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Soccer Science: How to bend it like Beckham
Is there a connection between a footballer's ring finger and his ability as a player? What is more important, talent or training? This special feature explores the science of soccer from how to train, to what to eat, to how to bend it like Beckham.
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Scientists predict Brazil win
Scientists using computer simulation are predicting that Brazil will win the World Cup.
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Americans miss the point
Why will the majority of Americans never even know the tournament is taking place, let alone watch five minutes of any match? Why are they forsaking soccer's greatest competition and is it just one more unfortunate example of American parochialism?
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Thai top cop asks government to play bookie
Thailand's Police General has called on the government to go into business as a bookie to counteract an underground network of illegal bookmakers.
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Journalist saves pup, names it after Spanish coach
A Spanish journalist who bought a puppy to prevent it from ending up on a Korean dining table has named it after Spain's national team coach.
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Blatter's Battle
A blow-by-blow account of the Fifa president's controversial second run for office.
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Senegal defender accused of theft
Senegal midfielder Khalilou Fadiga is under investigation for stealing a gold necklace, police said Tuesday.
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Roy Keane says his piece
Transcript of the expelled star's interview with an Irish TV station.
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Men say no to sex night before match
More than a third of male football fans abstain from sex the night before a big match, a survey claims.
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Football: A Buddhist View
'The ball is like the world. People kick it'.
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Pundit's Corner
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Brian Glanville on Sepp Blatter
If Blatter wins the election, what sort of a president would he make? With criminal proceedings in Switzerland looming, how much liberty of action could Blatter enjoy? And what would be the public profile of FIFA?
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Rob Hughes: Footballers of the world unite
Give us a World Cup to take our minds off Fifa, corruption and prima donnas.
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Gary Linekar weighs in
The former England striker evaluates the chances of the contenders.
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Alan Hansen's World Cup Legends
Maradona, Pele, Cryuff, Zidane, Moore and Beckenbauer make the cut.
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