Maples, 56, splits his time between raising exotic imported game and advising local entrepreneurs.

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He gave people brash game shows and imported soaps, sweeping away the fusty piety that had previously dominated the media.

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The nation is cautious after initially greeting Sven-Goran Eriksson as a messiah who was going to re-invent our game with his imported ideas.

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They were playing a new game, football, imported from Britain.

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