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For lovers of football

Here are a few websites to charge you up this soccer season


The FIFA World Cup is just round the corner.

If you are a football freak, then log on to the following sites to know interesting information about the sport, its history and a lot more. You can also buy accessories on these sites

News

www.football365.com/ This is football 365 x 24 x 7 for fans.

You have news, team gossips, match reports, scoreboards, statistics and a lot of fun games and events here.

Also access live videos of matches and interesting events in the football community.

You can buy World Cup tickets, football T-shirts and browse through the links to various related sites.

History

www.fifa.com/fifa/history_E.html Scholars might have conflicting views on the origins of the game and the influences that certain cults may have had on its evolution, but one thing is incontestable: football has flourished for over a thousand years in diverse rudimentary forms.

Learn about the various theories proposed about the history of this historical sport. This site also has information about the history of the rules and regulations in football and about FIFA.

World Cup 2006

http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.

com/06/en/ This site, created by Yahoo, which is an official partner of FIFA World Cup Germany 2006, is a one-stop destination for information, news, and updates about the event. It makes your browsing experience even more interesting, with the option of customising your homepage by adding themes of the 32 finalists' teams. Tickets to games, hotel bookings, video downloads, and the photo galleries are some interesting features on this site. This portal is available in nine international language interfaces.

Accessories

www.anacondasports.com/ You can buy T-shirts, bags, field equipment, footballs, footwear, and other accessories on this site. With an international delivery system, this store could soon be your favourite hangout on the Internet where you browse and buy your sports gear. This could just be one of those things that will spice up your street football matches.

Discussion Forums

www.worldfootball

forums.com/

This discussion forum is all about the adrenaline driven sport you adore. As a guest, it gives you limited access to view most discussions, articles and access other free features. By joining the free community, you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload your own photos and access many other special features. Registration is simple and free.

L.S. ROHIT

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