Week 6 - Worldwide trend

Worldwide sport trend

Do you know in advance something about nowadays worldwide trends? At the beginning I did not know the definition of the word trend but after searching for it; I finally find the most appropriate definition. According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary trend is defined as “A prevailing tendency; a current style or preference”. In these days they are many several events or inventions that are certainly calling people’s attention. But I would like to focus my essay in the part of a sporting event which is “The World Cup Soccer 2010.” The attention of this event is drawn in diverse aspects such as the joining of countries, the cultural impact, and technology.

At this time the trend in sports is the famous World Cup Soccer 2010, which is a popular event that joins many countries. From the beginning the World Cup has been one of the most watched sporting events through the entire world even surpassing the Olympic Games. This year the country responsible of its organization is South Africa. The tournament began on June 11 and end on July 11, and from this day the world is getting closer because of this activity. More than 32.9 million of persons around the world are daily following each one of the World Cup Soccer games. The World Cup Soccer is of course drawing people’s attention, every single person knows about this event. People in their house prefer to watch a soccer game from the World Cup than watch any other program that they usually watched. It is joining many countries into one. Definitely the World Cup Soccer 2010 is a trend in sports.

The World Cup Soccer 2010 improves the knowledge of African cultures. This event causes a huge cultural impact around the world. It becomes one of the most influential activities that exist today. The inauguration was full of several cultural dances, historical facts, great relevance, and behaviors of the South Africa citizens. By this way I and many other people learned more about this beautiful place. The host country disseminates in a gorgeous manner its cultural and artistic representations also the citizen’s customs, their flamboyant clothes and beliefs. Moreover this activity is also becoming a great help for this poor country that through many years has been facing critical economic situations. But now their hotels, motels, stores, restaurants, supermarkets, etc., are full of a big amount of people from all parts of the world. That’s how this event causes a great cultural impact in the world.

The World Cup Soccer 2010 would not be possible without the support of the technology. Technological development has been tremendously necessary for the World Cup be the event it is. Undoubtedly television and radio are the ones that commonly spread the tournament to different countries, and therefore make it a truly worldwide trend. So here is their relation. The improvement of new advanced technologies is also a plus for the sport. This is why the absence of technology would be a huge obstacle for make the World Cup Soccer becomes a trends in sports.

I consider this type of events a wonderful manner of making our world joined. It also has many advantages and positive effects in humans. So for me, the worldwide sport trend of the World Cup Soccer 2010 is one of the greatest. All the trends around the world should be as positives as this one. The privilege of seeing many countries become one; does not have any price.

“Many people think that soccer is a game of life and death, but is more important than that.”
William Shankly