• Mr. Rao notes that Brazilians like to use social media while watching TV, in particular soccer matches and soap operas.

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  • They seek to win, or at least not to lose, and so prefer to keep the conflict open, much as if they were involved in a soccer league, with matches to be won or lost each year by fair means or foul.

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  • Instead, especially in Saudi Arabia, attendance at live matches is falling, soccer stadiums are in disrepair, and the national team won only one game in this year's Gulf Cup a debacle that led to the ouster of Dutch legend Frank Riijkaard as the Saudi team coach.

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  • They've rented out a second stadium, which is where soccer matches are held in the capital.

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  • Some ends up in whimsical graffiti marking World Cup soccer matches, New York Giants Super Bowl victories and other less-weighty matters that have gone on since construction began six years ago.

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  • Four Series-A soccer matches were postponed in Italy.

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  • New Yankee Stadium, which opened in 2009, hosted its first two soccer matches last summer and is the site of an exhibition Saturday between Manchester City and Chelsea.

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  • People in the favelas will not only enjoy great soccer matches with the presence of their idols but also have great soccer matches.

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  • Singapore's investigation of the officials comes weeks after the city-state's police said they were boosting efforts to tackle soccer corruption, following allegations from international investigators that a global crime ring was fixing hundreds of soccer matches out of its base in Singapore.

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  • Bramley, one of the founder members in 1985, dropped out of the league in November after being refused permission to play their matches at the home of non-League soccer club Farsley Celtic and were replaced in the Northern Ford Premiership (NFP) by the reformed Sheffield Eagles.

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  • The EU's political leaders (but not its soccer teams) should also boycott matches in Ukraine during the Euro 2012 football championships, which it is jointly hosting with Poland.

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  • The final is scheduled to take place at the refurbished Soccer City stadium in Johannesburg, which will also host other matches at Ellis Park.

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  • Investigators say Mr. Tan leads the syndicate while Mr. Suljic, a former soccer player, allegedly helped the group fix matches in Italy, the warrant said.

    WSJ: Singapore Steps Up Probe Of Soccer Match-Fixing

  • Investigators believe Mr. Tan leads the syndicate while Mr. Suljic, a former soccer player, allegedly helped the group fix matches in Italy, the warrant said.

    WSJ: Singapore Says Suspect Is Helping Soccer Probe

  • But it was revealed by Mr. Wainwright that one of the Champions League matches had been played in England, which is one of Europe's biggest soccer markets.

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  • The hype, after all, is warranted - the steak really is the best in the world, dance halls fill with tango students every night of the week, the soccer matches are intense and passionate, the wine is affordable and delicious.

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  • Singapore, whose domestic soccer league was caught up in a match-fixing scandal in 2002, allowed betting on foreign matches for the first time in April.

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  • MADRID In the week that followed the stunning first legs of the Champions League semifinals, two matches that saw the soccer royalty of Real Madrid and Barcelona thoroughly humbled by German opposition, the chatter in the soccer world turned to figuring out Germany's secret.

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