Swedish Part-Timer Leads Country And Club To Soccer's Big Time Three years ago, the Swedes were semifinalists in the European soccer championship, The quality of play demanded of Romário by country and club, http://www.iht.com/articles/1995/02/07/swede_0.php
Extractions: Three years ago, the Swedes were semifinalists in the European soccer championship, which seemed just about right considering they were the hosts. Last summer, this nation of fewer than 9 million people took third place in the World Cup. Now, IFK Gothenburg, the flagship of Sweden's semiprofessional league, is training for the quarterfinals of the European Champions' Cup, having beaten the mighty clubs Barcelona and Manchester United in the Champions' League. To make sense of this, you are invited to contact, of all places, ICA - the largest chain of food stores in Sweden. The call is directed to the public relations department, to the desk of Pontus Kamark. He was a defender for the World Cup team last summer, and he is captain of IFK Gothenburg. "We sponsor many teams in different sports," he said. "If you have seen our sweaters when we play, the sign on our stomachs reads ICA. From Adidas I buy the shirts, put the logos on and give them away to the teams that maybe can't afford them. The teams keep contact with me and I arrange everything for them."
Extractions: Training mit Stars Startricks Basics Specials ... Archiv Welchem deutschen Team traust du im UEFA- Cup am meisten zu? Hertha BSC VfB Stuttgart Bayer Leverkusen Hamburger SV FSV Mainz 05 fD21 ¼ber Beach Soccer Vom Strand zum WM-Titel 1994: Brasiliens Romario. Seit wann gibt es Beach Soccer? Die Einführung der "Pro Beach Soccer Serie" in den USA führte 1992 zu einem ersten Beach Soccer Boom. Danach dauerte auch nur ein Jahr, bis das erste wirklich große Turnier mit internationaler Beteiligung ausgespielt wurde. Argentinien, Italien, Brasilien und Gastgeber Amerika trafen sich, um das beste Team zu ermitteln. Immerhin lockte dieses Ereignis mehr als 10.000 Zuschauer an. Es dauerte aber noch einige Jahre, bis Europa im Jahre 1997 eine eigene offizielle Serie auf die Beine stellte. Im selben Jahr gründete Deutschland seine erste eigene Beach-Soccer-Nationalmannschaft. Wie spielt man Beach Soccer? Wie lange wird gespielt? Wer ist beim Beach Soccer erfolgreich? Popularität erlangt Beach Soccer häufig über den Einsatz berühmter Fußballer. Bei der Qualifikation zur WM 2005 lief beispielsweise der ehemalige brasilianische Weltklassestürmer Romario auf und sorgte für enormes Medieninteresse. 1994 wurde Romario Fußball-Weltmeister mit der "
GloboEsporte.com > Especiais - Romário Romário exige R$ 500 mil do Fluminense ». 21/04/2005 - 1938 Especiais http://globoesporte.globo.com/ESP/Noticia/0,,EEI7-4272,00.html
Extractions: Noch mehr über Brasilien hier Folklore has it that cachaça was conceived and originally consumed around 400 years ago by slaves who started to drink the liquid that fermented out of the sugar cane plantations. Plantation owners began to serve this liquid to their slaves after noticing its positive effects, such as increased vigor, experienced by the slaves who consumed it.
