00:00Here are five amazing facts about soccer.
00:02It's the world's most popular sport.
00:05No, five.
00:06It's the oldest sport in the world.
00:08With games similar to soccer being played as far back as the 2nd century BCE in China,
00:13Japan and Greece, among others,
00:15the modern game was codified in England in 1863.
00:19Number four, it's the most watched sport in the world.
00:23The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup drew 1.12 billion viewers.
00:28And from 2011 to 2019, the number of women playing soccer increased by 20%.
00:34The FIFA World Cup is the world's most viewed sporting event.
00:39He scored just 2.1 seconds into a match for his team, Alhilo, against Alshola.
00:44The 2022 Qatar World Cup final had over 1.5 billion viewers,
00:49with total tournament viewership exceeding 5 billion.
00:52No.
00:54Three, the fastest goal in recorded history was scored by Noah Fahlabed,
00:58of Saudi Arabia in 2009.
01:00Number two, women's soccer is the fastest-growing sport in the world.
01:04Number one, it's played in every country in the world.
01:08FIFA, the international governing body of soccer,
01:10has 211 member nations, more than the United Nations,
01:14which has 193 member states.
01:17That's all for now.
01:18See you next time.
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