Tweet Honey Thaljieh is known internationally for promoting the role of sports in empowering women and girls in the Arab world and beyond. She is a co-founder of women’s football (soccer) in Palestine, and she served as the first captain of the Palestinian national football team. Following her career in football, she joined FIFA, the International Federation of Association Football, where she leads its efforts to promote diversity, gender equality, integration, and peace-making in sports. She has been recognized as a Champion for Peace by the organization Peace and Sport, and she serves as an ambassador for the sports organizations Save the Dream, Homeless World Cup, and Football For Peace…
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How Football…explains America!!
TweetNotes from America: How American football…explains America Daily News Egypt / February 7, 2015 / By Ahmed Tharwat Last Sunday, more than 140 million Americans congregated in living rooms, bars, restaurants to eat, drink and watch the Super Bowl XLIX (49). This is the biggest sporting event of the year, with highest TV rating (39.1 points); the game day ticket price averaging $10,466, it brought more than $500M economic value (debatable) to host city, a 30 second ad costs $4.5m, in fact, so a FIAT 500X crossover car covering one minute ad costs $9m, that for the first time mixed cars and Viagra. American football is not just a game, it is a huge entertaining culture exhibition,…
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The bite… that shook England!
Tweet Video: Suarez bites Ivanovic? Suarez, who brought excitements to the British industrial premier league football, now is is being crucified for biting the Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic during the 2-2 draw with Chelsea at Anfield on Sunday., the British media coverage of the south American player lacks depth and cultural sensitivity… how is biting is different than spitting, stumping, , kicking… racism is live and well in professional sports, but a childish act like biting opponent T-Shirt is considered outrageous, and stupid, barbaric… , in some culture bitting in looked as a form of expressing affection.. where parents bite their own kids to show their love! … it is…