And while I'm at it.....the term 'soccer' as used by Americans and Canadians when they really mean 'football' is simply a corruption of Association Football. British Sunday newspapers would publish Saturday's sports results under headings such as 'Assoc. Football' and 'Rugby Football' and Public schoolboys (i.e. those in fee paying schools)started calling the 'working class' game 'soccer' to differentiate it from 'rugger.' The word 'soccer' eventually became an affectionate (?) term for the game of football. (Note to Americans, the clue's in the name - it's a game played with a ball which is overwhelmingly touched by feet, unlike 'Anerican Football'where (it seems to me....) feet are rarely in contact with the ball.

Important though the Olympics may be, the world's biggest sporting tournament is probably the (Football) World Cup. I'll stop now....