A global audience of 3.2 billion people – about 46.4% of the world population – watched the World Cup tournament of 2010‚ according to FIFA‚ the world governing body of soccer. The final between Spain and The Netherlands alone had an audience of approximately 530 million. There is little debate about which sport is more played and watched more than any other. It unites and divides cities and countries. It sparks debate and controversy‚ which is discussed within families‚ with co-workers‚ and even
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Andrea Pirlo‚ Ufficiale OMRI[1][2] (born 19 May 1979)‚ is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus and for the Italian national team. He is usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker for both Juventus and Italy and is regarded as a leading exponent of this position.[3] Praised for his technique‚ dribbling‚ control‚ incredible vision‚ inventive play and his accurate passing ability‚ he is also a set-piece specialist and is known for his long distance shooting and
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Sport (or sports) is all forms of usually competitive physical activity which‚[1] through casual or organised participation‚ aim to use‚ maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing entertainment to participants‚ and in some cases‚ spectators.[2] Hundreds of sports exist‚ from those requiring only two participants‚ through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants‚ either in teams or competing as individuals. Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based
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was passed all women could play soccer across the world which made them happy that they were being recognised for playing soccer and for making it into a game that women could play which was a very good idea because they started to get more fans and making the game more popular than it already is. Also they started to make league around the world too. Women also had tournaments to compete in too. They were CAO‚ CONCACAF‚ CONMEBOL‚ and the World Cup were made in 1991 then the olympics was in 1996 (History
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Sample Data used for this example: User Id is : 2011143967 Tags Hits FIFA World Cup 2014 2186 Web Exclusive 1647 Football 1320 Special 1296 Brazil 1224 Uruguay 845 Argentina 775 Netherlands 756 Greece 703 Method 1 Tag Counting: In this method‚ we simply count the number of hits that user has generated on a tag. For example‚ data is stored as shown in the table above. Then we select the top 3-4 tags that the user interested in‚ in order to profile the user. Advantages:
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kick a ball of leather with the foot (Liss). Humanity is motivated by money and god. Money is not uncommon in soccer. Soccer is like a childhood desire to make dreams come true no matter what the cost. Soccer is one of the most popular sports in the world‚ and is the one sport that rules it. To understand soccer you must also know it’s history. As said above it was started by the Chinese. It was also played by the romans. They called it harpastum. (Liss) The natives of the Tower of Babel also played
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Who knew that on June 27‚ 1987‚ the best soccer player in the world would be born? That is for Lionel Messi who is currently 25 years old and playing for the club FC Barcelona located in Barcelona‚ Spain. However‚ Lionel Messi is originally from Rosario‚ Argentina where he grew up playing soccer until his life changed at the age of 13. During his childhood‚ Messi had unbelievable talent for his age and was better than his two older brothers. Although‚ when he was 13 he was unusually smaller than
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which means the country of football. The sport is extremely skillful‚ creative‚ free-slowing‚ fast past and dramatizes the tension between creative and disciplined efficiency. There is over 10‚000 Brazilians that play professionally all over the world. Brazilians consider Futebol magical because it impacts people on a personal level and shares personal experiences
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sport in the world‚ in terms of participation and the number of fans who watch the game. ‘The Federation International de Football Association’‚ commonly known as FIFA‚ is the governing body for the World game. FIFA governs and regulates all major competitions‚ both at club and national level and helps to oversee and uphold the rules of the game‚ both on and off the field of play‚ and organise all the major world soccer competitions. Although FIFA is the governing body for the World Game‚ different
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being kicked into a net strung between two poles. The main difference between Tsu-Chu and soccer was the height of the goal‚ which hung about 30 feet from the floor. From the introduction of Tsu-Chu onwards‚ soccer-like games spread throughout the world‚ with many cultures having activities that centred on the use of their feet. The Native Americans had ‘Pahsaherman’‚ the Indigenous Australians ‘Marn Grook’ and the Moari’s ‘Ki-o-rahi’ to name a few. Soccer began to evolve in modern Europe from
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