FIFA’s goal is to maintain the rules of football. It holds major competitions around the world for men, women and children. FIFA makes money mainly from television and product marketing. Last year, the group received income of more than one billion dollars.
BOB DOUGHTY: Football, called soccer in the United States, is probably the world’s most popular sport. FIFA counts about two hundred seventy million male and female players and officials worldwide. Four percent of the world’s population plays some form of football.
Millions of players are registered with leagues and clubs. Germany has more registered players than any other country. China is now estimated to have the most total players. The United States has the most football officials. England, where the sport was born, has the most football clubs — over forty-two thousand.
BARBARA KLEIN: Football is easy to play. All you need is a ball and open space. But at its highest level, football combines skill and physical conditioning. It has been called “the beautiful game.” And the World Cup is where the beautiful game appears at its best -- and sometimes its worst.
The Two Thousand Ten World Cup has promised drama from the moment groups were announced last December. The competition is organized so the thirty-two teams play in eight groups, each with four teams. Teams play their group opponents once. The top two teams in each group move on to the second stage.
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