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.
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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Along with his Hotel Gloria, which will not open before the FIFA World Cup begins in June 2014.
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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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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.
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.
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.
It also marks the beginning of a year in the spotlight for African football, with South Africa set to become the continent's first country to host the FIFA World Cup in June.
It was not until Ghana's first appearance at the FIFA World Cup in Germany in 2006 that the four-times winners of the African Cup of Nations regained some of their lost glory.
The North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) under-17 women's team has just won the FIFA World Cup, beating England in the semi-final and shocking the U.S. in the final to be champions.
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The agency suspected that 680 matches across the world may have been fixed, including those in the sport's biggest international and club competitions like the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA Champions League.
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According to Europol, match-fixing is suspected in games including qualifiers for the sport's two biggest international tournaments the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship as well as Europe's top club competition, the UEFA Champions League.
It lent the low interest loan to billionaire Batista under their ProCopa program, designed for companies looking to upgrade and build-out new construction projects ahead of the FIFA World Cup, already coming to Brazil next year.
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Elsewhere, the president of the South African Football Association (SAFA) and four other officials were suspended this week as part of an investigation into match-fixing ahead of the country hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2010.
Elsewhere, the president of the South African Football Association (SAFA) and four other officials were suspended in December as part of an investigation into match-fixing ahead of the country hosting the FIFA World Cup in 2010.
Mike Lee is the chairman of Verocom, an organization which has successfully overseen campaigns to bring the Games to Rio in 2016, the Winter Olympics to Pyongchang in 2018 and the FIFA World Cup to Qatar in 2022.
In 2005, the bureau of the Fifa World Cup organising committee reached a decision to invalidate the result of a World Cup qualification match between Uzbekistan and Bahrain on the basis of a 'technical error by the referee of the match'.
In 2006, the FIFA World Cup in Germany tackled that with big police numbers, but restraint in their presence, setting environmental targets as part of the tournament while investing in transport improvements, and they tied in increased sporting and voluntary activity.
The current contracts expire after the 2013 season, and the sport is set to take advantage of what has become a fervent market for the rights to the highest profile sports, including college football, the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup.
Further backing from Thabo Mbeki, the leader of South Africa - the first country from the continent which will stage the Fifa World Cup - and the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa, led to a few plaudits from the media.
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Some of the performance figures are subdued by comparison with the start of last year as Aggreko is not benefiting from the one-off gains from the Vancouver Winter Olympics, the build-up to the FIFA World Cup in South Africa and the Asian Games.
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