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| The word favourite doesn't mean much in soccer | | | | Cameroon, an ex-French colony in Africa, won the |
| (football) today. Paraguay won the silver medal in | | | | gold medal soccer in the 2000 Olympic Games in |
| soccer in the 2004 Olympic Games in Greece. | | | | Australia. Cameroon defeated Spain 5-3. |
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| In 1962 the FIFA World Championship was held in | | | | Different from Peru, Malaysia, Thailand, and Taiwan, |
| Chile for the first time. Brazil captured an | | | | Cote d'Ivoire, formerly Ivory Coast, is one of the |
| unprecedented 2nd FIFA World Cup by defeating | | | | world`s poorest countries.However, Cote d'Ivoire is |
| Czechoslovaquia (currently Czech Republic) on June | | | | one of the best teams in the Third World.It qualified |
| 17, 1962, in Santiago de Chile. | | | | for the FIFA World Cup in 2006. |
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| The 2010 FIFA World Championship was scheduled to | | | | Edson Arantes do Nascimento, who is best known as |
| be held in South Africa. | | | | "Pele", played in four FIFA World Cup competitions |
| DID YOU KNOW THAT... | | | | (Sweden-1958, Chile-1962, England-1966, and |
| Japan won the bronze medal in soccer at the 1968 | | | | Mexico-1970), and scored over 1,200 goals in his |
| Olympic Games in Mexico City. | | | | career before finally retiring in 1977. |
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| Everald "Gally" Commings is the best known and | | | | In August 1983 Uruguay's national soccer team won |
| experienced Trinidadian player around the world. He | | | | its first-ever gold medal at the Pan American Games |
| played in the North American Soccer League in the | | | | in Venezuela. |
| 1970s. | | | | DID YOU KNOW THAT... |
| DID YOU KNOW THAT... | | | | Nigeria defeated Argentina 3-2 and won the gold |
| For the first time, Kuwait qualified for the FIFA World | | | | medal in soccer at the 1996 Summer Olympics in |
| Cup in 1982. | | | | Atlanta, Georgia (USA). |
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| In 1950 Brazil hosted the World Cup. Surprisingly, the | | | | Angola qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. It is |
| host lost the final 2-1 to Uruguay. | | | | one of the ten poorest countries in the world. The |
| DID YOU KNOW THAT... | | | | education system is one of the worst in the Third |
| Jose Luis Chilavert was the best known and most | | | | World. |
| experienced Paraguayan player in the 20th century.He | | | | DID YOU KNOW THAT... |
| was born on July 27, 1965, in Luque, Paraguay. Like | | | | In 1994 Bolivia beat Brazil 3-1 in the FIFA World Cup |
| Oscar Schmidt (Brazilian basketball player) and Raul | | | | qualifiers. |
| Ramirez (Mexican tennis player), Jose Luis"Chila" | | | | DID YOU KNOW THAT... |
| Chilavert was one of the best sportsman in Latin | | | | South Korea has competed in the World Cup seven |
| America.He played for clubs in Argentina (San | | | | times:1954, 1986,1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2006. |
| Lorenzo) and Spain (Zaragoza). | | | | DID YOU KNOW THAT... |
| DID YOU KNOW THAT... | | | | El Salvador won the gold medal in soccer at the 1954 |
| Uruguay won the first FIFA World Cup in 1930. They | | | | Central American and Caribbean Games in Mexico |
| beat Argentina 4-2 in the final in Montevideo, the | | | | City. |
| capital city of Uruguay. | | | | DID YOU KNOW THAT... |
| DID YOU KNOW THAT... | | | | Hungary has won a gold medal in mes´s soccer |
| West Germany (currently Germany) was the first | | | | three times at the Olympic Games:1952, 1964 and |
| team from Europe to win the FIFA World Cup (1954). | | | | 1968. |