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UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League anthem , officially titled simply as `` Champions League '' , was written by Tony Britten , and is an adaptation of George Frideric Handel 's Zadok the Priest ( one of his Coronation Anthems ) . UEFA commissioned Britten in 1992 to arrange an anthem , and the piece was performed by London 's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and sung by the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields . The chorus contains the three official languages used by UEFA : English , German , and French . The anthem 's chorus is played before each UEFA Champions League game , as well as at the beginning and end of television broadcasts of the matches . The complete anthem is about three minutes long , and has two short verses and the chorus . For the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final in Rome , tenor Andrea Bocelli sang backing lyrics to the Champions League anthem , whilst similarly Juan Diego Flórez provided the tenor for the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final . Girl band All Angels performed at the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final . Jonas Kaufmann provided the tenor for 2012 UEFA Champions League Final , whilst David Garrett performed with his violin . The anthem has never been released commercially in its original version .
List of English football champions
Bold Italic indicates Treble winners -- i.e. League , FA Cup and European Cup winners
North America
Canada , Mexico and the US submitted a joint bid to host the 2026 FIFA World Cup . The following table shows the most prominent sports leagues in North America , in order of average revenue .
Women's association football
The girls asked us if they could make a team and asked specifically to play in skirts . We said we 'd try but we did n't expect to get permission for that . We 've seen reactions from Belgium and Germany already saying this could be something for them . Many girls would like to play in skirts but did n't think it was possible .
Czechoslovakia
The Czechoslovakia national football team was a consistent performer on the international scene , with eight appearances in the FIFA World Cup Finals , finishing in second place in 1934 and 1962 . The team also won the European Football Championship in 1976 , came in third in 1980 and won the Olympic gold in 1980 .
History of Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
In the 1962 -- 63 European Cup Winners ' Cup , Spurs reached the final , beating along the way Rangers 8 -- 4 on aggregate , Slovan Bratislava 6 -- 2 , and OFK Belgrade 5 -- 2 aggregate . On 15 May 1963 , in the Cup Winners ' Cup Final against Atlético Madrid in Rotterdam , Spurs won 5 -- 1 , including a 25 - yard goal from Terry Dyson . With this win , Tottenham became the first British team to win a European trophy .
2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids
There was also a backlash from the media in the losing countries ; the majority of British newspapers alleged that the World Cup had been `` sold '' to Russia , and the Spanish El Mundo , Dutch Algemeen Dagblad , and the Japanese Nikkei made comments about the financial power of Russia and Qatar 's commodity and energy reserves . American newspapers the Seattle Times and Wall Street Journal alleged collusion and corruption .
Ballon d'Or
The Ballon d'Or ( French pronunciation : ​ ( balɔ̃ dɔʁ ) ; `` Golden Ball '' ) , is an annual football award presented by France Football . It has been awarded since 1956 , although between 2010 and 2015 , an agreement was made with FIFA and the award was temporarily merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year , and known as the FIFA Ballon d'Or , but the partnership was ended in 2016 and the award been reversed back to Ballon d'Or while FIFA also renamed its traditional award . Conceived by sports writer Gabriel Hanot , the Ballon d'Or award honours the male player deemed to have performed the best over the previous year , based on voting by football journalists . Originally , only European players were in contention for the Ballon d'Or : in 1995 the award was expanded to include all players at European clubs and in 2007 to all players from around the world .
2018 NBA Playoffs
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FIFA World Cup
In October 2013 , Sepp Blatter spoke of guaranteeing the Caribbean Football Union 's region a position in the World Cup . In the edition of 25 October 2013 of the FIFA Weekly Blatter wrote that : `` From a purely sporting perspective , I would like to see globalisation finally taken seriously , and the African and Asian national associations accorded the status they deserve at the FIFA World Cup . It can not be that the European and South American confederations lay claim to the majority of the berths at the World Cup . '' Those two remarks suggested to commentators that Blatter could be putting himself forward for re-election to the FIFA Presidency .
List of Arsenal F.C. records and statistics
Arsenal have won two European honours : the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1970 and the Cup Winners ' Cup in 1994 . They also reached the final of the UEFA Cup in 2000 , and became the first London team to appear in a UEFA Champions League final in 2006 . Despite having never won the UEFA Champions League , Arsenal have set numerous records in the competition . Between 1998 -- 99 and the current season , 2016 -- 17 , they participated in nineteen successive seasons , a record only surpassed in Europe by Real Madrid . Goalkeeper Jens Lehmann kept ten consecutive clean sheets in the run - in to Arsenal 's first UEFA Champions League final and the defence went 995 minutes until conceding a goal . Arsenal were also the first British side to defeat Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund away from home , and both Milanese teams : Internazionale and Milan at the San Siro .
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
First round ( group stage ) : The 52 UEFA teams affiliated with FIFA at the time of the draw were divided into nine groups ( seven groups of six teams and two groups of five teams ) to play home - and - away round - robin matches . The winners of each group qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup , and the eight best runners - up advanced to the second round ( play - offs ) . With the admission of Gibraltar and Kosovo as FIFA members in May 2016 , both national teams were eligible to make their debuts in World Cup qualifying . With initially two groups in the first round having only five teams , Kosovo was assigned to Group I as it was decided that Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia should not play against Kosovo for security reasons , and Gibraltar was then added to Group H , so that each of the nine groups then had six teams . Second round ( play - offs ) : The eight best runners - up from the first round played one other team over two legs , home and away . The four winners qualified for the 2018 FIFA World Cup . Final
Cristiano Ronaldo
Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro GOIH , ComM ( Portuguese pronunciation : ( kɾiʃ'tjɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu ) ; born 5 February 1985 ) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish club Real Madrid and the Portugal national team . Often considered the best player in the world and widely regarded as one of the greatest of all time , Ronaldo has four FIFA Ballon d'Or awards , the most for a European player , and is the first player in history to win four European Golden Shoes . He has won 24 trophies in his career , including five league titles , four UEFA Champions League titles and one UEFA European Championship . A prolific goalscorer , Ronaldo holds the records for most official goals scored in the top five European leagues ( 372 ) , the UEFA Champions League ( 110 ) and the UEFA European Championship ( 29 ) , as well as the most goals scored in a UEFA Champions League season ( 17 ) . He has scored more than 600 senior career goals for club and country .
Eden Hazard
Hazard made nine appearances in the Red Devils ' successful 2014 World Cup qualification campaign , scoring twice . The first of these came on 22 March against the Republic of Macedonia at the Philip II Arena , converting a penalty to conclude a 2 -- 0 win after being fouled by Aleksandar Lazevski . Three days later in the reverse fixture , he beat two defenders before scoring the only goal of the game .
2017 UEFA Champions League Final
Juventus reached their ninth final after a 4 -- 1 aggregate win against Monaco to maintain their undefeated record in this season 's competition . Juventus also entered the final with the best defensive record in the 2016 -- 17 Champions League , having conceded only thrice . Previously Juventus won finals in 1985 and 1996 , and lost a record six in 1973 , 1983 , 1997 , 1998 , 2003 and 2015 . This was also their 14th final in all seasonal UEFA competitions , having also played in one Cup Winners ' Cup final ( winning in 1984 ) and four UEFA Cup finals ( winning in 1977 , 1990 and 1993 , and losing in 1995 ) . If they were to lose , Juventus would tie Benfica 's record of five consecutive finals lost .
Olympic Games
By 2010 , only three countries had never sent female athletes to the Games : Brunei , Saudi Arabia , and Qatar . Brunei had taken part in only three celebrations of the Games , sending a single athlete on each occasion , but Saudi Arabia and Qatar had been competing regularly with all - male teams . In 2010 , the International Olympic Committee announced it would `` press '' these countries to enable and facilitate the participation of women for the 2012 Summer Olympics . Anita DeFrantz , chair of the IOC 's Women and Sports Commission , suggested that countries be barred if they prevented women from competing . Shortly thereafter , the Qatar Olympic Committee announced that it `` hoped to send up to four female athletes in shooting and fencing '' to the 2012 Summer Games in London .
List of Olympic Games scandals and controversies
Budapest had initially been selected over Amsterdam and Lyon to host the Games , but as the Austro - Hungarian Empire had been a German ally in World War I , the French - dominated International Olympic Committee transferred the Games to Antwerp in April 1919 . Austria , Bulgaria , Germany , Hungary , and Turkey were not invited to the Games , being the successor states of the Central Powers which lost World War I .
2017 UEFA Champions League Final
UEFA unveiled the brand identity of the final on 25 August 2016 in Monaco during the group stage draw .
England at the FIFA World Cup
Countries at the FIFA World Cup Team appearances Teams with no appearances All - time table AFC Australia China Indonesia Iran Iraq Japan Kuwait North Korea Saudi Arabia South Korea United Arab Emirates CAF Algeria Angola Cameroon DR Congo Egypt Ghana Ivory Coast Morocco Nigeria Senegal South Africa Togo Tunisia CONCACAF Canada Costa Rica Cuba El Salvador Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Panama Trinidad and Tobago United States CONMEBOL Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay OFC New Zealand UEFA Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Czech Republic Denmark East Germany England France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Considered a successor team by FIFA , or have competed under another name ( s ) . Have been member of multiple confederations . Team and national federation no longer exist . Retrieved
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
On 15 May 1963 , Tottenham became the first British team to win a European trophy by winning the 1962 -- 63 European Cup Winners ' Cup when they beat Atlético Madrid 5 -- 1 in the final . Spurs also became the first British team to win two different European trophies when they won the 1971 -- 72 UEFA Cup with a rebuilt team that included Martin Chivers , Pat Jennings , and Steve Perryman . They had also won the FA Cup in 1967 , and two League Cups ( in 1971 and 1973 ) . In total , Nicholson won eight major trophies in his 16 years at the club as manager .
Scottish Premier League
In March 2013 , Rangers chief executive Charles Green suggested that Rangers could join the Football Conference and that EU competition law banning restraints of trade could be used to overcome any legal barriers to such a plan . Green also suggested that Rangers and Celtic would not be playing in the Scottish league system in ten years time . Scotland manager Gordon Strachan said he believed the Old Firm clubs would join a future new 38 - club two - division European Super League .
Artificial turf
In November 2011 , it was reported that a number of English football clubs were interested in using artificial pitches again on economic grounds . As of October 2016 , artificial pitches are not permitted in the Premier League or Football League but are permitted in the National League and lower divisions . The two most prominent English football clubs to currently use third - generation artificial pitches are Sutton United , whose FIFA 2 - Star quality pitch was installed at Gander Green Lane in August 2015 , and Maidstone United , whose 2 - Star pitch was built along with the new Gallagher Stadium in July 2012 . Matches between the two clubs have been named by fans El Plastico ( a reference to El Clásico ) . Artificial pitches are also permitted in all rounds of The FA Cup competition . 2015
Olympic Games
Basketball player Becky Hammon was not being considered for the United States Olympic team but wanted to play in an Olympic Games , so she emigrated to Russia , where she already played in a domestic league during the WNBA offseason . Hammon received criticism from some Americans , including the US national team coach , even being called unpatriotic .
2017 UEFA Champions League Final
In the following table , finals until 1992 were in the European Cup era , since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League era .
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NBA Defensive Player of the Year Award
No player trained completely outside the U.S. has won this award . Out of the three winners born outside the U.S. , Mutombo and Olajuwon both played U.S. college basketball , and Gasol played U.S. high school basketball . Joakim Noah has played for the France national basketball team , but was born in New York City , and played both high school and college basketball in the U.S.
Zinedine Zidane
Two years later France won Euro 2000 , becoming the first team to hold both the World Cup and the European Championship since West Germany in 1974 . Zidane finished with two goals , a bending free kick against Spain in the quarter - final and the golden goal in the semi-final against Portugal with a penalty . UEFA named Zidane Player of the Tournament .
UEFA Champions League
A large part of the distributed revenue from the UEFA Champions League is linked to the `` market pool '' , the distribution of which is determined by the value of the television market in each country . For the 2014 -- 15 season , Juventus , who were the runners - up , earned nearly € 89.1 million in total , of which € 30.9 million was prize money , compared with the € 61.0 million earned by Barcelona , who won the tournament and were awarded € 36.4 million in prize money .
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Hewlett - Packard is the parent company of the Autonomy Corporation and only appeared in the Premier League . AIA appeared in the FA Cup , League Cup and Europa League .
History of Arsenal F.C. (1966–present)
In contrast to their domestic form , Arsenal 's form in Europe in 2005 -- 06 was much stronger ; they reached the UEFA Champions League final for the first time in their history , becoming the first London club ever to do so . Arsenal finished top of their group unbeaten , above Ajax , Thun and Sparta Prague against whom Thierry Henry scored two goals on away to become the all - time record goalscorer for Arsenal ; in the knockout stages they beat Real Madrid ( becoming the first British team to beat Madrid at the Santiago Bernabéu Stadium ) , Juventus and then Villarreal to reach the final , setting a competition record of ten matches without conceding a goal in the process . In the final , against Barcelona , Arsenal were reduced to ten men early on when goalkeeper Jens Lehmann was sent off for a professional foul ; nevertheless they were the ones who scored first , Sol Campbell scoring with a header from a free kick in the 37th minute . Arsenal desperately defended their lead , but two late goals from Samuel Eto'o and Juliano Belletti meant Barcelona ran out 2 -- 1 winners .
FIFA World Cup
Jump up ^ There was no third place match in 1930 ; the United States and Yugoslavia lost in the semi-finals . FIFA now recognises the United States as the third - placed team and Yugoslavia as the fourth - placed team , using the overall records of the teams in the tournament . ^ Jump up to : There was no official World Cup final match in 1950 . The tournament winner was decided by a final round - robin group contested by four teams ( Uruguay , Brazil , Sweden , and Spain ) . Coincidentally , one of the last two matches of the tournament pitted the two top ranked teams against each other , with Uruguay 's 2 -- 1 victory over Brazil thus often being considered as the de facto final of the 1950 World Cup . Likewise , the game between the lowest ranked teams , played at the same time as Uruguay vs Brazil , can be considered equal to a 3rd place match , with Sweden 's 3 -- 1 victory over Spain ensuring that they finished third .
Women's association football
Also in June 2011 , Russian UEFA Women 's Champions League contenders WFC Rossiyanka announced a plan to play in bikinis in a bid to boost attendances .
UEFA Champions League
The competition attracts an extensive television audience , not just in Europe , but throughout the world . The final of the tournament has been , in recent years , the most - watched annual sporting event in the world . The 2013 final was the most watched final to date , drawing 360 million television viewers .
FIFA World Cup
Men 's football has been included in every Summer Olympic Games except 1896 and 1932 . Unlike many other sports , the men 's football tournament at the Olympics is not a top - level tournament , and since 1992 , an under - 23 tournament with each team allowed three over-age players . Women 's football made its Olympic debut in 1996 .
2018 FIFA World Cup
The choice of Russia as host has been challenged . Controversial issues have included the level of racism in Russian football , and discrimination against LGBT people in wider Russian society . Russia 's involvement in the ongoing conflict in Ukraine has also caused calls for the tournament to be moved , particularly following the annexation of Crimea . In 2014 , FIFA President Sepp Blatter stated that `` the World Cup has been given and voted to Russia and we are going forward with our work '' .
Adam Vinatieri
Vinatieri spent the fall of 1995 training to compete professionally . He received a tryout for the World League of American Football ( later rebranded as NFL Europe ) , now defunct , and earned a roster position with the Amsterdam Admirals as a placekicker and punter .
Homegrown Player Rule (England)
Each season the Premier League lists the squads for each of its clubs for the season on 1 September ( after the summer transfer window closes ) . Each club is able to list up to 17 senior players that are not English or Welsh & did not spend a significant period in an English or Welsh academy , plus 8 ' home - grown ' players , plus an unlimited number of academy & youth players . The list for 2017 contains a number of ' home - grown players ' that are not English / Welsh born or qualified including Chelsea 's Cesc Fabregas ( 110 Spain caps ) , Manchester United 's Paul Pogba ( once a world record transfer fee for the France midfielder ) , Manchester United 's Romelu Lukaku ( Belgium national team record goalscorer ) , Nigerian Chelsea player Victor Moses & Arsenal 's Spain international Hector Bellerin .
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
Russia qualified automatically as hosts . The qualifying format for the remaining FIFA - affiliated UEFA teams was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee meeting on 22 -- 23 March 2015 in Vienna .
2018 and 2022 FIFA World Cup bids
Australia 's largest stadiums are currently used by other major Australian sports whose domestic seasons overlap with the World Cup . The Australian Football League and National Rugby League claimed that loss of access to these major venues for eight weeks would severely disrupt their seasons and impact the viability of their clubs . The AFL in particular had previously advised it would not relinquish Etihad Stadium in Melbourne for the entire period required . On 9 May 2010 the AFL , NRL , and FFA announced a Memorandum of Understanding guaranteeing that the AFL and NRL seasons would continue , should the bid be successful . Compensation for the rival football codes would be awarded as a result of any disruptions caused by hosting the World Cup . AFL CEO Andrew Demetriou came out in support of the bid , despite initially not supporting the bid . Franz Beckenbauer indicated that the issue of factional disputes between the FFA , NRL and , AFL were not considered by the FIFA Executive Committee . Although initially Australia seemed to be a popular contender to host the tournament , the final Australian World Cup bid received only one vote astonishing Franz Beckenbauer and experts alike .
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool is one of the best supported clubs in the world . The club states that its worldwide fan base includes more than 200 officially recognised Club of the LFC Official Supporters Clubs in at least 50 countries . Notable groups include Spirit of Shankly . The club takes advantage of this support through its worldwide summer tours , which has included playing in front of 101,000 in Michigan , U.S. , and 95,000 in Melbourne , Australia . Liverpool fans often refer to themselves as Kopites , a reference to the fans who once stood , and now sit , on the Kop at Anfield . In 2008 a group of fans decided to form a splinter club , A.F.C. Liverpool , to play matches for fans who had been priced out of watching Premier League football .
Zinedine Zidane
As the playmaker at Juve , Zidane played just behind forward Alessandro Del Piero , with Del Piero recalling , `` Zidane had an extraordinary talent , which contributed to his sole interest in helping the team . He was not a selfish player . He had a unique ability to be a great and to be a team player . I was lucky to play with him. `` He lost in the 1997 UEFA Champions League Final 3 -- 1 to Borussia Dortmund when he was unable to make an impression against the close marking of Paul Lambert .
2018 FIFA World Cup
Of the 32 nations qualified to play at the 2018 FIFA World Cup , 20 countries competed at the previous tournament in 2014 . Both Iceland and Panama qualified for the first time , with the former becoming the smallest country in terms of population to reach the World Cup . Other teams returning after absences of at least three tournaments include : Egypt , returning to the finals after their last appearance in 1990 ; Morocco , who last competed in 1998 ; Peru , returning after 1982 ; and Senegal , competing for the second time after reaching the quarter - finals in 2002 . It is the first time three Nordic countries ( Denmark , Iceland and Sweden ) and four Arab nations ( Egypt , Morocco , Saudi Arabia and Tunisia ) have qualified for the World Cup .