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  What Makes Soccer So Popular? Soccer is a global game and it is bridging gaps between gender and race. Nowadays, soccer’s popularity has increased tremendously by different name across different countries. According to a survey, soccer is played by around 4 million people across the globe and which is why soccer is crowned as a global sport. Originated in twelfth-century England, soccer is the world’s most viewed sporting event. Nowadays, people are obsessed with FIFA world cups and it has become a part of their lifeblood. Soccer has successfully grabbed the attention of the global audience and unites the world as one. Here’re a few reasons why soccer is so popular around the world: Global sport As mentioned earlier, Soccer is a global sport which implies that it is viewed and played across different countries. Unlike other sports, soccer is the only sport which is enjoyed by people of all age group. It has bound the people of different race and community together. Easy to play A...

  A Brief History of Soccer By  Parker Mcintosh on  June 2, 2020 Soccer, or better known to the rest of the world as football, is one of the oldest sports in history. Dating back to 206 B.C., there are accounts of Chinese soldiers playing Tsu’chu, “kicking the ball,” to supplement their training regiments during the Han Dynasty. While many other ancient cultures played games involving a ball, Tsu’chu was the first to not allow hands. Goals consisted of a net attached to two bamboo poles and elevated 30 feet in the air. This is quite the contrast to modern goals that sit on the ground and extend eight feet high and 24 feet wide. The particular style of playing a game with a ball, centered around one’s feet, spread throughout the world.    During the medieval period in Europe, particularly in England, games were played in towns that pitted rival squads against one another. This was called Folkball. The goal was to place the ball into a designated area, usually t...

  Soccer - health benefits Actions for this page https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iyj-ki2FGYA Soccer is a good sport for maintaining health, fitness, strength and endurance. You can play with a club, learn through a junior clinic or have a kick with friends. Make sure you have plenty of fluids on hand and rehydrate regularly. Don’t overdo it. Mix up your physical activity with other low-impact sports. On this page Health benefits of playing soccer Other benefits of playing soccer Planning to play soccer Avoiding soccer injuries Where to get help Things to remember Soccer (also called football, especially in other countries) is the most popular sport in the world and is played in most countries. It is a team sport, involving 11 players on each side who use their legs, head and torso to pass a ball and score goals. The nature of the game means that players may be sprinting, running fast or slow, and sometimes may be standing around. As play during soccer is continuous, soccer is great f...

  THE AFRICAN POWER IN EUROPE 23.11.2021 https://www.footballbenchmark.com/library/the_african_power_in_europe Africa has been a source of great talents in recent decades providing many football legends who reached their peak performance in one of Europe’s top clubs. Can you recall Zimbabwean goalkeeper Bruce Grobbelaar, who played in one of Liverpool’s finest teams during the 1980s, Ivorian Didier Drogba, winning three EPL titles and the UCL with Chelsea or Samuel Eto’o from Cameroon, a four-time African Footballer of the Year? There is no doubt that, amongst other players currently active in Europe, the likes of Liverpool’s Egyptian Mohamed Salah, Manchester City’s Algerian Riyad Mahrez or Senegalese Kalidou Koulibaly playing for Napoli will join such an all-time top African players list. In addition, the next generation is already knocking on the door, with players like PSG’s Moroccan defender Achraf Hakimi, Bayer  Leverkusen‘s Burkina Faso centre-back Edmond Tapsoba o...

  How Does Soccer Connect People Around the World? The World Cup gives people from all over the world a chance to share their love for soccer. Nobody expected the Japanese soccer team to beat Columbia during the World Cup. As the final whistle blew for their upset victory, you would expect the Japanese people that travelled to Russia to celebrate wildly, the way many sports fans do. They did applaud their team for winning. Then they did something surprising. They took out trash bags and cleaned up the stadium! They wanted to be good guests in Russia and not leave a mess. Other fans from around the world admired the Japanese fans. During the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, Brazil lost a humiliating 7-1 defeat to Germany. People were worried the hosts would be very upset. Then cameras showed a Brazilian fan giving a model World Cup trophy to a German fan. He was congratulating the Germans for winning! Global sporting events like the World Cup give fans from countries all over the world a c...

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