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Goalkeeper Tim Howard: the new Captain America
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» Americans are embracing their newest superhero: Team USA goalkeeper Tim Howard, whose pluck and one-man defiance in an excruciating World Cup loss electrified...
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Can Brazil win the World Cup without helping Neymar?
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» FORTALEZA (BRAZIL) - As Brazil erupted when Chile's Gonzalo Jara struck the post to hand La Selecao an agonising passage to the World Cup quarter-finals on penalties,...
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World Cup drunkeness worries FIFA
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke has expressed concern about the level of drunkeness in Brazil's World Cup stadiums.
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Brazil benefiting from psychology classes, says Neymar
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» TERESóPOLIS (BRAZIL) - The Brazil team's use of a psychologist is helping them cope mentally with the huge burden of expectation that comes with trying to win...
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Neymar happy to settle for substance over style
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» TERESóPOLIS (BRAZIL) - Neymar on Wednesday insisted that he is happy for Brazil to win ugly as long as it gets them past Colombia in Friday's World Cup quarter-final...
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At World Cup, scoring on and off the pitch
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - The World Cup is all about scoring, and that means on and off the pitch for fans celebrating each goal and romantic encounter in Brazil's party...
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Klinsmann reality check for euphoric US
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» SAO PAULO - Jurgen Klinsmann welcomed the euphoria around the United States' World Cup performances Wednesday but he warned the team is still a work in progress....
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'Happy' Blatter hails World Cup success
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» FIFA president Sepp Blatter declared Wednesday that the World Cup in Brazil was a success, saying that fears of anti-tournament protests had not materialized.
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Goalkeeper Tim Howard: the new Captain America
AFP, Published on 03/07/2014
» WASHINGTON - Americans are embracing their newest superhero: Team USA goalkeeper Tim Howard, whose pluck and one-man defiance in an excruciating World Cup loss...
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A special rice field
Terry Fredrickson, Published on 03/07/2014
» That looks like an ordinary rice field, but it is special in two ways. First, the farmers don't use chemical fertilisers. Second, the farmers are policemen.