Word: soccers
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...from the Asian Games held in Doha last December, it was this: the thousand seats allocated to matches of sepak takraw could have been doubled-maybe even tripled-and the crowds would have still filled them. Imagine the speed and precision of volleyball cut with the aerial kicks of soccer at its showiest-set in the intensely combative, close-quarters environment of an indoor court-and you have some idea why this Southeast Asian sport is so visually addictive. Sepak takraw looks like it was devised to a global broadcaster's order. But it originated in the palace yards...
...landing without injury requires practice). A defender usually leaps up to block a spike, resulting in a dramatic acrobatic showdown-on nearly every play. Some rallies include many spikes and blocks, ratcheting up the suspense until the crowd is collectively gasping. "If you see a bicycle kick in soccer, it's a really rare occasion and everybody's applauding, but in sepak takraw you see it almost in every volley," says Daniel Angerhausen, secretary-general of Germany's sepak takraw association...
...tried on a burqa. ("Just to see what it felt like," he says. "Nobody was around. It steals your breath away. It's really hard to get used to.") In The Kite Runner we witnessed, from a distance, one of the Taliban's infamous executions by Kalashnikov in a soccer stadium. In Suns we experience a similar execution firsthand, from the point of view of the victim...
...bohemian, a joker and a smartass. The word has been cropping up all over the sports pages of the local and international media in recent weeks, thanks to the efforts of the consummate malandro, Romario de Souza Faria. Better known to the world's soccer fans simply as Romario, the 41-year-old former World Cup winner is still playing professionally, and is just one goal away from equaling the storied feat of the legendary Pel? by scoring 1,000 goals...
...former captain of the Harvard men’s soccer team released a statement yesterday on behalf of 25 other athletic captains that denounced hazing and pledged support for “healthy and safe team-building activities.” The statement, which emerged from a student-led meeting organized by Charles W. Altchek ’07, stated that Harvard team captains “support their athletes through positive and healthy mentoring.” “We work to promote improvement in character, academics, and athletics,” the statement read...