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African World Cup 2010 Qualifiers
African World Cup 2010 qualifiers include all the games played to determine the 32 finalists for the championship. FIFA World Cup will take place for the first time in the history in Africa, in 2010. Each nation on the continent dreams about this fiesta. However, what teams will qualify for Africa? The preliminary matches have [...]
Fun Facts About Soccer
DID YOU KNOW THAT…
The word favourite doesn’t mean much in soccer (football) today. Paraguay won the silver medal in soccer in the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece.
DID YOU KNOW THAT…
In 1962 the FIFA World Championship was held in Chile for the first time. Brazil captured an unprecedented 2nd FIFA World Cup by defeating Czechoslovaquia (currently [...]
Who Has Scored the Most Goals in World Cup Soccer History?
Almost every culture around the world has some type of connection to the history of football/soccer. Such cultures as the Ancient Greeks, Persians, Vikings, The Chinese, Japanese, and much more, played a game that is much like today’s football/soccer. For instance, The Chinese played “footballer” games dating as far back as about 3000 years ago. [...]
World Cup Soccer: Football That Unites The World
In every sporting event one can invariably find a player, a team, a nation, poised to become the next memorable story – a story that will survive the test of time and go down in history. The FIFA World Cup is unique, in that, every country can qualify. It is the only tournament that can [...]
History of Soccer
As you probably know, soccer is the most played, watched and televised sport in the history of mankind. According to FIFA (Federation Internationale de Football Association) there are currently 270 million people that are actively involved in the game of football. (That is about 4% of the world population) So why has this sport become [...]
Heroes of the FIFA World Cup – Haiti 1974
A Tribute to Haiti – The Magic Island!
Despite several problems in the Island, in 1974, the Haitian squad ranked among Latin America’s finest teams, along with Brazil and Argentina, as well as Uruguay and Chile. In that time, the world’s first black republic qualified for the X World Cup in Munich (West Germany). The country’s [...]
Amazing Facts About FIFA World Cup 2010
FIFA world Cup is an event which is organized in every four years by the Federation Internationale de Football Association. In this event the men’s national football teams of various countries take part. In order to qualify for the world cup, all the football playing nations must qualify for the qualifier matches which are played [...]
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