Word: fifa
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Three years ago, when the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA) began planning this World Cup, it had a modest event in mind, in keeping with its somewhat patronizing view of women's soccer. But Marla Messing, CEO of the Women's World Cup Organizing Committee, who had worked on the highly successful men's 1994 U.S. World Cup, persuaded FIFA to hold the matches in big stadiums in big cities, a strategy that has paid...
SPORTS GAMES Pick any fast-moving sport, and there's a popular, highly realistic, multiplayer console game to go with it: NFL BLITZ, NCAA FINAL FOUR, FIFA '99 soccer. The teams, the players, the camera angles and even the commentary are exactly the same as the ones you see on TV. What's the harm in a little added interactivity...
...without Pete and the National Football League having anything to do with it. And by "football," I don't mean that strange, local game popular among inhabitants of North America! I'm talking about true world football--what you call soccer. How on earth did you manage to overlook FIFA, the governing body of world football? PAUL ERIK NORTON Oslo...
Though dedication to the game takes up a lot of their time, the FIFA junkies do find time for other important aspects of life. They take breaks for lunch and dinner, for example. Several are involved in long-term romantic relationships, though one was discovered by his gown-clad girlfriend just five minutes before the Radcliffe Senior Soiree. He was still in his jeans, his gaze locked on the screen during an intense game of Mario Kart. Although he lost that game, their relationship somehow survived. Perhaps women just can't resist them--Anna M. Harr '99 claims that "Nintendo...
...Even ping pong," adds Lalli. The group cheered at the suggestion of an N64 FIFA intramural. But, according to Reiss, "No one on campus is as good as us. But if they want to, come play us at Moors 404. We'll be here...