<tt id="6hsgl"><pre id="6hsgl"><pre id="6hsgl"></pre></pre></tt>
          <nav id="6hsgl"><th id="6hsgl"></th></nav>
          国产免费网站看v片元遮挡,一亚洲一区二区中文字幕,波多野结衣一区二区免费视频,天天色综网,久久综合给合久久狠狠狠,男人的天堂av一二三区,午夜福利看片在线观看,亚洲中文字幕在线无码一区二区
            Home>News Center>Sports
                   
           

          FIFA comes long way during past 100 years
          (Agencies)
          Updated: 2004-05-21 09:18

          Diego Maradona captured it with a mesmerizing run through England's lineup. So did Pele, with a leaping header that was foiled by Gordon Banks' brilliant save.

          Zinedine Zidane's bewildering footwork and George Best's dribbling wizardry are yet more examples of the magical appeal of a game that has enthralled fans for a century.


          Brazil's soccer star Pele kicks the ball over his head during a game in Sept. 1968, location unknown. At 100 years of age, international soccer has been there, done that and most assuredly sold the T-shirts: trade disputes, globalization, star-power, violence and racism, skyrocketing salaries, but most importantly, some of the most beautiful moments in sporting history. [AP]

          Call it football, soccer, fussball or calcio, the world's most popular sport raises passions from Buenos Aires to Barcelona, Manchester to Milan, Seoul to South Africa. And, yes, even in the United States.

          Now the game is celebrating a notable birthday with its world governing body, FIFA, which was formed in Paris on May 21, 1904. FIFA president Sepp Blatter celebrated Thursday in the city at the start of the centennial congress. French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin, Paris Mayor Bertrand Delanoe and IOC president Jacques Rogge also attended.

          At 100 years old, international soccer has been there, done that and most assuredly sold the T-shirts: trade disputes, globalization, star power, violence and racism, skyrocketing salaries, but also, some of the most beautiful moments in sporting history.

          Played by an estimated 240 million people around the globe, soccer is followed by more fans than for the NFL, major league baseball, the NBA and the NHL put together.

          The World Cup, staged every four years, is by far the most watched single-sport event in the world. Two years ago, an estimated 1.3 billion tuned in for Brazil's victory over Germany in the final, nearly 10 times the audience of this year's Super Bowl.

          And the 1994 World Cup in the United States, which set a World Cup attendance record, sparked the start of Major League Soccer two years later in a nation traditionally cool to the sport. The U.S. team won the first Women's World Cup in 1991, then won again eight years later when the tournament was played in the United States.

          "Football is as old as the world," Blatter said. "People have always played some form of football, from its very basic form of kicking a ball around to the game it is today.

          "And now, from its humble beginnings, it has become one of the largest employers in the world, the business with the biggest earnings in the world."

          FIFA said last month it estimated a $144 million profit on $1.64 billion revenue from 2003-6.

          "I am very happy to see FIFA's 100th anniversary and the stability it has gained," said former German captain and coach, Franz Beckenbauer. "FIFA right now is in very good condition."

          Starting in 1930, the World Cup has been the stage for some of the sport's grandest moments:

          There was the United States upsetting England 1-0 in 1950; and a 17-year-old Brazilian named Pele scoring six goals in his first World Cup in 1958, including two in the final to help Brazil beat Sweden 5-2 for its first title.

          There was North Korea emerging from obscurity to defeat Italy in 1966, and Banks' 1970 save against Pele — perhaps the greatest in World Cup history — a move Pele later would liken to a "salmon leaping up a falls."

          And there was Argentina's Diego Maradona in 1986, cutting through the entire English defense as if he were slaloming down a mountainside to score perhaps the tournament's greatest goal.

          Of course, soccer is as much about the players as it is about the game itself.

          Pele, the most famous player, has been the personal guest of more than 55 heads of state and three popes, and he has dozens of soccer stadiums named in his honor.

          In the 1980s, it was Maradona who captivated the world's imagination. Author of two of the most famous goals in history — the so-called "Hand of God" and "Feet of a God" goals — Maradona has seen his best seller "I am Diego" translated into 30 languages in 80 countries.

          England' Manchester United is thought to be the most valuable sports franchise in the world, estimated to be worth $1.2 billion.

          "The biggest change in soccer comes from all the money the big companies have brought into the sport," Pele said. "I played for almost 30 years, and over that time, I didn't make as much money as the players now earn in three years.

          "But the game itself hasn't changed that much. It's probably tougher now because there is so much more at stake, but what makes a good game is still good players. And the definition of a good player is pretty much the same today as it was in my time."

           
            Today's Top News     Top Sports News
           

          Experts: Chen Shui-bian on road to instability

           

             
           

          Meeting smoothens China-Viet Nam problems

           

             
           

          Soldier: Abu Ghraib prison abuse normal

           

             
           

          China condemns US human rights report

           

             
           

          Iran, a peaceful land, embraces visitors

           

             
           

          Shanghai property mogul stands trial

           

             
            Weary Wolves prepare to face Lakers
             
            FIFA comes long way during past 100 years
             
            What now beckons for David Beckham?
             
            Diving: Champions tour moves to Shanghai
             
            Target set for footballers at Asian Cup
             
            Jordan still wants to own club
             
           
            Go to Another Section  
           
           
            Story Tools  
             
          Advertisement
                   
          主站蜘蛛池模板: 亚洲欧美偷国产日韩| a级免费视频| 国产麻豆天美果冻无码视频| 精品女同一区二区三区不卡 | 微拍福利一区二区三区| 日本一区二区三区福利视频| 无码内射中文字幕岛国片| 亚洲美女av一区二区| 国产一级特黄性生活大片| 成人午夜大片免费看爽爽爽| 日本欧美一区二区三区在线播放| 成人免费A级毛片无码片2022| 亚洲精品国产综合久久一线| 97久久精品人人做人人爽| 亚洲人成色7777在线观看| 国内精品久久久久久久影视麻豆| 四房播色综合久久婷婷| 日韩精品一区二区av在线| 免费无码肉片在线观看| 精品久久久久国产免费| 国产一区国产精品自拍| 国产亚洲精品品视频在线| 久久久精品人妻一区二区三区 | 野花在线观看免费观看高清| 天堂V亚洲国产V第一次| 国产av不卡一区二区| 欲乱人妻少妇邻居毛片| 亚洲高清aⅴ日本欧美视频| 精品国产一区二区三区四区五区 | 精品少妇无码一区二区三批| 午夜射精日本三级| 久久伊99综合婷婷久久伊| 狠狠综合久久久久综| 亚洲免费视频一区二区三区| 国产精品国产三级欧美二区 | 高中女无套中出17p| 中文字幕精品亚洲字幕成| 成人免费AA片在线观看| 国产精品自在欧美一区| 亚洲精品无码不卡| 99久久国产综合精品麻豆|