variety.com
Imagine Entertainment is getting in on the slew of soccer-themed projects spurred by the upcoming 2014 FIFA World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, planning a feature film about legendary Brazilian soccer player Pele.. Film News from the entertainment source: Variety. Imagine Ent. sets biopic of soccer’s Pele.
Sheffield’s players had a day off of work on Wednesdays to practise and play football…
youtube.com
Taken from the documentary “12 Books That Changed The World”. A history of the game and book. Also a great insight into why football is so popular.
Football really is the universal language…
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Taken from the documentary “12 Books That Changed The World”. A history of the game and book. Also a great insight into why football is so popular.
“All that I know most surely about morality and obligations I owe to football.” – Albert Camus
A race, The Ball 2014 v’s Usain Bolt in Jamaica in February 2014… What do you think? Who do you think would win?
thesun.co.uk
SPRINT king Usain Bolt — who thrilled the world with his 9.63 seconds victory in the 100m —begs boss Alex Ferguson for the chance to play for team
Loooong interview with the Fans will be Friends Euro 2012 journey ball carriers from Spirit of Football Germany…
Erfurt, 03.08.12: Sie waren unterwegs zur Fußball-EM 2012. Das Team von Spirit of Football hat gezeigt, dass Fußball verbindet und Sprachbarrieren überwindet…
A review of The Ball 2010… and a call to action… help us make The Ball 2014 the most amazing journey any ball has ever been on…
On the road… without The Ball…
bbc.co.uk
Two hundred countries and 20 times around the planet – a man’s amazing journey in his Mercedes.
Brighton based Richard Vahrman is now well into his epic walk from North West Scotland back home to South East England while his smart phone tracks his progress. The Ball 2014 is taking notes on how to be trackable on it’s route from England to Brazil. Olympic effort Richard… video link, facebook link and ‘Where is Richard?’ link can be found here…
http://www.locomatrix.com/lm-tttt.html
Here’s a short interview Richard took before he left Brighton with Phil Wake about the origins of Spirit of Football and the phrase “One Ball, One World” (It was the Nigerian Special Olympics crew that first used it, not Ghanaian as Phil mistakenly remembers!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0HHLxlKSqs&feature=relmfu
The first game of both FA Rules football (soccer) and American football in the U.S. appears to be the very same game… interesting…
en.wikipedia.org
The 1869 New Jersey vs. Rutgers football game was a college football game between the College of New Jersey (now the Princeton Tigers) and the Rutgers Queensmen played on November 6, 1869. While the rules were more similar to rugby and modern soccer than they were to modern American football, some c…