News trumped celebrities in 2010 as the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and World Cup soccer in South Africa topped the list of most-searched items of 2010, according to Yahoo!

据雅虎的统计，新闻取代了名人成为2010年的最热门搜索项，搜索量最大的两个新闻热点是英国石油公司的墨西哥湾漏油事件和南非世界杯足球赛。

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News trumped celebrities in 2010 as the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and World Cup soccer in South Africa topped the list of most-searched items of 2010, according to Yahoo!

据的统计，新闻取代了名人成为2010年的最热门搜索项，搜索量最大的两个新闻热点是英国石油公司的墨西哥湾漏油事件和南非世界杯足球赛。

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As those from other Gulf states are quick to point out, Qatar have never qualified for a World Cup and never won the Asian Cup.

就像其他的海湾国家尖锐地指出的一样，卡塔尔从未进入过世界杯，也从未赢得过亚洲杯。

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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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"It could be the World Cup of Qatar but played in the Gulf, " said the Frenchman, who is on the Fifa executive committee.

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It remains to be seen whether United, or indeed any other many English club, comes under Qatari ownership in the near future but, with a World Cup and possible Olympic Games both on the horizon, the tiny gulf state is only going to grow in sporting stature and importance over the next decade.

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