KP141 Chapter 14: KP141 Waddington and Roderick Reading Notes
24 Mar 2018
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In 19th century, soccer was well on the way of becoming most popular sport. It was a result of relationships of britain with many other countries. Cricket and rugby were also apart of this. Britain had a lot of world power and trading connection. Enlgihs engineers introduced soccer in spain in 1893. Soccer was rst team game to be included in the olympics. Formation in 1904 os the world governing body of fifa. The establishment and development of the world cup. First world cup was held in uruguay in 1930. First one was a small a air with only 13 countries. It now takes more than 2 years and more than 250 preliminary games to nd quali ers. It has never been as important in us as it has in any other country. People believe it is becasue there is no space for other sports: when there is one dominant sport, hard to have others.
