FIFA World Cup

1. Germany had what was thought to be a hyper efficient (and much dreaded) General Staff, that is, central military planning agency. In 1866 and 1870-71 the Prussian General Staff had won easy victories against two major European powers. The General Staff was, however, obsessively technocratic and lacked broader political perspectives. This problem was exacerbated by bottomless contempt for the legitimate civilian government. Certainly, under Kaiser Wilhelm II there was rivalry between the General Staff and the government. The Kaiser himself - silly man - encouraged the view that civilians were second-class citizens. 2. The General Staff was convinced that, thanks to the Schlieffen Plan, it could knock out France within the first six weeks of the war. In the event, every key assumption in the plan turned out to be a miscalculation. 3. With a handful of exceptions, the German intelligentsia was firmly convinced of German racial superiority, and it was believed that this would be reflected in victories on the battlefield. In fairness, it should be added that the British went to war in 1914 also convinced of their racial superiorty - and both had a most unwelcome surprise! Obviously, this is only a brief summary. Joncey

Paulo Maldini did not play in the 2006 World Cup because he was already on the international retirement.

Margaret Lumia is currently the oldest player on tour at age 54 with a current WTA rank of 775

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2016 (and 2020 2024 etc) is an Olympic year

Football World Cup is every 4 years

and Olympics is every 4 years.

They alternate every even-numbered year

2012 Olympics - London

2014 World Cup - Brazil

2016 Olympics - Rio de Janeiro

2018 World Cup - Russia

and so on ...

The name of the World Cup 2010 ball is "Jabulani". The EXACT SAME ball (called match ball) that the teams use is $150 (and worth every penny, I have one). The replica ball is only $30 and isn't really a good ball. Please see the related link. They will have a better description of each ball. I recommend the match ball.

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Germany:Germany almost beat russia in WWII if u.s and ohers didn't help. Germany tested biological weopons on the Jewish and are not afraid to use them. Germany knows how to stay one step ahead.

Croatia have yet to win the world cup. After all it is a new country a break away of Yugoslavia.

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1 time in 1992 world cup,in that match pakistan won

cuz he wasn't greedy and he is a good brother who loves his sisters

Barcelona is not a team in the fifa world cup

The German national football team have played in seventeen of the nineteen FIFA World Cups, all except for the 1930 tournament, from which they withdrew, and the 1950 tournament, from which they were banned. The first of these two, in 1934 and 1938, they played as Germany, while from the Second World War until the reunification in 1990, they played as West Germany.

Mike Robertson from Sandia High School in Albuquerque New Mexico

Manchester united FC in England has the most fans in the world with 330 million followers in the world. The most widely supported football club is Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Portugal, which has 160,398 paid-up members. The record was acknowledged on 9 November 2006 during the celebrations for Guinness World Records Day. The team, better known as just Benfica or, by fans, SLB, has supporters in most municipalities of Portugal ­ and in cities throughout the world, namely Andorra, Angola, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, England, France, Germany, Guinea-Bissau, Luxembourg, Macao, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States.

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The 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand is getting broadcasted over nearly all urbanised countries, including New Zealand (obviously), Australia, South Africa, France, USA, England, Italy, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, Russia, Germany, Spain, Portugal, China, Japan etc.

Miroslav Klose was the top scorer, with five goals.

France won it in 1998 - by beating Brazil.

There was no World Cup in 1985 - in 1986 Argentina won the World Cup beating Germany in the final. It was hosted by Mexico.

If you meant 1958, then the tournament, held in Sweden, was won by a Pele-inspired Brazil. They beat the hosts in the final.

I dont know about friendly matches, but in official tournaments or qualifying to tournaments they only played together in qualifying to the 1984 European Championships, nothing before, nothing after.

In the 2010 world cup in South Africa there will be four teams taking part. They are Brazil, Chile, Argentina and Paraguay.

Depends what you're really after.

The event held every four years is often referred to as "the finals"; this differentiates it from the qualifying stage that actually starts 2 years earlier.

The finals have 32 teams competing.

The Grand Final, of course, features 2 teams.

Since the date changes from year to year, refer to the Wimbledon link, below, for up-to-date information.

People wore clothes like today in 1966.