But the 2022 FIFA World Cup is acting as a catalyst for improvements in this regard.
In 1998, he was selected to produce official posters for the Fifa World Cup in France.
Brazil is hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Summer Olympic Games in 2016.
At the 2010 FIFA World Cup three quarters of the players played in UEFA leagues.
Hosting the FIFA World Cup next year will heap even more attention on Brazilian soccer.
The US soft drinks giant is one of the biggest sponsors of the Fifa World Cup tournament.
The campaign will continue beyond GAW and gain momentum in the lead-up to the FIFA World Cup.
The FIFA World Cup matches begin on June 14, 2014, the start of winter time in Brazil.
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We are delighted that they today became the first team to qualify for the 2010 Fifa World Cup.
Along with his Hotel Gloria, which will not open before the FIFA World Cup begins in June 2014.
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Also interesting to note there will be neither an Olympic event, nor any FIFA World Cup in 2013.
Bekker was a director of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and a founding director of mobile telecom firm MTN.
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The senior women's side won the 2008 Asian Cup after last year making the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup.
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Whilst iconic, it shows its age now and was not used as a venue during the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Fernandes, who was hugely popular with fans, had been tipped to play for Brazil in the 2014 Fifa World Cup finals.
With the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Summer Olympics coming to town, Twitter will be quickly over run with Brazilians.
"To date, there has been one adverse analytical finding at a FIFA World Cup qualifier in October 2012, " read the FIFA statement.
In the English case in 1996 and France's FIFA World Cup two years later, there was a boost over the preceding 12 months.
However, the chairman of the 2010 FIFA World Cup Organizing Committee South Africa, Dr Irvin Khoza, said that the tournament was now almost a reality.
The Event was organized by 1GOAL, a global campaign that seized the FIFA World Cup as an opportunity to raise awareness about education for all.
More recently the country bid for and successfully won the right to host the Asian Games in 2006 and the FIFA World Cup in 2022.
Brazil has to do something, and quick, before it embarrasses itself in front of the world next year when the FIFA World Cup comes to town.
With all eyes on Brazil as it prepares to host the next FIFA World Cup in 2014, Ronaldo says his country faces challenges on two fronts.
Advertising revenue came flat, though, as the absence of the FIFA World Cup made itself felt. (Read CBS Surges On Netflix Deal, Higher Ad Margins).
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"You have entrusted us with the Fifa World Cup for 2018 and I can promise you will never regret it, " said Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.
"We have always wanted the 2010 FIFA World Cup to touch the lives of as many South Africans as possible, " local organizing committee boss Danny Jordaan says.
However FIFA 12 will be missing the support generated for FIFA 11 by 2010 FIFA World Cup, which may act as a negative factor for FIFA 12.
Four minutes later, Spain became the FIFA World Cup Champion for the first time, unifying the country in a celebration of Rioja wine, cava, chorizo, and tapas.
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The nation that will hold the FIFA World Cup in just two short years and later the Summer Olympics in 2016 is scratching its collective heads.
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