For instance, Adidas is sponsoring Spain, a team which is expected to go to the semi-final round, and Nike, besides backing Portugal, is also sponsoring the No. 1 team, Brazil.

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Mr Kirchner is less popular than Mr Menem within his own Peronist movement, and owed much of his success in the first round to the backing of Mr Duhalde's party machine in Buenos Aires province.

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He'll be backing up in Super League next week and we'll get a sheet round telling us all his decisions have been the right ones, I guarantee you that.

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