Soccer: The game of riches
Soccer makes big money, especially in Europe, but it is also deep in debt. The million-euro business of soccer, otherwise known as football to the rest of the world outside the U.S., is a corporate juggernaut today. From shoes to jerseys to movies, soccer generates sales, product, jobs, and marketing for thousands and thousands of businesses and people.
Handball vs. Soccer
Handball can be fast-moving and physical, but its popularity won’t match soccer. Handball involves a rubber, elastic ball and two players. Similar to tennis, the game requires each player to out hit and out-manoeuver the opposing player while still being able to hit the ball successfully. Soccer, otherwise known as football around the world except in the U.S., involves two teams of multiple players kicking a spotted ball across a field by foot and trying to insert that ball into the opposing player’s goal net.
Soccer Euro 2012 – the favorites
There are 16 teams vying for a good slot in the Euro 2012 soccer competition. The games are to be played on fields in the Ukraine and Poland in the new year, and the teams will fall into two groups of elimination. Once the first games begin on June 8, 2012, the race starts.