Watch World Cup 2010
A bit about this year's World Cup
This year, South Africa will be hosting the FIFA World Cup. Happening every one in four years, hosting the tournament is a big deal for the hosting country. AS you can imagine, hosting an event of this caliber can have a tremendous effect over the hosting country in terms of world recognition, tourism and economy.
Choosing the World Cup 2010 host
In the past the choice of host was up to the FIFA congress but this caused great controversy which in turn meant most of the teams did not want to join the games. Nowadays, countries who want to host suggest them and are chosen by vote.
10 previous World Cup hosting countries:
1970- Mexico
1974- West Germany
1978- Argentina
1982- Spain
1986- Mexico
1990- Italy
1994- United States
1998- France
2002- Korea Republic & Japan
2006- Germany
See full list and details on the Wikipedia World cup page
Africa has been selected to host the 2010 World Cup as part of the new policy. The African nations who placed bids to host the 2010 World Cup are: Egypt, Libya and Tunisia (as co-host), Morocco and South Africa. The country which held up to the standards of the FIFA committee and was eventually elected was South Africa.
To get full info see the 2010 world cup on Wikipedia
Watching world cup 2010 nowadays
Along the years, the world cup events, aside from the fact that they create a lot of fuss around them, they mark the change in world soccer trends. This year, the soccer trend is entertainment as it is being perceived as a show. The meaning is the viewers are expecting to see an event that will supply entertainment of epic proportion.
In a time when the fastest organ in the human body is the finger flicking the channels on the remote, it is amazing to see the rapidly growing popularity of the soccer game. In a time where the global media is overflowing with content, like the ever popular TV realty shows, soccer is defiantly the best realty out there and the best entertainment money can buy.
Women and watching World Cup 2010
Look around you! It's a fact! Soccer is getting more and more popular around the world. The fact that more and more women are interested in soccer just reinforces the comparison between the most popular TV shows to the game of soccer. We assure you, the ratings for the 2010 world cup will be evidence of that.
