Homeless footballers star at "World Cup" in SAfrica
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Many of the footballers representing   their countries in an international tournament in South Africa   this week were remarkably gaunt, sallow-looking and groomed   haphazardly.
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In fact, it is greeted with equanimity. "Good idea,'' says the other footballer.
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New coach Carlos Alberto Parreira, hired to spur South Africa to victory on home turf at the 2010 World Cup, has started his job without valid papers.
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South Africa's new coach, Carlos Alberto Parreira, has finally been granted a work permit after an embarrasing spat between the government and the football chiefs hosting the 2010 World Cup.
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South Africa have been forced to leave striker Shaun Bartlett out of their squad for next weekend&#39;s World Cup qualifier against DR Congo because of an ankle injury.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (CP) - Before the World Cup of Hockey came to town, every hockey game involving NHL players since the league returned to Minnesota was a sellout.
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South Africa's rugby team are to include Soweto in their World Cup victory parade, following earlier complaints.
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The proposal by the Premier League to stage matches across the world leads to fears of player burn-out.
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Anyone battling a mid-life crisis only needs to watch the World Cup. Plenty of people have been written off as washed up, only to play as if still in their prime. Zidane, Figo, Beckham &amp;#151; the list goes on. At the same time, many of those so-called prodigies are already watching the games on television.
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Forget last year's stirring World Cup victory. A deadly fan riot, corruption scandals, and mediocre on-field performance have exposed the country's once beautiful game in all its ugliness
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While Afghanistan has never played in the World Cup finals, the war-torn country&#039;s &quot;street football&quot; team hope to make a big impact in Germany this summer.
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Photos comparing the actor with the footballer
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MINNEAPOLIS - A homeless man with nowhere else to go says he went back to his old high school and posed as a student for three weeks, sitting in on classes, showering in the locker room and sleeping in the theater.
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Siphiwe Sibeko, 35, is mostly a self taught photographer who was born and grew up in Soweto township, South Africa. After working for some leading South African newspapers as a senior photographer, he joined Reuters in 2005. Julien Pretot, 31, is a Paris-based sports reporter since 2001. Both paired up for the African Nations Cup in Ghana. In the following story, Julien describes the women construction workers he and Siphiew befriended as they passed them on their way to the Essipon stadium in S
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Kumasi market in Ghana is a bustling, vibrant place, and the African Cup of Nations has made it even more so with everyone making the most of match day
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Robbie Savage claimed the first red card of his life was âan absolute jokeâ after the dramatic World Cup clash with Northern Ireland in Cardiff.
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Russia have been hit by injury and illness as the departure of left winger Andrei Karyaka on Tuesday left the squad only 17 fit players for Wednesday&#39;s World Cup qualifier away to Portugal.