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...Mexican President Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado wrote in an advertising supplement, ''(the World Cup) will give us a chance of showing the world the reality of Mexico.'' So, alas, it has. When the President stepped forward before 300 million TV viewers around the globe to open the quadrennial soccer tournament three weeks ago, his speech was drowned out by an almost unprecedented chorus of boos. A few days later, Mexico City's huge Aztec Stadium, unfilled even during a major game, ran out of water. At one point its official clock broke down; at another, the sound system went...
...spread of radiation into the water supply. Emergency wells are reportedly being dug to be used in the event that reservoirs fed by rivers become contaminated. Officials insist that radiation in Dnieper River water has not exceeded the ''permissible level,'' but they have urged citizens not to play soccer or volleyball on river beaches ''because dust is kicked...
...Earlier this year, Austria released a stamp that shrank a football to, well, postage-stamp size, to mark the country's role as co-host of this year's European soccer championships. The self-adhesive stamps were not only circular, but made of the same polyurethane mix as the balls that players used in the June tournament. The Austrian post office printed some 500,000 and they sold for just under $6 each...
...semiotics of girls kneeling beneath raised swords to affirm their purity. The events have been called odd, creepy, oppressive of a girl's "sexual self-agency," as one USA Today columnist put it. Father-daughter bonding is great, the critics agree--but wouldn't a cooking class or a soccer game be emotionally healthier than a ceremony freighted with rings and roses and vows? Some academic skeptics make a practical objection: The majority of kids who make a virginity pledge, they argue, will still have sex before marriage but are less likely than other kids to use contraception, since that...
...Quixotic though it may be, the campaign for local lads does serve a greater purpose, explains Juca Kfouri, a well-known broadcaster and journalist. Since the Brazilian soccer federation sold the rights to organize friendly matches to a private sponsor, the team now plays as many games in Europe as in Brazil. And top players such as Kaka, Ronaldo and Ronaldinho have recently put club before country, giving supporters little opportunity to see their national heroes up close. As a result, the historically tight bond between the ordinary fans in the stands and their idols on the pitch has snapped...