The Global Game of Football

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Source: Statista

Often referred to as the global game, football (i.e. soccer) is played, followed and talked about in almost every corner of planet earth. The sport’s biggest event, the quadrennial FIFA World Cup, is one of the biggest sporting events in the world, only matched by the Olympics in terms of its near universal reach. According to FIFA, 3.2 billion people watch at least one minute of World Cup coverage on TV in 2014, a number that will likely be matched by this year’s tournament in Russia.

The following chart, based on a Nielsen survey conducted in more than 20 international markets, shows where people are particularly fond of the global game and where interest in football is limited at best.

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Follr Adds FIFA World Cup Game Highlights!

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FIFAWe are excited to announce the addition of game highlights from the FIFA World Cup!

FIFA (the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, French for “International Federation of Association Football”) is the international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer. It is responsible for the organization of football’s major international tournaments, notably the World Cup.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup is the 21st FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament contested by the men’s national teams of the member associations of FIFA and all of the game highlights will automatically be added to official supporters club Websites on the Follr platform.

Follr is constantly looking to add top quality sports content from fans, teams and commentators and sports organizations. Fan (user) generated content is particularly popular – check back to see news about other great content we will be adding over the next few weeks.

You can also find game information on Twitter, Facebook and the Web.