Olympics Vs World Cup
Olympics v World Cup
The Olympics and the World Cup are both famous events that are held every four years in a different country each time. Both bring nations together separate the world apart and bring the best out of athletes from around the world but something has to separate them.
The World Cup can bring nations divided by domestic competition well known around the world together. For example England has the Barclays Premier League that has Rivalry and Hooliganism these two combine to be very dangerous and as history may recall fights would leave some barely
Furthermore the rivalry displayed in the world cup is extraordinary with teams like Germany and England who have played each other in controversial games in the past and out of 31 times England have won 12 and Germany have won 10 with the rest coming down to a draw.
This tournament attracts 3.6 billion viewers on average from around the world. Sponsor’s have realised this and it is noticeable between the 2006 German world cup were the sponsors would contribute 63% to the event and in the 2010 world cup were the sponsors are contributing 80% to the event.
Each year both the tournament attracts tourism from all around the world, which means more inflow of foreign currencies.
Correspondingly the Olympics do bring nations together. It may not be as intense but all the supporters wear their flag with pride and this wears off on the athletes as we have seen some outstanding performances.
Rivalry is also a contributing factor to this event, not in the sense of country versus country but more athlete versus athlete we have witnessed immense rivalries in a wide spread of events such as the 100m sprint between