Archive : Global Events

There was a time when countries opted to host Olympics for the prestige it gave them and invested out of pocket. Their economies took some time to recover from the huge expenditures made. But today the picture is opposite. Massive sponsorships and television rights have made the games a money spinner. Large number of visitors who flock to watch the [...]

A tour guide company in London has disclosed to the public its plans that it would build a huge sightseeing boat by spring of 2012. City Cruises with its international reputation would offer the magic experience of the Thames by launching the largest vessel of 600 passengers’ capacity, describing as tourism vessel of next generation. The sightseeing [...]

Major League Baseball (MLB) has been in news for its latest talk of contraction of players and this has led analysts to look at MLB’s earning, revenue sharing and luxury tax. It is well known that for many years Yankees and Red Sox have been extremely popular and highest earning teams. It doesn’t really come as surprise that they are highest contributor [...]

Brazilian football player Kaka has undergone a knee surgery which could easily cost him another three to four months for recovery. The Real Madrid player had a thirty minutes arthroscopic surgery in Antwerp this Thursday morning. Kaka has had couple of injuries last year too, recovering just in time to make it to the FIFA World Cup this year in South [...]

Spain’s Fernando Alonso won Sunday the German GP at Hockenheim circuit in a race marred by the decision of Ferrari‘s Brazilian Felipe Massa in order to yield the leadership, obtained at the start of the race, the teammate, finishing the race in second place. German Sebastian Vettel, Red Bull, completed the podium of the race. This was the [...]

The last I heard, the people at FIFA did not want to make technology a part of the game. They said that they want to keep the ‘human element’ in the game intact. But these days, most sporting events, especially the ones that are so important, have some form of technology being used to make sure that the teams don’t suffer due to an error in human [...]

After four years of waiting and intense speculations, one of the world’s biggest and most cherished sporting events has finally went underway and has taken the world by storm. Yes, we are talking about the 2010 FIFA World Cup that kicked off on June 11th, 2010 in South Africa. From England to Brazil and soccer fans all over the world had been dreaming [...]

Brazil is the only country that ran in the 19 editions of the World Cup. It scooped five titles and is the biggest winner. In recent decades always figured among the favorites. And on Tuesday, in its debut edition of South Africa, flirted with the largest “zebra” in its history. Everything was decided in the second half after a goalless draw in [...]

Well, one of the world’s biggest and most famous sporting events, the 2010 FIFA World Cup has begun and soccer fans all across the globe are cheering fir their favorite teams. But amid all this celebration and zest, there is one element of the world cup that just doesn’t make sense to a lot of people, especially the players and their coachers. We [...]

Brazil has got rid of the ghost of the absences on the eve of a World Cup. It passed without much trouble by the extensive preparation phase began on May 21. This scenario is not repeated since 1990, when the absence of players was frequent. It is true that there were two scares, but both of small proportion. The stage was so good at the medical team [...]