The 2014 World Cup maybe some way off yet, indeed we have yet to witness the 2010 version in South Africa. Nevertheless, even though some 5 years away there is already a world cup buzz in Brazil.
The 2014 venues have recently been chosen, they are as follows:
As with all selection processes there are winners and losers, the winners are, the capital, Brasilia (no shock there), naturally too, Rio and Sao Paulo are selected. Belo Horizonte gets some of the games as does Porto Alegre, Curitiba in the south and Cuiaba in Central Brazil.
The north-east...
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Brazil in the FIFA World Cup
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FIFA, which stands for Federation Internationale de Football Association was founded in the year 1904. Today it is known as Football world cup. The competition is held between the national football teams of the countries who are the members of FIFA. The history of the FIFA World Cups till date will be incomplete if Brazil is taken out from it. The matches played by the country have created sensation and have taken the standard of the tournament to a new high. Though the game was started by the English but this is also a fact that the Brazilians...
Find Soccer Jobs at the 2011 World Cup, 2014 World Cup (and Beyond)
Are the sounds of the vuvuzela calling to you? Do you want to wish you could be part of the World Cup action in South Africa, rather than just watching the games on TV?
This year's competition might be halfway over, but the job opportunities for you are just beginning. If you love soccer (or should we say football) and want to turn that love into a career, check out these opportunities at the 2011 Women's World Cup, the 2014 World Cup, and with some of the world's largest soccer organizations.
Soccer Jobs at the 2011 Women's World Cup
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World Cup 2014 - Can Brazil Host It?
In 2003 FIFA pronounced the World Cup will be in South America, under its new rotation system (which begins in South Africa in 2010). The last time the World Cup was hosted in South America was in Argentina in 1978.
However, mistrust started unnerving in September 2006, with Brazil's president admitting the country did not have the stadiums to host the event.
Brazil was the only country on the continent which said it wanted to hold the event and why not? They have plenty of space, many live out of football and a possibility of many investors.
Brazil's...
FIFA Save The World Cup - Implement These Five Rule Changes For Soccer Before 2014
Soccer is now showcasing its twelfth World Cup event in my lifetime; this is the first one that I've watched. I confess that I'm no expert in soccer. However, as a lawyer with more years of experience than I'd care to remember, I am an expert on rules. I know bad rules when I see them, and soccer's got plenty of them.
I realize that I'm writing in futility since everything I've read about FIFA describes it as a lumbering bureaucracy that moves at the speed of erosion. Worse, reports are that FIFA is enjoying the controversy, happily viewing...
Brazil's FIFA World Cup Preparation Is Behind Schedule
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The FIFA World Cup 2014 is due to be held in Brazil. While the five-time world cup winners would be looking forward to playing before home crowds, they have other worries ahead of the event.
The host nation is well behind schedule in its preparedness to host the prestigious event, according to FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke.
Valcke has expressed concern at the slow progress shown by the host nation of the 2014 mega event. The lack of progress has been most obvious in Sao Paulo, where a new stadium is under construction. The stadium...
Three Tips on How to Visit the 2014 Soccer World Cup on a Limited Budget
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By Tatyana Helleland
With the qualification draw for the 2014 Soccer World Cup getting closer every day, many football fans are starting to make plans about traveling to Brazil to cheer on their favorite teams. It is already known how the places in the final tournament will be distributed between the different groups, and the pairings in the play-off games will be soon be determined. Fans are impatiently waiting for this news that will come from Rio de Janeiro at the end of July 2011 and are checking what options they have for traveling to...
Top Five Teams To Win 2014 FIFA World Cup
Although it might be too early to speak about the possible threats to the defending champions Spain, but let us discuss about the possible teams who could lay their hands on the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
Brazil, known to be the paradise for football, is all set to host the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Let us discuss about the teams who would be the potential challengers for the 2014 World Cup and also speak about the defending Champions Spain, who have been winning each and every single thing in the past.
Brazil: The 5 times World Champions would be looking...
FIFA World Cup 2014 - Expectations Flying High
The recently concluded 2010 FIFA world cup held in the African country South Africa has just arrived and gone, and everyone's has already got their eyes fixated on the host of the next world cup to be held in Brazil. All of the satellites are now redirected towards the South American continent where the action is going to be taking place. Every football loving person hopes and expects the Samba Brazilians to put up a better performance than the South Africans.
Owing to the very fact that, the Brazil is the home of football, the expectations...
FIFA 2014 World Cup Soccer - Who Won 1930 Through 1962?
The FIFA 2014 World Cup comes to Brazil, but who won the first Championship and when?
The First Cup was in 1930 in Uruguay, South America. The tournament celebrated Uruguay's Centenary Constitution and because they were the 1928 defending Summer Olympic Soccer Champions. Thirteen Teams Participated, 7 from South America, 4 from Europe and 2 from North America. All the games were played in Montevideo, Uruguay, and the 4 semi-finalists were Argentina, Yugoslavia, United States and Uruguay. Uruguay defeated Argentina 4-2 in the finals and...
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