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...Estimated number of female spectators at Iran's 1-0 win over Bahrain last week to qualify for the World Cup finals-the first time women were allowed at a professional soccer match in Iran since the 1979 Islamic revolution 0 Number of fans at Japan's World Cup finals-qualifying 2-0 defeat of North Korea; the match was played in a closed stadium in Bangkok following riots during March's North Korea-Iran game in Pyongyang
Fandom--the obsessional identification with a sports team--is universal. The greatest book ever on the psychology of being a fan, Nick Hornby's Fever Pitch, was written about a London soccer team but easily translated into a film about the Boston Red Sox. Particularly in the U.S., it seems possible to be a fan of a team that's based far from where you have ever lived, but I suspect the origins of my obsession are more common. I didn't have much choice in the matter. Both my parents were born in tiny row houses a stone...
...older, it becomes harder to believe. Yes, the Dodgers won the World Series in 1955, but they aren't ever coming back from Los Angeles. Loss of faith can set in. That, however, is when you appreciate the deeper benefits of being a fan. For me, following one soccer team has been the connective tissue of my life. I left Liverpool to go to college and have never had the slightest desire to live there again, but wandering around the world, living in seven different cities on three continents, my passion was the thing that gave me a sense...
Head counselor: David Beckham Campers: Soccer buffs ages 8 to 15 can learn to bend it like Becks at his year-round camps, opening in Carson, Calif., in the fall Best reason to pack: Mess-hall sightings of Mrs. Becks, a Spice Girl...
...Paris, but I will remain the same person," Nadal tells TIME. "It would be stupid to change." Raised on the island of Majorca, Nadal has athleticism in his blood. His uncle Miguel Angel, dubbed el Carnicero (the Butcher), was a bruising defender on Spain's national soccer team. Another uncle, Toni, taught natural righty Nadal to play tennis left-handed, a serving advantage, but his serve still needs work. "Rafa" has Toni as his coach to this day. The family turned down invitations for Nadal to train in Barcelona with other budding Euro pros, shielding him from a culture that...