The 2014 World Cup begins on June 12‚ when Brazil plays Croatia in the opening match. Reporters and editors for The Times will count down to the start of the tournament each day with a short capsule of news and interesting tidbits. Perhaps the biggest change at the World Cup will be the introduction of goal-line technology for those rare instances of dispute. Far more common in the game are vexing tackles from behind‚ which FIFA‚ soccer’s world governing body‚ has expressed new concern about.
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here. Obama‚ Shakira‚ Bill Clinton‚ even Charlize Theron. But finally the missing piece was put in place on Sunday at Soccer City when Nelson Mandela made a 2 minute appearance. The tournament had been missing the man who did so much to win the world cup for South Africa after a tragedy on the night before kickoff struck his family. It seems Madibas spirit is always and will always be with South Africa‚ particularly at times like these‚ so his presence at the final was celebrated by all. South
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Introduction The Carmancine Travel Agency will be in charge of four Brazilian tourists (Two married couple) during their stay in South Africa for the World Cup 2010. The tour is called Herafrica and consists of eleven days in total including the first day (arrival) and the last (departure). The aim of this tour is to give the coming tourists the opportunity to watch three matches live in South Africa and be part of the cultural diversity. They will also spend three adventurous days in Mozambique
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Yiju Kim February 26‚ 2013 Wood – Public Speaking Tuesday 6:00 Three different World Cup official match balls General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform my Speech 1315 class about three different World Cup official match balls. Organizational Pattern: Topical I. INTRODUCTION A. Attention Getter: Imagine sweaty people on the ground. There are many audiences. The players are focus on little ball. They are passionate. They are eager for win. Which sports can you
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English Discursive essay A winter World Cup FIFA president Sepp Blatter has recently admitted to the Daily Mail that by electing Qatar to host the 2022 could have been a “ mistake”. Soaring temperatures in the Middle East will make it almost impossible to play the tournament in the traditional months of June and July therefore‚ the first ever winter world cup looks likely. This has caused much heated discussion within the footballing sector. The wonderful game of football has always been
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INTRODUCTION The FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association) World Cup is an international football competition contested by national men’s teams. The first tournament was in 1930 and since then the championship has been held every four years (www.fifa.com‚ 2010). In the year 2010 South Africa will be the proud host of the FIFA Soccer World Cup. Since 2004‚ when South Africa was chosen to host the World Cup‚ there were a lot of concerns whether or not South Africa can successfully
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most important competitions for the sports. It is the FIFA world cup. It will be the 20th official FIFA world cup and it will happen between June 12 and July 13 of 2014. The winter will not stop everybody to have a good time because the temperatures during winter time in Brazil usually do not go below 45 degrees. Brazil will be host the competition for the second time. The first time was in 1950 right after the World War 2. The two world cup before this one got canceled because of the war. In 1950
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something different to make the game a lot more entertaining. This eventually came in the shape of the first World Cup in 1975. Before that‚ it was in the year 1900 that cricket was played in the Paris Olympics in which Great Britain beat France by 158 runs in a two-inning match. That was closest to the concept of a mega event that the game of cricket experienced. Therefore‚ a cricket World Cup was something to look forward to‚ a competition in which eight teams bunched into two groups participated
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openly and honestly about his efforts to knock Nike off the Top Spot in 2010 by leveraging the firm’s $200 million World Cup sponsorship push to its full advantage. Currently within spitting distance of Nike’s 2007 €11.1 billion revenue‚ Herbert explains how the World Cup equates to big wins for brands like Adidas in terms of sponsorship‚ advertising and exposure. “The World Cup is definitely the biggest event for us‚” he admits‚ adding that football is in the DNA of the sporting giant. A global
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Vodafone gets World Cup co-sponsorship Mumbai: Telecom services provider Vodafone Essar Ltd has bought the co-sponsorship rights for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup for nearly Rs45 crore‚ two media buyers said. The deal makes Vodafone‚ which also sponsors the annual Indian Premier League (IPL) Twenty20 cricket tournament‚ one of the biggest sponsors of India’s most popular sport this season—even as rival brands face a cap on the air time they can buy. “That would make Vodafone the single largest
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