International football competitions like the Continental Championships, Leagues, and World Cup serve as focal point of large-scale tournaments with an international scope. With specialized local representatives serving diplomatic envoys, they can represent interests, beliefs, history across boundaries. The advancement world health also be reflected in this representation. Football play a crucia...

With the 2014 FIFA World Cup kicking off on June 12th, billions of fans across the world have turned their attention toward host country Brazil to root for their teams. Soccer (or football, if you prefer) fans are loud; you need only remember the last World Cup’s infamous vuvuzelas for a demonstration. But fans are not only loud in stadiums. They also make their voices heard across social media...

INTRODUCTION Emergency medicine is a new speciality in South Africa. It was first registered in 2003, and there are now 30 specialists in the country, with 10 new graduates from local registrar training programmes and over 40 trainees on four programmes across the country. CONCLUSION Emergency medicine is currently enjoying a governmental focus as part of the preparations towards the FIFA 201...

Recent events such as the exclusion of Russian teams from international competitions following Moscow’s invasion Ukraine, well debate on Qatar hosting 2022 World Cup, have once again reignited over relationship between sport and politics. From athletes displaying political symbols to states vying exclude their rivals major tournaments, strong connection politics in arena is evident. Internation...

In 2014, Brazil hosted one of the most popular sport competitions in the world, the FIFA World Cup. Concerned about the intense migration of tourists, the Brazilian government decided to deploy a food safety strategy based on inspection scores and a grading system applied to food services. The present study aimed to evaluate the results of the food safety strategy deployed during the 2014 FIFA ...

Social media has become one of the most popular communication tools for sharing opinions and everyday liferelated events. Twitter as a micro-blogging service can be used to discover events and news in real time from anywhere in the world. As Twitter posts (tweets) are short and are being generated constantly, they are well-suited sources of streaming data for opinion mining and sentiment polari...

Sport mega-events including the FIFA World Cup are a central component of consumer culture. Major brands long associated with Cup, many known for unhealthy products. This study quantified visual marketing references to in UK broadcasting 2018 Men’s Cup. Eight matches were recorded, and all segments recordings coded using predefined criteria. A total 1794 such an average 224 per broadcast 1.2 mi...