Clearly it is in the interest of football as a sport to consolidate and build on the progress the game has made in Africa, Asia and North America.
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"In my opinion this is the greatest game of club football in the world, " Winter told BBC Sport.
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One could argue that football, with its jewel-box 16-game season, is already a sport less about the action than the spaces in between.
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In what is supposed to be a sport with a lot of scoring, his football Lobos have averaged an anemic 1.3 points per game.
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The format has never been used in any major U.S. sport aside from football, which naturally lends itself to the plan as a once-a-week game.
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