He is one of the most successful exports from Asia; in fact, he has opened many opportunities for Asian soccer players to play overseas. For nine years, he’s made himself a single most recognizable soccer player from Japan or even Asia has ever produced. But few truly know the man behind the mask; he is a sport superstar, who took Japanese soccer and Asian soccer to the worlds stage. A national idol, whose website can draw “fifteen million hits in a single day”(1). A fashion icon, noted for his sharp fashion sense and sharper haircut. He holds a marketing dream with lucrative contract for some of the world’s biggest brands. Yet, at the peak of his powers, with the world at his feet, he decided to pull the plug. At the age of just 29, Hidetohshi Nakata shocked the nation by announcing his retirement from soccer. He’s swapping the soccer field for the departure land, with plans to travel the world, for months, or maybe even years ahead.
Hidetoshi Nakata became the first Japanese player and the first Asian player to achieve success with top European clubs in Italy and England. His passion for the sport was aroused at an early age. He was forced to choose the love of soccer and the more popular sport baseball. As Nakata explains it as “ baseball teams were more strict and you have to cut your hair and you have to train more”(4) so that’s why he chooses soccer more easily. Nakata’s talent began to attract interest from Europe, he moved to Italy to play for the string of top clubs, winning new fans from both of his performances and his effort to absorb European culture. Gabriele Marcotti, a soccer journalist comment Nakata as, “ commercially he was phenomenally successful, even at one point, his jersey was the second most sold jersey ...
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...in Europe and also be remembered as someone who never fulfilled his potential on the soccer field. Though Asia and Europe was shocked by his decision. Nakata left behind a career that opened the World’s eye on Japanese and Asia soccer. He also holds a special place in the arena of Asian accolades. Through his life after retirement of the world of soccer, Hidetoshi Nakata encounters poverty, and prosperity, opulence and austerity. He is watching, listening and observing new experiences. These days, Nakata has brought his influence to another level. He’s found a calling as a traveler, and an ambassador to spread goodwill around the globe with soccer as his main ingredient. He is inspiring, creative, influential, visionary, and pioneering. It does seem that what Nakata touches, it turns into gold. Surely, Hidetoshi Nakata is the best and the most fashionable athlete.
Next I will talk about her teenage years of her childhood. She was a multisport athlete growing up, but she didn’t start playing organized soccer until she was 14 years old. She attended Diamond Bar High School, where she was named as the NSCAA all American. After her High School years she went to the University of California as u all may know. Also where she led the Golden Bears to the NCAA Tournament in each of her 4
Foer vowed to show us how the game of soccer can impact different regions and cultures. He indicated us how these relationships (between different nations and beliefs), while there, are hard to apprehend on the global scale. But trough soccer, these relationships reveal themselves in a hesitant fashion.
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But rather than focusing on the game, he is more concentrated observing the fathers of the young players. While he sees excitement and pride on these men’s faces watching their sons playing, he also perceives frustration and helplessness. The narrator tries to presume that while they watch their sons playing, they are “Dreaming of heroes” they will never be. Through their sons, they live their fantasy of being sport celebrities. One can rationalize that since sport stars are considered idols, because of their economic and social success, these fathers imagine being in their position.
As an 18 year old girl with a dream to go big in soccer, Kelly, went to University of Central Florida and started school there. After injuring her ACL mid season she was unsure if the team would give her a second year to play. During her second year at UCF she decided that she wanted to become a registered nurse. Unable to recover correctly and play for the team at Central Florida, Kelly moved to East Carolina
Franklin Foer the author of How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization is an important contributor of the small topic of the how soccer is related to the world. Foer from the New Republic who writes from time to time in the well known newspaper of the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal had traveled around the world especially the continent of Europe, Asia, North and South America. Going from the topic of why the Islam religion, Islamic law, and religious paramilitary militia prohibits the passionate, die-hard Islamic women fans; from attending and/or watching soccer games and then partying hard like the men after the game if their country or favorite club wins. To the topic of how America relates to soccer when the middle class accepted this sport because of the little violence that they thought the sport contained and to how some Americans support writers such as Tom Weir from USA Today’s “that hating soccer is more American than apple pie, driving a pickup, or spending Saturday afternoons channel surfing with the remote control” (Foer 240). The majority of Americans that support this quote are the lower class, liberals, majority of sports reporters, and narrow minded Americans. These topics and/or chapters really show how soccer is creating more globalization around the world especially with Islamic women getting rid of their traditions and trying new things such as showing their passion for soccer. In addition, America is trying to pass its apple pie and watching American Football on a Sunday to watching beautiful game of soccer. How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization is really divided into three groups; the first being the rivalries between clubs and human beings, sec...
Soccer has been known for many decades as “the beautiful game.” It has carried respect and happiness to millions around the world. However, the respect for the game falls apart when the fans and players use racism. Soccer went from being the beautiful game to being the judgmental game because of the fans. In some cultures, soccer is their way of life, and some are more passionate about soccer than others. The fans during the soccer games racially abuse the soccer players because of their ethnicity and skin color. Racism in soccer has been going on around the world for a while now, but hasn’t been addressed until the players or organizations stand up for themselves. The two editorials that talk about racism in soccer are “Racism on the Soccer Field Must End Before it Kills The Sport” by Andre Akpan, and “Beautiful Game of Soccer made Ugly by Racism at World Cup” by Aram Ghoogasian. Presently, racism from fans has increased over the past years, which have impacted the player’s
Located in a hallway nestled between the Art of Europe and Art of Ancient Worlds wings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is the Italian Renaissance Gallery (Gallery 206). Here, Donatello’s Madonna of the Clouds and Luca della Robbia’s Virgin and child with lilies face one another, vying for museum-goers’ attention from alternate sides of the narrow gallery. Both pieces indulge ingenious techniques, original at the time of conception, to create a completely new visual experience of a very traditional biblical scene, the Virgin Mary with her child, Jesus Christ. This paper will employ close visual analysis of two 15th-century Renaissance reliefs from Florence depicting the Virgin Mary and Jesus Chris in order to show how these artists used innovative
...cally fit man. He was known for his HUGE appetite and big belly hanging out of his uniform. But he was determined (like Muhammad and Jordan) to put in the hours of PRACTICE and hard work to make himself a better player. All three of these famous sport idols (there were more of course) showed that that they had the growth mindset. They understood that it takes time, effort and determination to achieve their goals! They had to practice to get better. They had to put in their time of hours of hours of practice to become who they are today. They had the character, the heart, the will and the Mind of a Champion. They were champions because they had the growth mindset. They saw setbacks as motivating, to try their best, by learning and improving. They took charge of their processes that bring success and learned how to maintain them. (Dweck, 2006, p. 98-100).
Known as the world’s most popular sport, professional soccer has helped create and define different groups of people around the world for longer than a century. The hoopla surrounding teams, geographic areas fans dwell in, and political ideals associated with individual clubs have carved an identity for millions of supporters whose heart and soul becomes dedicated to their favorite players, stadiums, and coaches. Soccer teams and their fans can give us a window into how people can be divided and defined by their allegiances and ideals, and why those with similar views band together to create a familiar environment for themselves.
The amazing game of soccer is played in every continent, and is the world’s most popular sport. It is proven to be one of the number one sports to be played and watched. Because its fans and players are so devoted, the sport continues to grow. Requiring only a ball and open space, the activity is available to anyone, whether rich or poor, male or female, athletic or not. Over the years, soccer has won the hearts of many because of its unique history, many benefits, and notable achievements.
Michael Jackson is known for King of Pop. Jackson full name is Michael Joseph Jackson, he was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indian. Michael Jackson died June 25, 2009, in Los Angeles, California. Michael has a mother name Katherine Jackson and a father name Joseph Jackson. Michael was a singer, music producer, song writer, and a dancer, he also was married twice. Michael was married to Debbie Rowe, November 15, 1996, and had a divorce with her on October 8, 1999. He also was married to Lisa Marie Presley, May 18, 1994 and divorced her on January 18, 1996. (biography.com) & (cnn.com)
Sports throughout history have shown close ties and relations to values and cultures of a society. Sports and competition have adapted and grown as the world and people have grown and developed. Sports are often seen as simple consequence of the industrial revolution. The Impact of increased urbanization, better communication and transportation, as well as more time and income for specialization, all led to the creation of sports. (szymanski). In essence As the public sphere grew so did the concept of sport. (Szymanski). Even the impact colonization had on spreading sports, shows the congruence between the development of society and development of modern sports. What make sports very unique is that they always bring about a sense of culture
Miyamoto Musashi was born in 1584, in a Japan struggling to recover from more than four centuries of internal strife. The traditional rule of the emperors had been overthrown in the twelfth century, and although each successive emperor remained the figurehead of Japan, his powers were very much reduced. Since that time, Japan had seen almost continuous civil war between the provincial lords, warrior monks and brigands, all fighting each other for land and power. In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the lords, called daimyo, built huge stone castles to protect themselves and their lords and castle towns outside the walls began to grow up. These wars naturally restricted the growth of trade and impoverished the whole country.
“Sports are for fun, but they also offer benefits and lessons that carry over into all aspects of life”. This well-known anonymous quotation conveys the message that sport is the game which has some rules and custom. It is not only for fun and entertainment, but there are also some benefits of playing sports and which gives some important lessons for life. Every kind of physical sports is healthy because it involves running, jumping, stretching, mind skills and much more. There are so many sports available in the world nowadays, but we can categorize them by the numbers of players, the three main categories are individual sport, dual sport and team sport.