Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Are international football tournaments curse or boon?

http://www.economist.com/blogs/easternapproaches/2013/07/euro-2012-one-year-0

AS BRAZILIANS took to the streets to protest against overspending on the 2014 World Cup, Poles and Ukrainians were celebrating the anniversary of another soccer tournament that also required a huge investment from their respective government: UEFA Euro 2012. Today a year ago the tournament ended in glory for Spain, and, supposedly, for the two host nations.