My alma mater, the University of Alabama, is on top of the college football world again.
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Sceptics have questioned South Africa's ability to host the continent's first-ever football World Cup.
On Saturday morning leading up to our game Argentina played Nigeria in the football World Cup.
The 2006 football World Cup, which Germany hosted, became a festival of easy-going patriotism.
He accepts that last year's hot UK summer and the football World Cup did sales no harm.
Salvador, Brazil's third biggest city, is one of the venues for the football World Cup in 2014.
Kirkland said it attracted billions of viewers and was held every year, unlike events like the Football World Cup.
There is growing concern in the football world about the threat of fixing.
Money is also being spent on stadiums and transport, preparing the country to host the 2010 football World Cup.
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Rio hosts the football World Cup next year and the Olympics in 2016.
South Africa is hosting the 2010 football World Cup and he warned all sport fans to "be sensible" there.
The sweep was meant to forestall terrorism during the football World Cup, which starts in France on June 10th.
Family, friends and the football world are trying to come to terms with the death of Wales manager Gary Speed.
Security became a top priority in Brazil after the country won the right to host the 2014 football World Cup.
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Since the glamour of the football World Cup final in July, barely a week has passed without a big event.
They also said that the changes would affect Rio's ability to host the 2014 football World Cup and the 2016 Olympics.
Football world government body FIFA said it was "deeply moved" by the incident and expressed "utmost sympathy" with the Togolese players.
In a more education-focused college football world, the national championship would be determined by a combination of BCS and APR rankings.
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The Chargers shocked the football world by beating the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC Championship Game to get to the Super Bowl.
They were the only African country to take part in the maiden edition of Amputee Football World Cup in Brazil in 2005.
Representing the football world will be several African greats, among them Liberia's George Weah, Cameroonians Roger Milla and Abedi Pele of Ghana.
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The government postponed a ceremony scheduled for Monday in the capital, Brasilia, to mark 500 days to the 2014 football World Cup.
The country has already faced a major strike by construction workers, which threatened stadiums being built for next year's football World Cup.
In 2002, Japan will co-host with South Korea the football World Cup.
Brazil is a keen recipient: it is staging the football World Cup in 2014 as well as the Olympics two years later.
Mr Paes will be running Rio when the city stages key matches, including the finals, of Fifa's 2013 Confederations Cup and 2014 Football World Cup.
And if he does pick up the prestigious trophy, you can be assured that there will be the gnashing of teeth around the football world.
His music reached far beyond the usual opera audience, particularly his signature tune Nessun Dorma, from Puccini's Turandot, which became associated with the 1990 football World Cup.
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It is one of the real success stories of South Africa - glimpsed by the world during last year's football World Cup but otherwise rarely noticed abroad.
Air France's pilots have been equally tenacious, with strikes at such sensitive moments as the opening week of the football World Cup held in France last year.
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