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    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 responsible for the organization and governance of the major tournaments around the globe. They are responsible for the

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    Switzerland just to watch the friendly matches. I also heard that, most of the 2006 World Cup was full of bribery and chaos. People didn 't realize there was bribery going on because, all others cared about was the World Cup and which country was going to win. And under FIFA president Sepp blatter’s 17 year reign, exclusive foul play has surfaced. In 2010, the host countries for the 2018 and the 2022 World Cups were selected. FIFA was criticized for choosing two hosts at once. Critics warned this

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    women in tennis. Women continued to make challenge men in all jobs. As women became more commonplace in the workforce the demand for equal pay became even stronger. More recently, this issue returned, this time in US soccer. Energized by their World Cup win, key members of the US Women’s National Soccer team, Ali Krieger, Hope Solo, and Becky

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    FIFA is the largest group running world soccer. It brings in billions of dollars in income each year with advertisements and the World Cup. In different ways, international soccer has always been corrupt. Whether it was the people in power, financially, or with the games themselves. FIFA has had numerous allegations against them before, but when this scandal came into light, it was totally different. This was the first time that the United States Department of Justice has gotten involved with accusations

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    When a fan finds out their team lost because the game was corrupted they start to hate the sport. Soccer is the most popular sport in the world and this level of corruption ruins the game on the international scale (Mills). My teammates from Costa Rica witnessed corruption with the refs in the 2015 Gold Cup in the summer. It was the Quarter Final (Mexico vs. Costa Rica) and the game was tied going into penalty kicks. The ref decides to be cordial and giveMexico a gift by

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    Messi Persuasive Speech

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    In 2014, the world was captivated by the FIFA World Cup. Let?s paint a picture of that epic match. In what was seemingly the perfect end to a perfect sports tournament, Leo Messi put his home country of Argentina on his back and led them to the final against a perennial football juggernaut in Germany. With the game tied 1-1 throughout the second half, Mario Gotze (Germany) put in the go-ahead goal in extra time to take a 2-1 lead. With the game coming to its conclusion, Argentina was

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    Lionel Messi Controversy

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    pundits. The majority from both fans and pundits vouch for Lionel Messi over Pele and Maradona as the greatest. Those against Lionel Messi argued that these two players (Pele and Maradona) are regarded as the greatest in the world, because they single handedly won world cup for their respective countries. Not only that, they were outstanding in their individual teams and helped brought glories to those clubs. Those in favor for Lionel Messi counter argue that, as much as soccer is a

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    Latin American Art

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    To begin addressing this assignment first I must define what art is throughout the weeks I have been enrolled in “Art and Architecture of Latin America.” To me what I have come to interpret is that art doesn’t necessarily have to involve paper, pencil or paint. Art is something that receives public reaction or that it can relate to someone. For example, take the drawings of Diego Rivera. One of his most famous works named “History of Mexico from the Conquest to the Future” can be found in Fresco

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    it was announced that Qatar would host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, after the FIFA Executive Committee voted in a secret ballot in Zurich. The government of Qatar’s successful proposal bid defeated four other candidates to stage the 2022 edition of the world’s greatest sporting event: Australia, Korea Republic, Japan and the United States of America. Qatar, with a population of 1.69 million people will be the first Arab state to host the World Cup. Consequently, Qatar is the smallest nation, both by

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    There are an increasing number of less-developed countries entering a bid to host major sport events such as the Olympic Games or the FIFA World Cup. Less-developed countries, also called developing countries or newly-industrialised countries, are defined according to the HDI (Human Development Index), which is composed of some measurable elements such as GNP (Gross National Product) per capita, number of years schooling and life expectancy (European Commission 2011). Some countries that are regarded

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