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...South American giants was the dismal showing by the principal African challengers. Cameroon and Nigeria came into the tournament fully expecting to make the last eight, and perhaps go even further. Nigerian coach Adegboye Onigbinde and Cameroonian captain Rigobert Song each boasted that his side would fulfill, if belatedly, PelE's old prophesy that an African team would win the cup in the 20th century. Instead, both sides suffered early shocks and then exited with bad grace, Cameroon kicking at shins rather than the ball in a bruising encounter with Germany and Nigeria playing out a lethargic draw with England...
...much. You can't go to parties, to discos, stay up late. It is hard to keep playing at the same level. You suffer a lot. I think I was one of the few who played more than 20 years at the same level. That's why I am Pele. We have only one Frank Sinatra, only one Beethoven, only one Pele...
...alphabetic order"; over his 20-year career, he racked up an average of 99.94 runs per innings, 30 runs more than the next best in the game. A recent book comparing the relative statistical achievements in a variety of sports put Bradman ahead of Michael Jordan, Ty Cobb and Pele. One of Australia's most beloved heroes, he was revered abroad as well. When Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in prison, his first question to an Australian visitor was, "Is Sir Donald Bradman still alive...
...mystery, wrapped in an enigma, hidden in a riddle and displayed on huge screens on either side of the stage for a few hundred thousand people to try and figure out. The video montage was a rambling, random stream of images - the earth from space, soccer star Pele, AC/DC in concert, Freddie Mercury blowing kisses, wildlife shots, etc. At first I thought I was having somebody else's acid flashbacks from Woodstock '69. Then, when the Orquestra played their entire medley over again, I decided I was either trapped in my own private version of "Groundhog...
There may have been some--a very few--who were better than these, but none had greater impact on how their games were played. Along with Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali and Pele, these were the people (and the animal) who shaped the century in sports...