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Football Around the World Exhibit at the College Football Hall of Fame Football Around the World Exhibit at the College Football Hall of Fame Football Around the World Exhibit at the CFHoF Football is considered America’s game, but its history is centuries old and many countries play different variations of the game. www.soccerhall.org /news/2005/ExhibitCollegeFootball_3222005.htm   (545 words)

Football helps children and young people around the world That's the answer from organizers of the ‘Open Fun Football Schools.’ They say that when ethnically and religiously diverse staff and children participate in week-long football training camps, the team spirit engendered by the sport helps negate ethnic and political divisions. Although girls generally play separately from the boys, they openly play football too, and they can sometimes even be seen kicking the ball around with a male classmate. At half-time during a game of football in a district of Nairobi, Kenya that is one of Africa's most overcrowded and poorest neighbourhoods, 15-year-old Kennedy Arinda teaches his peers about girls, safe sex, relationships and AIDS. www.unicef.org /football/world/index.html   (1796 words)

Ozura's World Soccer 2006 Fulfils Fantasies of Worldwide Football Fans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) World Soccer 2006 is an ultra-new, super-exciting slant on the world's favourite sport, full of extraordinary football graphics, authentic football action and fantastic graphic and sound effects designed to keep even the most demanding player enthralled for hours! World Soccer 2006 is expected to be the most popular, most playable, best selling 2D soccer simulation with simple and fun gameplay football mobile game. Made by football fans for football fans, World Soccer 2006 is a must for all football aficionados wanting to experience the thrill of the game on their mobile. www.prweb.com /releases/2006410/4/prweb375119.htm   (802 words)

CNN.com - New milestone for women in football - January 3, 2002 Domenech, 25, qualified to referee women's FIFA matches on January 1 and is one of a growing number of female referees in soccer around the world. FIFA's women's football committee is pressing for a new system to increase the number of women referees officiating not only at women's matches but also at certain men's matches. Denoncourt became the first women to officiate in Olympic football, refereeing the German women's 3-2 victory over Japan in a game in 1996 and went on to become the first woman to referee a senior men's game in Brazil a year later. archives.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/01/03/spain.football/index.html   (415 words)

» World’s Oldest Football Goes Around The World Footballs these days don't know they're born, what with their fancy 'rounder than ever' claims and bold golden designs. There'll be microchips implanted in footballs within the next couple of years, and from then on it's a skip and a jump to a nightmarish reality of gangs of short-circuited teenage footballs roaming the street scaring the old ladies. The Museum fur Volkerkunde in Hamburg is set to use the oldest football in the world as the centrepiece to a special World Cup exhibition. www.world-cup-blog.co.uk /?p=123   (476 words)

Bulletin Board on American Football in the World: Re: DO YOU WANT TO PLAY FOOTBALL AROUND THE WORLD I've played football for about 15 years started at pop warner to the end of high school. Football is my life my family is football being that my father is a coach I can't get away from it, so if anyone needs a team player I'm your man not to sound like anyone else. Football is my life my family is : football being that my father is a coach I can't get : away from it, so if anyone needs a team player I'm : your man not to sound like anyone else. members3.boardhost.com /kafe/msg/198.html   (411 words)

World Cup 2006 - Private Sector Development - The World Bank Group   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Fischer also writes that football is "a really impressive example of successful globalization." Referring to efforts to develop African football starting in the 1960s, he notes there is a new generation of young African football players now playing in major European leagues, and their experiences and skills are being transferred back home. The goal is to use the positive effect of football to highlight the issues of global poverty and homelessness, as well as use the sport as a social integrator for its participants. The hope is to encourage the use of football as a cultural mediator and a medium for social development. rru.worldbank.org /features/WorldCup2006.aspx   (2256 words)

Australian rules football around the world - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Despite its early growth, Australian football is emerging as an international sport much later than other forms of football such as soccer or rugby, but has grown substantially as an amateur sport in some countries since the 1980s and more recently begun fledgling competitions in many others. The second Australian football International Cup was held in Melbourne in 2005, under the direction of the guidance and funding of the AFL with New Zealand defeating Papua New Guinea in the final, with third place going to the United States of America. Based on 'A' International Australian rules football Tests (such as the Australian Football International Cup i.e: rules state that all players must be born in and have played in the country they are representing) based on the total number of wins and ratio percentage. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Australian_football_around_the_world   (2334 words)

BBC News | Football | Football violence round the world The sad history of violence involving football matches around the world. Around 80 killed in football related violence in last five years. He is the fifth fan to die in soccer related violence in Italy since 1979. news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sport/football/112863.stm   (496 words)

Gaelic Football: PointMe.To it The first Gaelic football rules, showing the influence of hurling and a desire to differentiate from association football — for example in their lack of an offside rule — were drawn up by Maurice Davan and published in the United Ireland magazine on February 7, 1887. There were several variations of Irish football in existence, normally without the benefit of rulebooks, but the central tradition in Ireland was in the direction of the relatively new game [i.e. Australian] football may be accounted for in terms of a formative influence being exerted by men familiar with and no doubt playing the Irish game. pointme.to /football/gaelic.htm   (1042 words)

Open Directory - Sports:Football:American:Around the World   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Non-English sites should be submitted under the appropriate category in World. See the parent category for a collection of links to categories for American football in other languages. You will find club teams and semi-pro leagues playing American Football in countries around the world. dmoz.org /Sports/Football/American/Around_the_World/desc.html   (62 words)

American Football The first world championship in American football, organised by IFAF, took place in Palermo (Italy) from June 24th until July 4th, 1999, with 6 teams participating Japan again won in 2003 and are bidding to host the next World Cup in 2007. Continental Football League one of the premier football leagues in the Nation, with teams in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin. Youth Football USA - YFBUSA introduce little league tackle football to the 3rd to 8th grade, with the goal of teaching the fundamentals of football, the importance of teamwork, and most of all to have fun. sportsvl.com /ball/gridiron.htm   (3155 words)

UNICEF - FIFA - Unite for Children, Unite for Peace For the 2006 FIFA World Cup, UNICEF and FIFA, the international football federation, team up to ensure every child's right to a peaceful world. By signing the Team UNICEF pledge, you promise to help build a more peaceful world for children. View photos of football fans who have signed up for Team UNICEF at the matches in Germany. www.unicef.org /football   (155 words)

Codemasters forum - Football fans around the world unite for Liverpool.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Football fans around the world unite for Liverpool. The whole of football, barring UEFA's big wigs, seem to agree that it is only "Right and Fair" that Liverpool F C should be allowed to defend their title. Football is nothing without it's fans, who provide the spirit, the atmosphere, the revenues and the passion of the beautiful game. www.codemasters.com /forum/showthread.php?t=53517   (724 words)

Web Directory » Web Directory » Sports » Football » American » Around the World European American Football Coaches Association - European and American football coaches where we share ideas and knowledge in how to improve football. Football Scarborough - The Scarborough Women's Flag Football League (S.W.F.F.L.) provides a league whereby women of all ages can play competitive flag football. Hot Iron/Scottish American Football Webzine - Webzine presents news and articles on domestic gridiron leagues and the pros in NFL Europe. www.dcpages.com /DC_ODP/?c=Sports/Football/American/Around_the_World   (559 words)

FIFA.com There was less of a surprise in South America in the world’s oldest international championship as Brazil defeated Argentina on penalties, while Zico’s Japan were moving into top gear on their way to winning the Asian Cup. FIFA’s humanitarian programme was also in full swing with dozens of nations from all around the world benefiting from its collaboration with UNICEF and the “Sports-in-a-box” venture. Meanwhile more associations were qualifying for world championships: Australia for FIFA Futsal World Championship Chinese Taipei 2004, and six nations from Europe, Spain, Turkey, Switzerland, Ukraine, Italy and Germany, for the FIFA World Youth Championship Netherlands 2005. www.fifa.com /en/news/feature/0,1451,104933,00.html   (559 words)

World Football Organization - your source for association football information The WFO is a registered non-profit organization of the USA and Iceland, dedicated to the development of youth football/soccer activities around the world. World Football Database (WFD) — read more or use the menu at the left to start browsing our database If there is any information you would like to see, if you have any football-related questions, or if you are interested in joining the World Football Organization, please email info@worldfootball.org. www.worldfootball.org   (159 words)

Google Earth Hacks Forums - Football stadiums around the world discussion A list of stadiums, mainly geared towards football - the european version of the game, called "soccer" on the other side of the atlantic -, but also including a few other sports. NB : Santiago Bernabeu (Madrid) and Stadio Olimpico (Roma) hosted a world cup final and are home grounds for clubs in the Liga and Serie A, I only listed them in the "World Cup Finals" folder. Hampden Park is one of the most famous grounds in world football, plus no Ibrox or Celtic Park. www.googleearthhacks.com /forums/showthread.php?t=225   (479 words)

World Soccer -- Football From Around The World Football, fodbold, fotball, Fußball, futball, futbalo, futebol, le foot, voetbal, ayaktopu, kopaná, piedpilko, soccer, or sokker; whatever you like to call it or however you like to spell it, the meaning is the same: The Greatest Game on Earth. As 1800-WorldCup.com is about more than just World Cup results and fixtures, we hope the Directory of World Football, in association with TravelNotes.org, will help bring football fans closer together for a greater understanding of people, places, countries and cultures previously considered foreign to them. This new addition to 1800-WorldCup.com aims to sort all our links to football associations, their countries, teams and fan pages into one hierachy; from one index page. 1800-worldcup.com /world-football/index.htm   (230 words)

College Football Hall of Fame Football Around the World Exhibit New Addition to Hall of Fame This is a jersey and ball used in Australian Rules football An audio/visual element with action highlights of all six sports will be added to the display in the near future. collegefootball.org /news.php?id=579   (290 words)

Youth Football Coaching Plays and Playbooks   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Welcome to Football-Plays.Com, we have been providing youth football playbooks to youth football coaches around the world since 1999. If a coach spends all of his time researching plays and trying to test newly created plays less time is actually spent on teaching players skills and the mental aspects of the game. youth football plays for youth coaches to use to increase their teams effectiveness in all aspects of the game. www.football-plays.com   (231 words)

Football Around the World Welcome to Football Around the World, which is a website dedicated to exactly that. This website is currently in the research and database development stage and is planned to go live during Q4 2004 at http://www.footballaroundtheworld.co.uk/. Looking for any information on how a league, cup or other competitions are set up for any country in the world. www.geocities.com /charlymorton2000   (228 words)

FootyMania.com: Columns => Your latest views on football (soccer) around the world   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Ishaan Acharya (EricTheRed) - avid follower of Manchester United and the Premiership gives his unique perspective on football around the world. His columns add a unique view to how the Lowlands see the world of football. Thiago Vendramel (Titan0110) is a die-hard Palmeiras fan whose expertise lies in Brazilian football. www.footymania.com /columns.phtml   (226 words)

Women's football around the world - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Women's football (soccer) is becoming more high profile. And an increasing number of countries around the world organise women's football on a national and club level. For international competitions see the article List of women's football (soccer) competitions. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Women's_football_around_the_world   (91 words)

Derby County | Fans | Rams Around The World | RAMS FOOTBALL WEEKENDS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) Derby Rams Football Weekends were one of the very first sports-tourism breaks of its kind in the country and are now in their 6 During that time, we have welcomed more than 5,000 football fans, from all over the world, to enjoy a weekend in Derby while watching the Rams at the magnificent Pride Park Stadium. The package can include additional elements such as an autographed football and use of the excellent Pride Park corporate facilities. www.dcfc.premiumtv.co.uk /page/AroundTheWorld/0,,10270~559834,00.html   (289 words)

El Bombín - Early British Football Coaches Around The World From Bilbao to Madrid, Fred Pentland and his hat helped make Spanish football what it is today. Born in the town of Wolverhampton, England, on the 5th May, 1883, Frederick Beaconsfield Pentland would go on to be a highly successful coach in pre-Civil War Spain, winning over both the hearts and minds of the Basque public. Born October 16, 1882 in Nelson, Lancashire to Irish parents, Jimmy Hogan went on to become one of the most important and influential football coaches in Europe. elbombin.stuarthomfray.co.uk   (283 words)

YouTube - Football leagues Join YouTube for a free account, or Login if you are already a member. Bet on football games from all around th Bet on football games from all around the world... World cup summary (not very up to date) www.youtube.com /watch?v=S8DVTb8ccxI   (107 words)

Around the World American Football Sports - European and American football coaches where we share ideas and knowledge in how to improve football. - A free message board for players seeking to play American football in Europe or the United States; also features sections for coaches and teams seeking players. - Runs summer and winter touch football competitions for teams representing churches and associated bodies in Brisbane, Australia. www.iaswww.com /ODP/Sports/Football/American/Around_the_World   (407 words)

SouthAsiaBiz: World Cup Football 2006 and Blogging   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19) The main difference that I can see between 2006 event with the previous ones is that this time, Internet is playing a very important role to cater millions of football fans around the world. Americans may not be enthusiastic fans of football and even they may hate to call this game as 'football' (instead they call it 'soccer') but there are a number of American blogs on World Cup Football. However, my favorite is the BBC World Cup blog and in my next entry, I like to write about it. www.southasiabiz.com /2006/06/world_cup_football_2006_and_bl.html   (451 words)

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