Showing posts with label World Cup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Cup. Show all posts

Thursday, December 2, 2010

Russia for 2018 and Qatar for 2022 World Cup!!!


FIFA announced today that Russia won for 2018 and Qatar for 2022 world Cup. Qatar, America's main competition won as the underdog. Both Russian and Qatar are places where the World Cup has never been. So, this is making things fair by letting everyone have a chance. Many newscasters and contributors were visibly upset by the news, but think about it: Soccer is not really a national sport here. Many people play it but it is not as big as football or (national past time) baseball. Many Diplomats in the international community already have pre concieved notions that Americans are arrogant and have a sense of Entitlement. With WikiLeaks, and the international political climate at the moment did you really think America or UK would win for the World Cup bid? Just a question.

Friday, July 2, 2010

Very interesting video. Thanks Lamech! I really like this. People are excited about the World Cup (myself included). However, it seems that many times, in Africa, looking out for the small guy simply doesn't happen. Eg: Showing off, a sporting event of this caliber, but still using an incompetent electrical system (power outages!!!)
According to the NY Times, South Africa has been ranked very high for social inequalities. I have tried to get this video on the site, but for now the link is the only thing I can post. Stay tuned viewers, view the video via this link, and very soon you can see it here at the Zebra Stripe.
http://video.nytimes.com/video/2010/06/23/world/africa/1247468111454/south-africa-beyond-the-world-cup.html#