Fifa

FIFA 2014 World Cup.
Introduction:
The first game a boy learn how to play is soccer, so we can see how this sport is present in our lives since the childhood.

I/ History.
A) What’s soccer?Soccer, also known as Football in other countries, is a game played by two teams of eleven players with a round ball that may not be touched with the hands or arms during play except by thegoalkeepers. The objective of the game is to score goals by kicking or heading the ball into the opponents’ goal. It is said that the modern soccer begun in England, but some evidence shows that the sport wasplayed before in China in the 2nd and 3rd century during the Han Dynasty. Some other recorded facts proof that Romans and Greek also played the game. The sport got so rough that there were numerousincidents of violence through the amusement therefore the King Edward III of England banned the sport in 1365. A major development took place in 1815 that made soccer popular in Universities, Collegesand Schools. The popular English School and Eton College came with a set of rules, known as the Cambridge Rules.

B) FIFA.

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, in English:International Federation of Association Football, commonly known by the acronym FIFA, is the international governing body of association football, futsal and beach soccer established in 21 May 1904 (108years ago). Its membership comprises 209 national associations. The headquarters are in Zurich, Switzerland, and its president is Sepp Blatter. FIFA is responsible for the organization of football'smajor international tournaments, notably the World Cup.

C) The world Cup.

The history of the FIFA World Cup was first written in 1928, when FIFA president Jules Rimet decided to stage aninternational football tournament. The inaugural edition held in Uruguay in1930, was contested with only 13 teams invited by the organization. The FIFA World Cup is the biggest single-event sporting...