Tag: Fifa World Cup 2014

Algeria and the Politics of the Spectator

Algeria and the Politics of the Spectator

  While I write this note, FIFA 2014 witnessed a fantastic jolt with Germany in the first semi-final dealing a humiliating drubbing to the host Brazil by 7-1. Before the first semi-final the equations had been evenly-poised: Argentina and Brazil, the two fossilized teams from Latin America along with Germany and Netherlands, two European giants. […]

July 9, 2014 Ayoob Rahman
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It’s Kick-off Today Amidst Pessimism

It’s Kick-off Today Amidst Pessimism

The Fifa World Cup 2014 will be kicked off in Copacabana, Rio De Janerio, Brazil on Thursday. For schedule and fixture visit http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/index.html However, there are clouds of suspicion and allegations in the air about murky dealings of over-expenditure behind the staging of the event. Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff agrees that there are pessimists and skeptics and […]

June 11, 2014
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