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Gender inequality is a worldwide problem that has been going on for far too long. Imagine doing something that you love for a living but not being able support to yourself or your family. Pay inequality is an issue in many jobs, but is especially prevalent in the sports world. Generally, female athletes are paid much less than their male counterparts even though they play the same sport. In fact, most of the National Women’s Soccer League players live within the poverty line. The pay gap in…

which was $61.6 million. This past year has been a very revolutionary year for Women’s Soccer. Canada hosted the WWC and the USWNT won the tournament. For their win, the team got $2 million. For the German National Men’s Team, who won the 2014 World Cup the year before, they got $35 million for their win, while the USMNT who lost out in the Round of 16 and got 15th, received $9 million. Still in soccer, the NWSL players are paid between $6,000-$30,000, while players in the MLS get paid a minimum…

where soccer is originated, but the game spread throughout Asia, Europe, South America, Africa, and North America by learning the culture and rules of soccer. Even if United States aren’t fit towards the soccer culture; But in the Women’s FIFA World Cup, United States won the 2015 championship over Germany and Japan. Yet in the Olympics, there are many different sports that aren’t recognized in the United States and still a US athlete plays that sport because of understanding about through…

Introduction All sports are beautiful and the sportsmen who participate are role models for kids. The games end being ugly when some players cheat and when the officiating is biased. The cheating culture in such games causes scandals and misconduct to grab the limelight than it should. Sometimes little or no actions are taken and a lot of unfairness is displayed at the end of it all. Cheating in today 's global sporting world has become very common since players and officials put their selfish…

stereotypes, and gender equalities. Of course, the equality of women through sport has changed over time, but there are still unequal opportunities for women to this day. Media coverage for women consist of televising the Olympics, Women’s FIFA World Cup, as well as tennis and curling; whereas for men, each sport played is televised. This also ties in, regarding the stereotypes, for women who play sports or have played; the stereotypes…

and some Bangladeshis are regarded as the largest groups of migrant labourers in Qatar. The abuses and exploitations that they are facing is actually equivalent to the modern-day slavery. Workers are dying each day in Qatar due to poor working conditions. Furthermore, the workers are not able to escape mainly because of the work permit absence. Most of the construction companies denied the fact that they have not paid the migrant workers for several days. In several cases, workers were compelled…

For my blog project, I have been focusing on the FIFA corruption scandal that started in 2010 during the World Cup in Africa. When I was researching blogs, many blogs were viewable however, most of the ones I clicked on were only the main post, they had never received any responses. I luckily found three blogs after a while of searching. The only downside is that the comments and posts on these blogs were not current for 2016. Many of the comments were posted roughly around the exact same time,…

1) The high-profile person I selected for the ‘Google Gotcha!’ activity is Tiger Woods. 2) When googling Tiger Woods, I was met with a mix of positive and negative stories. The positive stories where ones that focused on his return to professional golf. Tiger is currently in recovery after multiple surgeries to heal his injured back, knee, elbow, and neck. The positive links are ones either detailing his recovery or anticipating his return to the PGA scene. The more negative and image-hurting…

soccer team manager has been described as “the impossible job”, even one of the best England manager Alex Ferguson said that England manager is an impossible job that he has turned down twice. Indeed, after Alf Ramsey lead the England team won the World Cup in 1996, none of an England manager has managed to achieve the quest of winning another major international tournament so far. The question is why is that so hard and impossible to win the international tournament. As the result, this essay…

An Argumentative Essay Name: Ajuna Mwombeki & Vincent Bito-On Section: C The Controversy behind the Qatar 2022 World Cup In the world of football, the FIFA World Cup is the most watched, entertaining and anticipated football tournament in the world. In 2010 Qatar had undeservedly been announced by FIFA as the host of the 2022 World Cup, whose announcement caused a lot of controversy due to the involvement of corruption, the unsuitability of Qatar as a host and the abuse of migrant workers’ human…