The most popular sport in Albania is football (soccer) and the most followed sports event is said to be the World Cup (although Albania has never qualified for the finals).

阿尔巴尼亚最流行的运动是足球，最多观看的运动项目是世界杯(尽管阿尔巴尼亚从来没能获得入决赛阶段的资格)。

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Titan Sports reached its peak in 2002, when the men's national soccer team made it to the World Cup finals, with circulation exceeding 1.5 million copies a day.

2002年，随着该国国家足球队进入世界杯决赛阶段，《体坛周报》也达到了自己的巅峰，在此期间该报每天发行量达到一百五十万份。

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I've attended countless professional and college sporting events, but I got my first real taste of flag-waving international competition at the women's World Cup soccer finals.

我曾经观摩过不计其数的职业联赛以及大学生比赛，但这次的女足世界杯决赛阶段比赛才让我第一次会到在国际赛事上摇旗呐喊是何等痛快。

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In 2010 the same year Mr. Adebolajo was reportedly detained in Kenya al-Shabaab claimed responsibility for a multiple-bomb attack in nearby Uganda that killed roughly 80 people, many of them watching the televised soccer World Cup finals in bars and restaurants.

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With a handful of players with international league experience (Cha Jong-Hyok plays for Swiss FC Wil in Europe, and three others are on Japanese J-League and Russian teams), the team fell short in the group stage of the World Cup finals but played some brilliant soccer along the way and just may have created an opportunity for history.

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The final whistle has been blown on soccer's World Cup finals for another four years.

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