Sunday, June 18, 2006

the beautiful game

 

Last Saturday evening, the All Black’s season got underway as they played Ireland. I’m guessing around a million, maybe two million people tuned in to see the game. Meanwhile, in the early hours of Saturday morning (New Zealand time; Friday evening German time) I was one of over 1.5 billion people around the world who watched the opening game of the 2006 Football World Cup (that’s more than 20% of the world’s population).

It was a great game as Germany beat Costa Rica 4-2, making it the highest-scoring opening match in World Cup history.

The World Cup is the biggest sporting event in the world. Television coverage of the 2006 tournament will reach more than 200 countries with a projected cumulative viewing audience of 32.5 billion.

Posted by liacoa in 06:04:21
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  1. i think it is better if you can write more.

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