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Recipe for Victory: Hard Work and Pigeon Blood
African soccer teams rely on medicine men to ward off evil spirits and enemy shots, to the dismay of some game administrators. [Free registration required]
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Veron has Alex Ferguson's blessing
Manchester United manager cited Argentina as the team he wanted to win the World Cup and encouraged his most expensive ever purchase to demonstrate his full repertoire of skills. "Just show the world what a great player you are."
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Fans flock to Tokyo slum
The reason: Lodgings in Sanya, a slum district in Tokyo, can be had for about 3,000 to 4,000 yen a night - a far cry from the 25,000 yen and up charged by major hotels in the capital.
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Reformed bad boy comes of age
El Hadji Diouf woke up this morning as the globe's iridescent new star, a speeding, wriggling attacker whose fame was won around the despairing lunges of Marcel Desailly and Frank Leboeuf - two old French sergeants to whom the last four years have been unkind. Meanwhile, Liverpool have confirmed they are discussing a deal to sign up Diouf.
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Foul Play
Explanation in graphics of the various fouls and penalties in soccer, including yellow and red cards.
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How do nations qualify for the World Cup?
A guide to the qualification process.
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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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