Soccer

The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup or the Soccer World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international men's football (soccer) competition. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946, due to World War II. The tournament's final phase, often called the World Cup Finals, is the most widely viewed sporting event in the world, with an estimated 715.1 million people watching the 2006 tournament final.