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...have met many people--Holland, Argentina,Brazil, Jamacia--all together for the Mondial[World Cup], enthuses Aleval. "All the people fromall over the world coming together for onething--football...
Indeed, the atmosphere in Paris is remarkablyfriendly among fans of competing nations. BeforeScotland and Brazil's match, for example, Scotsplaying bagpipes posed for pictures withyellow-shirted, flag waving Brazil fans...
Slaves to "Baywatch" and KFC all over the planet have a new savior: Canada has declared war on U.S. pop culture. And this is no solo quixotic tilt against the Golden Arches -- Ottawa got the culture ministers of Britain, Brazil, Croatia, Iceland, Mexico and Senegal, among others, on board for a conference on strategies to counter the global dominance of Americana. Needless to say, Washington was not invited, although the official explanation is that the U.S. has no culture minister. But there may be a commercial motive behind Canada's noble quest: "It's driven as much by the entertainment...
...team doesn't face that kind of pressure yet, but expectations have been rising as soccer's popularity in America increases. Dooley, an earnest sort, is captain of the best American team ever, as evidenced by its knocking off world champion Brazil 1-0 in a friendly match earlier this year. Foreign-born players like Dooley, who played for the U.S. in the 1994 World Cup, combined with the fast-rising level of home-grown talent have turned the U.S. team from international doormat to contender. "The mix is good for competition within the team," says Steve Sampson, the first...
...athlete who at 17 led his team to the first of his unprecedented three world championships, who in a sport accustomed to the 1-0 shutout scored an astonishing 1,281 goals. For my money, if you have to pick the one best athlete of all time, it's Brazil's nonpareil Pele, the Michael Jordan of soccer...