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College soccer is a tricky sport to follow. It defies the laws of the game mandated by FIFA, with its unlimited substitutions and clock management (running down instead...
...will be the 21st Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, a quick return to North America after a sojourn in Italy in 2006. No need to unpack the cold-weather clothes, because four months later, in the midst of winter in the southern hemisphere, will be the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. Ever since the International Olympic Committee decided to stagger the Summer and Winter Games after 1992, the frozen sports have been played in the same year as the World Cup, giving fans two major events to watch...
...issue isn't weather. It's whether there will be rooms for everybody. The official word is, "FIFA believes there is sufficient quality accommodation in South Africa." But FIFA boss Sepp Blatter has basically ordered organizers to augment the room supply with cruise ships. Tamara Cohen, a South African who is a travel consultant in Charlotte, N.C., says that while FIFA's got all the major hotels and chains booked solid, there are other options, including private homes available for rent, boutique hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses. "This type of accommodation has exploded in South Africa in the past...
...Airlines have yet to add flights for the World Cup. (It's at least a 15-hour hop from the U.S.) Cohen cautions that travel to Africa isn't like anything else and that World Cup tourists should organize early and deal with reputable agents. Tickets are available through FIFA's second phase of sales, which runs until Nov. 16. U.S. Soccer's Neil Buethe says FIFA is allotting 12% of each stadium's seats to participating teams, and once the American team has qualified, fans should check ussoccer.com for more information. The next phase of ticket sales begins...
...Super League is still building the first stage of grassroots football, while in England, grassroots football is the base of the whole football pyramid," says Rowan Simons, a U.K. citizen who runs China's only legally registered amateur football club in China with about 3,500 members. According to FIFA's 2006 "big count," a survey of all its member associations, there were only 382,762 junior players in China. In England, there are 820,000. "Football talent is not manufactured in sports schools. The English Football Association spends over 50% of its resources on grassroots football development," says Rowan...