[Submitted by Britta Hornchen]
This website ranks a country's sports performance in international events. An overall "global cup" ranking is calculated as well as individual countries performance in different types of sports are compared annually. There are also some interesting comparisons on a per capita basis which show how small countries outrank countries with bigger populations.
"Host of the 2010 World Cup, South Africa has spent $4.1 billion on tournament preparations. But the plight of the country's poor has grown worse in the lead-up to the World Cup.
A new film from War on Want shows what many of South Africa's poor think about the World Cup. Through a series of interviews with people affected directly by the games, including those displaced to remote transit camps, our film offers a new perspective on the world's most widely viewed sporting event."