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Association football, more commonly known asfootball orsoccer, is ateam sport played between two teams of 11players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel aball around a rectangular field called apitch.
The objective of the game is toscore more goals than the opposing team by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular-framedgoal defended by the opponent. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45-minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries and territories, it is the world's most popular sport.
Association football is played in accordance with theLaws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 and maintained by theIFAB since 1886. The game is played with a football that is 68–70 cm (27–28 in) incircumference. The two teams compete to score goals by getting the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts, under the bar, and fully across the goal line). When the ball is in play, the players mainly use their feet, but may also use any other part of their body, except for their hands or arms, to control, strike, or pass the ball; the head, chest, and thighs are commonly used. Only thegoalkeepers may use their hands and arms, but they may use their hands only within their ownpenalty area. The team that has scored more goals at the end of the game is the winner. Depending on the format of the competition, an equal number of goals scored may result in adraw being declared with 1 point awarded to each team, or the game may go intoextra time or apenalty shoot-out. (Full article...)
Since the founding of fellow Copenhagen clubF.C. Copenhagen in1992, the two clubs have had a fierce rivalry, and the so-called "New Firm" games between the two sides attract the biggest crowds inDanish football. With F.C. Copenhagen, Brøndby has consistently formed a duo which have won eleven of the last sixteenDanish Superliga championships, and from 1995 to 2006, the club did not finish below second spot in the league. (Full article...)
Fowler's career began withLiverpool, with whom he made his début in 1993. He scored 120 premiership goals for Liverpool in an eight year period and was also voted thePFA Young Player of the Year in two consecutive years, 1995 and 1996. 1996 was also the year that he won aUEFA Fair Play award for admitting that he had not been fouled byDavid Seaman atHighbury after a penalty had been given.
Fowler moved on toLeeds United in 2001 and laterManchester City in 2003 before returning to Liverpool in January 2006 for a season. He signed a two-year contract withCardiff City in July 2007.
He has beencapped forEngland twenty-six times, scoring seven goals. The most recent of these appearances came in the2002 World Cup. As of August 2007, Fowler is the fourthhighest goalscorer inPremier League history. In 2005, Fowler was listed as one of the 1,000 wealthiest Britons by theSunday Times Rich List. Business interests including a large property portfolio led to Fowler becoming the third wealthiest footballer in that year's selection. (Full article...)
TheFootball Association of Indonesia (Indonesian:Persatuan Sepakbola Seluruh Indonesia,lit. 'All-Indonesian Football Association'; abbreviated asPSSI) is the governing body offootball inIndonesia. It was founded on 19 April 1930. The PSSI joinedFIFA in 1952 and theAsian Football Confederation in 1954. (Full article...)
| When the seagulls follow the trawler, it is because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea. —Eric Cantona, following the "Kung-Fu Kick Incident" of January 1995 |
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The2003 FIFA Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of theFIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial championship ofwomen's national soccer teams organized byFIFA. It was held in the United States from September 20 to October 12, 2003, at six venues in six cities across the country. The tournament was won byGermany, who became the first country to win both themen's and women's World Cup.
China was originally awarded the right to host the tournament, which would have taken place from September 23 to October 11 in four cities.A severe outbreak ofSARS in early 2003 affectedGuangdong in southern China and prompted FIFA to move the Women's World Cup to the United States, who had hosted theprevious edition in 1999. China was instead granted hosting rights for the2007 FIFA Women's World Cup and financial compensation while theUnited States Soccer Federation made new arrangements to host at smaller stadiums. (Full article...)
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