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Hi Girls^^ by now I am sure you have heard from an exicited dad, brother, friend or even boyfriend about the soccer World Cup 2010 ^^ If you’re not really a big fan of soccer and have never really understood the FUN part of it, well you might be not the only one hehe. But since the World Cup 2010 is such a massive sporting event that people from all over the world have on their minds it is almost impossible to escape the awesome world cup spirit!! It can be contagious! =) Here is some info for you girls to check out about the World Cup to get you ready to enjoy the fun with you family and best friends =)
World Cup 2010
The very 1st World Cup took place in Uruguay in 1930;this huge event successfully brought countries from all over the world together to compete in a very positive way.
This year will be the 19th FIFA World Cup, taking place between June 11- July 11, 2010 in South Africa. This will be the 1st World Cup for Africa after they won the draw from Morocco and Egypt.
Meet Zakumi, the official mascot for World Cup 2010. Born on June 16, 1994 Zakumi is a leopard with green hair. The name of Zakumi comes from ‘ZA’ the international abbreviation for South Africa and ‘kumi’ means ten in various African languages. Of course Zakumi’s colors reflect the host nation’s playing strip- yellow and green. 
There are 32 teams made it to through the qualifying stages and they will compete to make it to finals. There are few teams that are famous for being ‘favourites’ as the teams normally make it to the semi final or final rounds of the competition. Brazil, Germany, Italy, France and Argentina are the big teams this year. =) Are any of those teams the ones that your dad or friends are supporting? Which team do you think you will support? ^^ Even if you don’t normally watch soccer this is the time to check it out; 90 minute games played by the worlds top soccer players being cheered on by people from around the world…it’s amazing! ^^
My favorite part of the World Cup actually is the music! =) The World Cup is famous for the theme songs that are created for each World Cup. I am sure you all still remember the legendary Ricky Martin song ‘Livin La Vida Loca’ hehe which was the theme song for the … World Cup. This year the World Cup came up with another awesome theme song that you have probably heard and know by ear already. They are pretty awesome spirit lifting songs that will definitely boost everybody up and get them in the mood to cheer for the game ☺
So girls, don’t miss out on the chance to be a part of the biggest international sporting events of the year! ^^ Get goin, choose a team to cheer for, check out their cute players, rock World Cup songs, get ready to have your twitter and facebook to be full of chat about the games, have FUN and ENJOY!
Love, Summer ❤
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Here’s a bit of history from a historian :
The modern rules of football are based on the mid-19th century
efforts to standardise the widely varying forms of football played a
t the public schools of England.
The Cambridge Rules, first drawn up at Cambridge University in 1848, were particularly
influential in the development of subsequent codes, including association
football. The Cambridge Rules were written at Trinity College, Cambridge, at a meeting
attended by representatives from Eton, Harrow, Rugby, Winchester and Shrewsbury schools.
They were not universally adopted. During the 1850s, many clubs unconnected to schools or
universities were formed throughout the English-speaking world, to play various forms of football.
Some came up with their own distinct codes of rules, most notably the Sheffield Football Club, formed
by former public school pupils in 1857,] which led to formation of a Sheffield FA in 1867. In 1862, John Charles Thring of Uppingham School also devised an influential set of rules.
These ongoing efforts contributed to the formation of The Football Association (The FA) in 1863, which first met on the morning of 26 October 1863 at the Freemasons’ Tavern in Great Queen Street, London. The only school to be represented on this occasion was Charterhouse. The Freemason’s Tavern was the setting for five more meetings between October and December, which eventually produced the first comprehensive set of rules. At the final meeting, the first FA treasurer, the representative from Blackheath, withdrew his club from the FA over the removal of two draft rules at the previous meeting: the first allowed for running with the ball in hand; the second for obstructing such a run by hacking (kicking an opponent in the shins), tripping and holding. Other English rugby football clubs followed this lead and did not join the FA, or subsequently left the FA and instead in 1871 formed the Rugby Football Union. The eleven remaining clubs, under the charge of Ebenezer Cobb Morley, went on to ratify the original thirteen laws of the game. These rules included handling of the ball by “marks” and the lack of a crossbar, rules which made it remarkably similar to Victorian rules football being developed at that time in Australia. The Sheffield FA played by its own rules until the 1870s with the FA absorbing some of its rules until there was little difference between the games.