Where "Football" is religion..

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Every four years since year 1930, setting aside year 1942 and 1946, "football" almost transforms itself from a simple ordinary people's sporting event to become an exciting global religion. The soccer world cup or FIFA world cup is played every four years between the qualified football teams of various nations across the planet. It is the time when even an atheist starts chanting for his/her favorite players and teams.

The 2010 FIFA ,kicks off today at Johannesburg South Africa, which is the venue for this 19th world cup soccer. The thirty two qualified countries will be playing in eight groups and the venue for this most globally exiting sporting event will remain spread to 9 cities. For a month long from today for the world around it will be "Ke Nako" a time now to "Celebrate Africa's Humanity". This is the official slogan for 2010 FIFA.

208 countries participated in the qualifying matches for this 2010 FIFA. This number is greater than that for the Olympics and also this number crosses the total on date membership to the United Nations.

There are over millions of 'die hard' football enthusiast in this 'indispensable' India today. However sadly all of them that includes me, will once again remain deprived of the excitement of waving the national flag as well painting our face with tricolor. India,the second most populated country in the world once again fails to qualify for this global sporting extravaganza.

Let's hope when 2014 FIFA arrives at Brazil, we are also part of the participants of the planet's biggest sporting event "where "football is religion"

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