world, it is known as the people’s game because it is all about the people and the supporters. We all come together to support our favourite team with all these other people we don’t even know. But all we know is they are sharing the same love you have for the team and sport. The world cup, the biggest sporting event that happens every four years, think…

he could do with a ball and his feet. Pele was the youngest to ever join an International Soccer team. After 2 years he won his first World Cup. They defeated sweden 5-2. Pele is remembered around the entire world by soccer fans and…