MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Tag: World Cup
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Wednesday, July 14th 2010 - 05:18 UTC
A country full of gratitude defies freezing weather to honour Uruguay’s soccer team
Tens of thousands of Uruguayans took to the streets of Montevideo defying freezing weather and polar gusts to cheer and honour the ‘sky blue’ national team which came back from South Africa with a fourth place and striker Diego Forlan with the Golden Ball as the World’s Cup's best player.
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Tuesday, July 13th 2010 - 06:32 UTC
“Vuvuzela” has been voted the word of the World Cup
Vuvuzela” has been voted the word of the World Cup by global linguists who said Monday the tournament will be best remember for the name of South Africa's deafening trumpet.
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Monday, July 12th 2010 - 03:55 UTC
Cheering “Viva España”, “Soy español” millions take to the streets to celebrate
Spontaneous celebrations erupted across Spain on Sunday after the national football team won its first World Cup when Andres Iniesta scored an extra-time goal in a 1-0 wins over the Netherlands at Soccer City, Johannesburg.
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Saturday, July 10th 2010 - 07:57 UTC
Brazil launches logo, song and campaign to promote 2014 World Cup
Brazilian President Lula launched “Brazil is Calling You” campaign in Johannesburg, following South Africa officially handing over the keys to Brazil as the next host nation of the FIFA World Cup.
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Saturday, July 10th 2010 - 07:53 UTC
African party backfires for Lula da Silva who anticipates return to Brazil
Brazilian president Lula da Silva confirmed Friday he will not be present at the South Africa World Cup final on Sunday because he has urgent work in the northeast of the country ravaged by floods that has left tens dead and thousands homeless.
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Wednesday, June 30th 2010 - 05:31 UTC
Lula da Silva anticipates World Cup semi-finals with four Mercosur members
Brazilian President Lula da Silva said on Tuesday he expects the four Mercosur countries Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay to meet in the semi-finals of the World Cup in South Africa.
