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    the king at the time, King Edward III. This ban was set into place around the year of 1365. This ban was introduced to Scotland a few decades later. Around the year of 1424, Scotland 's King James I decided that no man will be allowed to play football (“football” is how many foreign countries have named soccer). For centuries, the activity of the sport seemed to become lost, but there was a resurgence of the sport around the year of 1815, This is where many of the modern rules that are set in place

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    Soccer, the world most popular sport was has been played for over 2000 years in many diffent cultures. Historical records have shown that the Chinese played a game that they called Tsu- Shu during the Han dynasty () "Tsu" means kick with the foot and "Shu" means leather ball. The game was essentially played by the Chinese to improve the footwork of the emperors soldiers, so you can incur that it was less of a game and more of an exercise. Around 1300 years ago the Japanese started playing a game

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    class, generation, locality or any kind of social group that has its own clear culture. Global identity is the rights, responsibilities and duties that come with being a member of the global entity as a citizen of a nation or place. The roots of globalization run very deep referenced to the past events. From then human culture, people have moved in search of new opportunities and the meeting of many kinds of people and cultures inspired a mix and a process of implementing customs and values. Under the

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    Soccer as a Popular Culture The soccer history dates back to more than thousands of years ago to the ancient China. Later, countries such as Greece, Central America as well as Rome have claimed to have been the origin of soccer. However, England is the country that have developed soccer to what we know today as football. Britain was the first country to develop the initial rules on uniform for soccer as well as stopping players from tripping their opponents and using their hands to touch the ball

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    A Critical Review of “The Ambiguities of Football, Politics, Culture, and Social Transformation in Latin America” by Tamir Bar-On. Introduction: In Latin America, soccer is not a game; it is a way of life. It is mixed in with politics and nationalism. It defines social classes. How politically influential is soccer in Latin America? It is used by “various Latin American socio-economic elites in order to retard the acceleration of working class and popular discontent” (Bar-On 1997:1.8). Is it

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    The New Wembley Stadium

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    project The New Wembley Stadium was envisioned as the one of the most ambitious projects in the world. It was called “the home of football” and considered to be one of the largest and glorious stadiums in the world. The 133m arch looks breathtaking when lit up at night shining magnificently across London. Wembley is known as England's icon of football. Football Association (FA) was the client of the project and its subsidiary was the Wembley National Stadium Ltd (WNSL). The main contractor involved

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    international football and peace. The Peace Village and Open Stadium in Messines, Belgium, joined together to create a football tournament for national youth teams which concludes with a remembrance of the truce with football stars from around the globe. The project is part of a sustainable project on peace education which promotes football as a ‘positive peace message to young people’ portraying the truce as a ‘day of hope in a horrific war.’ As part of this project, the National Children’s Football Alliance

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    explores the culture of soccer. Doyle writes about everything that has to do with his favourite sport— from the attitude of hosting countries, to the attitude of fans, to the scores of the games, to the political side of soccer. Doyle discusses all the different aspects of soccer, all while travelling the world to watch soccer. The book begins with Doyle reminiscing to the first time he watched a soccer team— Ireland, 1967. Growing up in a family highly opposed to English pop-culture, soccer was something

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    incidents in the Greek football league are concerned. In the first part of this research project some theoretical considerations about determinants of violence, crime and delinquency in general and in sports are being analysed. For the purposes of this study I contacted a small-scale case study research project with 300 PAOK Thessaloniki FC supporters; in an attempt to determine the factors that contribute to the genesis or escalation of violence in the Greek football league.

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    Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was founded in 1904 and has 209 member associations. FIFA is split into six different areas. These are the president, congress, committees, marketing, and television. The executive committee, which is made up of 24 people and includes the President, is responsible for all the main decisions including which country will host the World Cup. It is governed by Swiss law and its goal which is enshrined in its Statutes, is the constant improvement of football. FIFA is

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