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14,62,00000 Million Pound is the total prize money for the 32 Teams in Germany 2006 FIFA World Cup. 131.9 Million Pound is the total Prize Money from FIFA for Teams at the Germany 2006 World Cup 2.63 Million Pound will be the minimum payment to all 32 participating Countries in final round of FIFA Germany 2006 World Cup. 45 Numbers of people per 32 Finasist Nations to whom FIFA provide Business-class Flights and pay a daily allowance of 175 Pound in the Final of FIFA 2006 Germany World Cup 288 Million Pound paid by COCA - COLA to extend its sponsorship deal with FIFA until 2022 |
DO YOU KNOW?2FIFA Executive Committee Members who will now receive an Annual Remuneration of 52,000 Pound for carrying out their duties and eligible to get an annual pension when they step down from the post of the Committee. Gabtiel Batistuta, the former Argentine famous striker who scored 56 goals in 78 international matches for his nation now intends to pursue his passion for golf after retirement from international Football. At the age of 97,the first goal scorer of 1st World Cup in Uruguay in the year1930 Mr. Lucien Laurent of France has died recently.He scored the first ever goal in the FIFA World Cup on 13th July 1930 in the opening game against Uruguay.With the other team mates of France he travelled by boat to play in Uruguay. 12.75 Million Pound to Juventus by..... TAMOIL 11.75 Million Pound to Bayern Munich by .....T-COM 10.00 Million Pound to Chelsea by.....SAMSUNG 09.50 Million pound to Real Madrid by .....SIEMENS 09.00 Million Pound to Manchester United. by..... VODAFONE |
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There was a controversies regarding the FIRST-EVER hattrick in the history of World Cup Football.The FIFA committee declared that Bertam Patenaude of Team USA scored a hattrick against Paraguay on 17th July,1930 but other sources contradicted that it was scored by Guillermo Stabile of Argentina against Mexico on 19th July 1930. 1934:The World Cup host Country Italy moved into the final and faced Czech Republic.Two world famous Goalkeepers of that time Gianpiero Combi and Frantisek Planika of Italy and Czech Team were playing in the final battle and conceded one goal each in regular time.But in the extra time of the match Italy scored another and won the title. But after the match the famous Goalkeeper Combi surprisingly declared his retirement from international Football. 1938:In France World Cup Italy and Brazil clashed with each other in the semi final match at Stade Velodrome Stadium of Marseille. Italy was leading by 1 - 0 and just few minutes before the end of the match a penalty was awarded in favour of Italy .Italian player Giuseppe Meazza was about to take the shot but suddenly he discovered that the elestic of his shorts got torn and his shorts was going down his knees.But Steadily he held the upper portion of his shorts with his left hand and placed the ball on the penalty spot only with his right hand.In spite of that adverse situation he scored for Italy and shattered the last hope of the Brazilians to move for final. 1950:Due to the WORLD WAR IIFootball World Cup was not held for 12 Years.It again started in Brazil after that long gap. Apart from 1954,it was the only World Cup in which the home Team reached in the final and failed to win the title,when Uruguay beat Brazil by 2 - 1 and broke the hearts of about 200000 home supporters presented in Maracana Stadium at Brazil. 1954:In Switzerland ,Television coverage of Football introduced by FIFA for first time in the history of World Cup.On 26th June 1954,the Quarter-final match in Lausanne produced more goals than any match before and since ,Austria beating Switzerland by 7 - 5 goals. 1958:After the disappointment of Rio - D- Janairo,Brazil proved unstoppable with the great PELE himself just in the age of 17 years and 139 days old when he neted the winning goal for Brazil against Wales at Sweden World Cup. 1962:In the World Cup of Chile "Black Spider" Lev Yasin of Soviet Union was rated the best Goalkeeper in the history of World Cup.The absolute record held by Vaclav Masek of Czech Republic scored against Mexico after just 15 second of match started. 1966:There has still been a controvercy between England and German Fans all over the World about the Hattrick as well as winning goal by Geof Hearst of England team in the final match against West Germany in England.The controvercy was whether the ball crossed the goal line or not?but Swiss referee Gottfried Dienst ,who made his decision after consulting his Russian Linesman. 1970:The RED and YELLOW card system to be flashed by referee in this Mexico World Cup.The first player sent off with a red card was Carlos Caszely of Chile 1974:East and West Germany have marged together now and called GERMANY.But in the year 1974 they were seperate two rival Countries and fought against each other in West Germany World Cup qualifying round.But West Germany lost to their political enemy East Germany by 1 -0 in qualifying match . After the defeat West Germans were shaken and their captain //franz Backenbauer reacted and held a crisis meeting with his Team mates and later appeared on Television to pacify the irate public. 1978:FIFA Committee organised the 11th World Cup at Argentina in this year when millitary rules clamped their.Thousands of General people were killed and tortured brutally in the hands of Millitary personnels.The whole Football World protested against World Cup being held at Millitary ruled Argentina.Like others,1974 Finalist Holland Team Captain "JOHAN CRUEFF" also vehemently protested against this and did not go with the Holland Team to Argentina.But asusual Holland reached the final and was defeated by Host Argentina 3 - 1.But After the match ,in a press conference CRUEFF expressed to the mediamen that " He was very shocked for Holland's defeat but he did not think that,his non participation in that Tournament was beyond principle for the protest. 1982:24 Countries participated for the first time in Spain World Cup.Total 52 matches held in 14 Cities and 17 stadia .This is an unbroken World Cup record till date when Northern Ireland's striker Norman Whiteside made his World Cup Debut against Yugoslavia as the 1986:In Mexico World Cup ,Ramon Caldere of Spain Team tested positive for the stimulant Ephedrine,but was not punished by FIFA because they satisfied that he had been given the drug innocently in a bronchities cure by the team doctor 1990:Diego Maradona the hero of 1986 World Cup was famously banned for 15 months by FIFA after testing positive for a "Coctail of drugs" following Argentina's victory over Nigeria in Italy World Cup.Five different substances- Ephedrine, Pseudo-hedrine,Phenylpropanolamine,non- pseudo-ephedrine and Methylephedrine were found in his urine sample. 1994:Immortalised within an hour: Russia's Oleg Salenko was not even in the first eleven of Russian Team regularly but in the 6 - 1 victory over Cameroon in the 1st round match in USA World Cup, only his seventh international match for Russia he scored 5 goals out of six in one hour.After that he faded form the international scene and finally had to end his career for the cause of health. |
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