The Korea American Football Association, has existed in South Korea for more than 20 years, the popularity of American football in Korea has been historically low, but with the visit of Hines Edward Ward Jr.a Korean born NFL football star, and television personality, with the Pittsburgh Steelers, in what year, the sport received a modest level of increased appeal?
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Korea American Football Association The Korea American Football Association (KAFA, Korean: 대한미식축구협회, Hanja: 大韓美式蹴球協會) has existed in South Korea for more than 20 years. The popularity of American football in Korea has been historically low, but with the visit of Hines Ward (a Korean born NFL football star with the Pittsburgh Steelers) in 2006, the sport received a modest level of increased appeal. Within Korea, KAFA is a sports governing body over both traditional football with pads and also flag football.
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Hines Ward Hines Edward Ward Jr. (born March 8, 1976) is a former American football wide receiver, businessman, and television personality. He is a current CNN studio analyst who played 14 seasons for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at the University of Georgia. The Pittsburgh Steelers selected him in the third round of the 1998 NFL Draft, and he became the team's all-time leader in receptions, receiving yardage and touchdown receptions. Ward was voted MVP of Super Bowl XL, and upon retirement was one of only thirteen NFL players to have 1,000 or more career receptions.
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List of Paralympic medalists in football 7-a-side Football 7-a-side was taken place since the 1984 Summer Paralympics in New York/Stoke Mandeville for standing and wheelchair players but in the 1988 Summer Paralympics, it was changed to only standing competitors. Men have played in this sport but women have not yet played. Netherlands have won this sport three times while Russia have won twice, runner-ups twice and earned a bronze medal within five Paralympic games.
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Korean National Sports Festival The Korean National Sports Festival is an annual sports competition held in South Korea.
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FC Seoul in Asian football FC Seoul is a South Korean professional football club based in Seoul, South Korea, who currently play in the K League Classic. FC Seoul's first participation in Asian competition was during the 1986 season, when they competed in the Asian Club Championship, their first match was against Hap Kuan of Macao, but FC Seoul withdrew. FC Seoul's next participation in Asian competition was 1999–2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup and actual first match was Shimizu S-Pulse of Japan.
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Forbes Korea Power Celebrity "Forbes" Korea Power Celebrity is an annual list published by "Forbes" magazine (Korea) since 2010. It is a catalog of the Top 40 Most Powerful Celebrities in Korea where personalities from sports, music, arts, film and television are ranked according to their professional achievements, influence, popularity and earnings from the past year.
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Sport in Poland Poland's sports include almost all sporting disciplines, in particular: volleyball, football (the most popular sport) and motorcycle speedway, ski jumping, track & field, basketball, boxing, fencing, rugby union, field hockey, handball, ice hockey, swimming and weightlifting. The first Polish Formula One driver, Robert Kubica, has brought awareness of Formula One Racing to Poland. Volleyball is one of country's most popular sports with a rich history of international competition. Poland has made a distinctive mark in motorcycle speedway racing thanks to Tomasz Gollob, Jaroslaw Hampel and Rune Holta. Speedway is very popular in Poland, and the Polish Extraleague has the highest average attendances for any sport in Poland. The Polish mountains are an ideal venue for hiking, skiing and mountain biking and attract millions of tourists every year from all over the world.
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American football in Australia American football, known locally as "gridiron", is a participation and spectator sport in Australia. The sport is represented by Gridiron Australia, a member of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF), and also Gridiron Victoria, which operates independent of Gridiron Australia
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Pro ball In the United States and Canada, the term professional football includes the professional forms of American and Canadian gridiron football. In common usage, it refers to former and existing major football leagues in either country. Currently (2016), there are multiple professional football leagues in North America: the three best known are the National Football League (NFL) and the Arena Football League (AFL) in the U.S. and the Canadian Football League (CFL) in Canada. The NFL has existed continuously since being so named in 1922.
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Korean Music Festival The Korea Times Music Festival is an annual event held at the Hollywood Bowl in the United States.
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2013 South Korea national football team season In 2013, the South Korea national football team played 15 matches. Four of these are qualification matches for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and three of these are 2013 EAFF East Asian Cup and the rest is friendly match.
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Kim Gwang-seok Kim Gwang-seok (Korean: 김광석 ; born 12 February 1983) is a South Korea football player who since 2007 has played for Pohang Steelers.
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List of Houston Texans Pro Bowl selections Every late January–early February since 1950, the National Football League (NFL) hosts the Pro Bowl, its all-star game. Players are selected by the votes of coaches, other players, and fans. As of 2013, the Houston Texans have sent 20 different players to the Pro Bowl since their establishment in 2002 for a total of 37 appearances; Andre Johnson has been invited seven times (although he did not play the fifth time due to an ankle injury), Arian Foster has been invited three times, while Mario Williams, Owen Daniels, Matt Schaub, DeMeco Ryans, Johnathan Joseph, Chris Myers, J. J. Watt, Duane Brown, and Antonio Smith have all been invited twice. Jerome Mathis, Vonta Leach, Gary Walker, Aaron Glenn, Brian Cushing, Wade Smith, Bryan Braman, James Casey, and Danieal Manning have all been selected once, although Cushing decided to skip the Pro Bowl due to various injuries he sustained during the 2009 NFL season.
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Steeler Nation Steeler Nation is an unofficial name for the fan-base of the National Football League's Pittsburgh Steelers. The term was coined by NFL Films narrator John Facenda in "Blueprint for Victory," the team's 1975 highlights film. Steelers Country is often used for the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area where the fan base originates or for areas with a large Steelers fan base.
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Football in the United Kingdom Association football is organised on a separate basis in each of the four constituent countries that make up the United Kingdom (UK), with each having a national football association responsible for the overall management of football within their respective country. There is no United Kingdom national football team. Football has been the most popular sport in the UK since the 1860s. Rugby union, rugby league and cricket are other popular sports.
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Korea Cup Korea Cup was a football competition held annually in the South Korea from 1971 to 1999. The cup, hosted by the Korea Football Association, was contested between South Korea and guest teams.
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Kyungsung FC–Pyongyang FC rivalry The Kyungsung FC–Pyongyang FC rivalry was a football rivalry in the early 20th century between Seoul and Pyongyang which are currently capital of South Korea and North Korea. The term Kyungsung or Gyeongseong used instead of Seoul during the period of Japanese rule.
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Tiger in Korean culture The tiger has been strongly associated with Korean people and Korean culture. It appears in not only the Korean foundation mythology but also in folklore, as well as a favorite subject of Korean art such as painting and sculpture. The mascot of the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea is Hodori, a symbolized tiger to represent Korean people.
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Football in China Football in the People's Republic of China consists of Association football () as well as the China national football team. Football has been one of the most well supported sports in China, since it was introduced in the early 1900s. The national governing body is the Chinese Football Association (CFA). Hong Kong and Macau have separate national teams and leagues. Association football is the most popular spectator sport in China, followed by basketball.
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2006 South Korea national football team season In 2006 the Korea Republic national football team had twentythree matches played. Six of these were final matches for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and six were qualification matches of the 2007 AFC Asian Cup and two matches were 2006 Carlsberg Cup and the rest were friendlies.
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Ron Johnson (cornerback) A seven-year veteran of the National Football League, Ron Johnson (born June 8, 1956) performed as a cornerback for the Pittsburgh Steelers; Ron played all seven of his NFL seasons in a Pittsburgh uniform.
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High school football High school football is gridiron football played by high school teams in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both countries. It is also popular amongst American High school teams in Europe.