According to official FIFA regulations, a soccer ball must be spherical, made of leather or another suitable material, the circumference must be between 68 and 70cm, the weight must be between 410 and 450g, and the internal pressure must be between .6 and 1.1 atmospheres. Within these regulations, however, there can be a lot of variation.… Read More »
Un obstáculo notable que retardó la propagación del fútbol femenino fue la teoría que “a strenuous game, especially during puberty and menstrual periods, would … damage their bodies and seriously affect their fertility” (Newsham 32). Por eso, muchos hombres les impiden a sus maridas de jugar deportes. Este sentimiento ya no existe en el mundo… Read More »
Despite a lackluster 17-65 farewell season with the Los Angeles Lakers, Kobe Bryant capped off a stunning NBA career with authority on Wednesday April 14th. In front of a sold-out Staple Center crowd against the Utah Jazz, the Black Mamba ended the 1,346th and final game of his 20 year career (1) with 60 points on 50… Read More »
The Spanish Constitution recognizes three historic nationalities: Basque, Catalan, and Galician[1]. The Basque region is an autonomous community located in the north of Spain and the south of France. They have been a community pushing for complete anonymity since the 1930s[2]. The Basques are a proud people with a culture, a language, and a football… Read More »
Posted: April 1, 5:45PM; Author: Nicholas Vega Recently, I was on Twitter and came across a Tweet that compared the dominance of two different teams, from two different sports: the Golden State Warriors (NBA basketball) and Barcelona (soccer). Initially, I thought the comparison was as much as a stretch as it was trivial: how could two… Read More »
To think of football as just as a game is to ignore not only its relationship to national identities, but also its instrumental role in forging these identities. In his book Fútbol!: Why Soccer Matters in Latin America, Joshua Nadel sheds valuable light on this role by examining the impact of football in Argentina, Honduras,… Read More »
Nous connaissons tous la gloire 1998 dans la Coupe de Monde de la France sur son propre sol. Dirigé par Zinedine Zidane, Thierry Henry et Lilian Thuram, l’équipe a marqué une victoire pour le monde francophone, en plus de la France continentale. Zidane et ses fortes connexions vers l’Algérie, compte tenu de l’histoire, a joué un… Read More »
Jeder weißt, dass amerikanischer Fußball und europäischer Fußball nicht gleich sind. Eigentlich würde niemand „europäischer Fußball“ sagen, weil der Sport nur „Fußball“ genannt wird. Aus einem unbekannten Grund, wollten Amerikaner ihren eigenen Sport mit dem gleichen Namen haben. Diese Entscheidung macht es sehr schwer für amerikanische Jugendliche, über Fußball zu diskutieren, besonders in ihrer Deutsch-Klasse, wenn sie… Read More »
En su libro El fútbol a sol y sombra, el escritor uruguayo Eduardo Galeano nos ofrece una historia del fútbol muy personal, desde sus más remotos “orígenes” en culturas ancestrales hasta el Mundial de Sudáfrica 2010. A lo largo del libro, nos encontraremos también con sus opiniones e ideas acerca de diversos aspectos del deporte rey,… Read More »
El fútbol femenino es un universo fascinante pero que ha recibido muy poca atención por parte de la prensa deportiva, los estudios históricos e incluso artes como la literatura y el cine. Uno de los pocos textos que tiene al fútbol femenino como tópico central es el libro de Gail J. Newsham, In a League of Their… Read More »
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