FIFA: World Cup Soccer
The Relative Age Effect in the 2013 FIFA U-17 Soccer World Cup Competition
... Previously, researchers have suggested that the existence of, and possibly the increase in, the prevalence of the RAE in soccer is driven by different mechanisms and hypotheses [17]. Among the hypotheses most ...
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Psychological experiences in South African society before the 2010 FIFA World Cup from the systems psychodynamic and positive psychology perspectives
... 2010 FIFA World Cup as an opportunity to redeem South Africa on the world stage and develop international ...national soccer team) and sports ...2010 FIFA World Cup ...
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The cream of the crop: Analysing FIFA World Cup 2014 and Germany’s title run
... Using the IGC and IOB it is also possible to see that some of the medial criticism was unjust. After the games against USA and Algeria, media members were questioning the quality of the German squad. However, the indexes ...
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Support for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games
... the world. Considering that soccer is so important in Brazilian sport culture and it has even been compared to a religion in the country (Bellos, 2002), one could imagine that FIFA 2014 WC should ...
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Bipolar (Un)patriots: national identity, ethnic identity and the 2006 FIFA World Cup
... 2006 FIFA World ...its World Cup debut in 1974, this international soccer tournament generated an unprecedented level of excitement amongst ...of World Cup and ...
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Sex work and the 2010 FIFA World Cup: time for public health imperatives to prevail
... the FIFA World Cup presents a strate- gic opportunity for South Africa to respond to chal- lenges posed by the sex industry in a strategic and rights-based ...of soccer could inspire long- ...
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2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil: Gentrification of Brazilian Football
... Previously, regarding the management of the sport in Brazil, we find an attempt at implementing new measures for the football clubs to professionalize the team’s administration. We see an important change starting from ...
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Dynamic Sublimes, Changing Plans, and the Legacy of a Megaproject : The Case of the 1966 Soccer World Cup
... 1966 involved no ‘new build’ stadiums and the improvements that were made to the existing stadiums were procured and overseen by the football clubs themselves. As such, the tournament is dissimilar to many other ...
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Canada at the Crossroads: Improving International Performance by Establishing a New Canadian Soccer League
... of FIFA have at least one semi- professional or professional national football league, most of these being ...Canadian Soccer League (CSL) operated between 1987 and 1993 with clubs primarily located in ...
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Combined active and passive heat exposure induced heat acclimation in a soccer referee before 2014 FIFA world cup
... Case presentation: This case report documents the adaptation induced by a novel mixed methods (isothermic and passive) heat acclimation (HA) regime for a northern European professional soccer match official prior ...
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... fans, soccer/football tops the most popular sports list globally– above cricket and field hockey – with more than 1 billion enthusiasts (Ludden 2017; Most Popular Sports ...every FIFA World ...
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A Strategic E-Marketing Framework For Sport Mega-Events
... 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup TM which was held in South ...2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup TM , involving key stakeholders in the event and destination marketing ...
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The impact of rule changes on the goals scored in the US'94 soccer tournament
... scoring average recorded in the 1990 world cup soccer tournament in Italy caused consternation around the world (Nepfer, 1991; Maradas, 1994).. The world wide concern over the defensive [r] ...
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Retrospective study of the use of medication and supplements during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia
... prescribed 2.8 times more NSAIDs than other analge- sics during the tournament. Compared to the 2014 FIFA World Cup, the intake of NSAIDs decreased while that of other analgesics increased, as did ...
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SPORTS EVENTS AND SOCIAL MEDIA MARKETING
... Looking at the campaign recognition both companies have increased their social media presence. This happened through their own brand but also through the public’s attention towards the sponsored teams and players. ...
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SPORT SENTIMENT AND STOCK MARKET RETURNS: AN EVIDENCE OF NATIONAL MATCH DAYS IN TURKEY
... Soccer has significant popularity among Turkish citizens. Soccer matches can impact investor moods. This can be defined by the term of sport sentiment. Soccer games have an impact on investor ...
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THE Economics of Match Fixing
... if FIFA tournament design seems to be less prone to match-fixing, it is more prone to a widespread lack-of-commitment in the last ...the FIFA system the schedule of matches also works in favour of top-seed ...
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The Male: Female Ratio at Birth in Malta is Decreased by the Soccer World Cup
... The World Cup has been shown to increase M/T in certain winning Latino countries and decrease M/T in certain hosting Latino countries, and this was attributed to the passion with which these countries ...
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Analysis of selected match actions in the 1994 world cup soccer tournament
... Fifty out of fifty- two matches played during the US'94 world cup soccer tournament and transmitted "live " were watched on television.. The tournament lasted between 17thJune 19[r] ...
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Re-visiting the May 2008 Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa
... Xenophobia is a social vice that is as old as social history. It is based on the politics of exclusion, which is a feeling that foreigners are different from the nationals and so should have a lower status than that of ...
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