Undoubtedly, world cup foot ball is billed as the biggest sporting extravaganza on the planet. Even Olympics which brings about so much frenzy and excitement around the world comes nowhere near World cup football in euophoria. Fans visiting the host country hoisting this grat event to witness their favourite teams battling it out on the field for a much cherished victory far out number spectators watching olympics. The TV viewership across the world is the highest for world cup soccer than anyother games. In a colony of daily wage labourers, just one kilometer away from my house, all the unpaved roads in the colony have been lined with big hoardings of the players of Argentina and Brazil. These hoardings are erected by the respective "fans associations" of these great footballing nations. I have mentioned this just to drive home the point that world cup football "mania" has reached even the farflung corners of the world and touched upon the lives of the most unexpected of the people ...more

I think its Olympic that steals this title "biggest sporting extravaganza "