AMSTERDAM Pete Maravich Jazz Jersey , Jan. 28 (Xinhua) -- Michael van Praag wants more teams from outside Europe present at the World Cup and aims to implant more
strict measures to combat match fixing, the FIFA presidential candidate stated
during his presentation on Wednesday at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam.
"I am looking forward to present you my 'FIFA normalization agenda 2015-2019' next month, but I don't like empty promises. So, for now I unveil some of my
intentions," Van Praag said.
If elected as FIFA president his first intention is the enlargement of the World Cup, currently on 32 participating teams. "The football world is better
served with a bigger World Cup, with more countries from outside Europe, because
participation at the World Cup has proven to be good for the development and
popularity of football in the participating countries."
Van Praag also promised to cut spending on non-football issues. "Last year a FIFA film cost 20 million euros. That's money that belongs to the associations,"
he explained.
"Another intention is strict measures to combat match fixing," Van Praag continued. "This is a huge threat to integrity of our sport. Combatting match
fixing should be on top of the agenda worldwide."
"Also high on the agenda is transparency of FIFA," he added. "For instance, I think that FIFA should make expenses public. At present expenses are very
secret."
The FIFA presidential elections will be held at the 65th FIFA congress in Zurich, which starts on May 29 this year. So far Jerome Champagne, David Ginola,
Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein of Jordan and Luis Figo also announced the intention
to stand against Blatter. "I am also open for a fair debate with other
candidates, publicly, broadcasted live," Van Praag added.
For Blatter Van Praag had the following message: "Sepp, you would make yourself immortal if you step aside."
Blatter is clear favorite to get a majority vote by the 209 FIFA member associations and therefor able to start a fifth term as FIFA president. The
majority of Africa's 53 FIFA countries support Blatter and he also remains
popular in Asia, eastern Europe, South America and most of North and Central
America and the Caribbean. Van Praag might be able to get the confidence of most
European countries, but where else should he get his votes from?
"My intention is to visit key figures of confederations and explain them how I want to do it," Van Praag said. "I want to convince them to support me and my
normalization program. I want to convince them I am the right candidate for the
whole world. I am looking forward to meeting old friends and listen to them. It
is about the future of football, a game to love."
Thailand is a nation that is not only popular all around the globe for its beautiful beaches, but for many passionate
divers as well. Touring enthusiasts are of the opinion that this is a real
heaven in the earth. The country is internationally known for some of the best
diving with a number of spots like Ko Lanta and Koh Phi islands in the Andaman
Sea. Even better thing is that it comes at an affordable cost.
How to start?
If you do not have the experience of getting into the sea, but are interested in this art, Thailand is the best place
to visit. The reason is that in this nation, you can find scuba diving courses.
You can get in touch with a diving center, who offer scuba diving certification.
You can just get in touch with such a service through their website and even
some of these organizers offer elearning solution to their students.
Is it possible to learn online?
Some of the course organizers state that Scuba diving certification course generally will have three elements and
they are knowledge development, confined water skill development and open water
experience. Here, the first element can be completed online with the help of
elearning tool. Then, on arrival to Thailand, you can complete the next two
elements of the course physically from the trainer.
Is self-study possible?
Yes, as mentioned earlier, you can take the first element of the scuba diving courses mentioned above, over the internet
with the help of elearning tool and here some of the organizers state that the
learners can study on their own. Even, in the case of any clarification, they
can find the instructor online to help them.
Packages for experienced people:
Not only for learners, some of the organizers offer scuba diving packages for tourists, who already know this
technique. This is why many people, who visit this nation once in a year or once
in two years, just take up the course during their first visit to this nation
and then they choose scuba diving packages during the subsequent visits to this
nation.
In short, when it comes to scuba diving in Thailand, a certification can act as a ticket to get into the sea. Most of
the popular diving sites in this nation are located in the Andaman Sea and some
of them include Koh Lanta, Surin Islands and Similan Islands. So, choose the
scuba diving in Thailand for this vacation and explore something new.
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PRAGUE, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The executive committee of the Czech Football Association (FACR) agreed on Tuesday that Pavel Vrba will be the new national
coach and have a four-year contract.
All the 12 executive committee members present voted in support of Vrba, said FACR spokesman Ondrej Lipa.
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