The Lifestyle Lowdown: A Short History of the World Cup Audiobook (Free)

Every four years, cities and villages all over the globe come to a standstill to view one of the most passionate sporting spectacle on earth: football’s World Cup. A TV audience of 260 million people watched the World Cup final between Italy and France in 2006. The market around the world for the games in the competition came to a cumulative 5.9 billion in 54 countries. And 41% of those television viewers had been women.

Records will probably be smashed yet again at World Glass 2010 in South Africa. But how do this phenomenon begin, this tournament that catches our interest like no various other? And what exactly are the standout moments in its background?

Mail on Sunday journalist, Mark Ryan provides fascinating insight into the story as well as the people at the rear of the tournament, the main element players and teams who have inspired millions of people around the world to cheer their team on to glory and to see their nation claim that most prized sporting trophy in the annals from the ‘beautiful game’.