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So here we are !! reuters infamous double act of Mike Collett-White and Mike Collett !! #WC2014 São Paulo. ! http://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bp8n2MPCQAEdrUX.jpg
by Mike Collett Reuters via twitter 6/12/2014 5:42:50 PM -
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Midfield boost for Japan, blow for Ivorians
2014 World CupIvory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure is struggling to shake off a hamstring injury in time for their World Cup Group C opener against Japan on Saturday, with his likely absence compounded by the return to fitness of Blue Samurai captain... -
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Matchday. Spain v Netherlands 4pm local time. Here's the preview mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKB… http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqA4UzQCAAAcwry.jpg
by Neil Maidment via twitter 6/13/2014 1:32:55 PM -
This portrait of #Brazil does, for better or for worse, sound more like the country of the 80s and 90s than today nytimes.com/2014/06/13/opi…by Brian Winter via twitter 6/13/2014 1:51:11 PM
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respectfully disagree :) RT @VitorPC_ : @BrazilBrian Brian, one thing you'll learn about Brazil is that time passes and nothing changes...by Brian Winter via twitter 6/13/2014 2:23:31 PM
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The Spanish World Cup squad cost ~£35m more than the other five national teams playing today, combined. http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqBIAGHCYAAfg5V.png
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u got me on that MT @VitorPC_ : @BrazilBrian Sure! Lets pretend, then, that you haven't spent 2 hours waiting for a cab on arrival... ;)by Brian Winter via twitter 6/13/2014 2:48:37 PM
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“This climate is where Asamoah Gyan’s $200k a week playing in the elite UAE leagues really pays off” news.efinancialcareers.com/uk-en/174977/b…by Ben Walsh via twitter 6/13/2014 2:56:40 PM
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imagina na copa MT @Casperventer : @BrazilBrian I have waited 2 hours for a cab , in -30 degrees at Calgary airport on a regular day.by Brian Winter via twitter 6/13/2014 2:57:31 PM
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Reuters Stephen Eisenhammer looks at the potential economic legacy of Brazil's World Cup. He concludes that we may be nearing the end of the era of mega-sporting events as vehicles for billions of dollars of infrastructure investment:Ever since the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, which set the gold standard, large sporting events have been increasingly used to drive infrastructure projects and try to regenerate cities.Sports economists and sources inside FIFA say Brazil, the most expensive World Cup ever at an estimated cost of $11.3 billion, has shown both the limits and the risks of this model.Although the nature of the bidding process means countries able to splurge on state-of-the-art stadiums will still attract support, there is a growing sense among the populations of cities and nations considering being hosts for major sporting events that bigger is not always better..."The positive to be taken out of Brazil is that we have learnt from it and will do things differently next time," one FIFA source said. The source added that FIFA should have insisted that Brazil cut the number of host cities from 12, which would have reduced the number of potential problems with unfinished infrastructure, and made good on the threat to move games if venues weren’t quite ready for prime time.Soccer’s European body UEFA has already got the message - reducing the burden on any one country for its European Championship, with the 2020 tournament to be played in 13 cities across Europe.
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FaceTime woes. "Come home now, daddy"... Errrr, 63 matches to go #brazil2014 #worldcup instagram.com
by Ossian Shine via twitter 6/13/2014 3:08:58 PM -
And the starting lineups for Cameroon and Mexico are in!
Mexico XI: Ochoa, Rodriguez, Marquez (c), Herrera, Layun, Dos Santos, Moreno, Guardado, Peralta, Aguilar, Vazquez https://twitter.
com/search?q=%23MEXvCMR&src=hash">#MEXvCMR— Soccer Gods (@soccergods) https://twitter.com/soccergods/statuses/477468135134474240">June 13, 2014Cameroon XI: Itandje, Assou-Ekotto, Nkoulou, Djeugoue, Song, Moukandjo, Eto'o (c), Choupo Moting, Chedjou, Mbia, Enoh https://twitter.
com/search?q=%23MEXvCMR&src=hash">#MEXvCMR— Soccer Gods (@soccergods) https://twitter.com/soccergods/statuses/477468209990205440">June 13, 2014twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"> -
raining hard at dunas arena ahead of mexico-cameroon. wet wet wet @Brazil14WC http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BqBD3jGCAAAdESB.jpg
by nickmulvenney via twitter retweeted by ossianshine 6/13/2014 3:11:53 PM -
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