Word: soccers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...soccer itself has been only fitfully exciting, the huge tournament is also a fiesta, and in that it has not disappointed. Among the celebrators is a young Italian electrician ... spending four years of savings to see one month of soccer. From nearer have come Peruvians in red ponchos, arriving in buses bannered ARRIBA PERU! (Up Peru!). Shaggy Scots, in kilts and tartan scarves, some of whom hitchhiked from New York City, wandered about ... waving bottles of local beer and giant flags bearing their national emblem, the cross of St. Andrew ... El Mundial, (The Global), as this eleventh international competition...
...over the years, his view of the Barcelona club "has grown ever more romantic," owing to its anti-Franco traditions. If he was willing to link football with politics and religion, he should have written at least a couple of lines about Athletic Club de Bilbao, the last romantic soccer team worldwide. It's not that I don't like Foer's favorites, Arsenal and Barcelona, but he should have mentioned that Athletic Club de Bilbao is one of the oldest teams in Spain and has always played with only Basque players. So if somebody wants to be romantic about...
...right to buy a Bud for three and a half Euros. Budweiser in Germany? Oh, that. The Germans were outraged that an American brewer had the beer concession, but Anheuser Busch knows how to play global marketing as well as anyone: money talks, especially at FIFA, the world soccer body. Nevertheless, AB had to allow a local brewer inside the stadium just to make friends, which is, after all, the theme of the tournament...
...take a moment to thank the city of Wurzburg, Germany, for improving the lives of so many people around the world. No, this Bavarian hamlet of 130,000 isn't home to BMW, or host of a World Cup soccer match over the next month. But in 1895, a University of Wurzburg physicist named Wilhelm Roentgen discovered a form of electromagnetic radiation called the X ray, helping millions upon millions of sickened, frustrated patients cure what ails them. And over a century later, the city produced a blond, shaggy, 7-foot jump shooter named Dirk Nowitzki, helping countless sickened, frustrated...
...from the College with a degree in biology. He intended to enroll in medical school this fall. In his senior year, he received the John Finley Fellowship through Eliot, funding what would have been his travel for a year post-graduation in Egypt and Europe to volunteer as a soccer coach and study soccer’s role in communities around the world. He was also awarded the Charles Eliot Medal for his enthusiastic participation in the Eliot community. “Paul always enjoyed sports as a fan and as a player from a very young...