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  • 28/11/2023
    28/11/2023
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    Brazil 0-4 Belize

    Football fans are dancing in the streets of Belmopan, capital of Belize, and in Belize City and San Ignacio. Added together the population of the three largest cities in Belize comes to a little over 100,000. About the same as Tuscaloosa, AL, or Rochdale, Lancashire. The population of Brazil is over 216 million. The fans are celebrating the famous victory of the Belize national team over continental rivals Brazil. FIFA […] Read More

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  • 01/11/2023
    01/11/2023

    Uruguay beats Brazil

    Uruguay is a small country which lies across the river Plate from the sprawling but prosperous suburbs of Buenos Aires.  I was there one Thanksgiving, the air still crisp and clear.  We took the ferry one and a half hours to the quaint town of Colonia del Sacramento Then on to Montevideo – art deco and colonial style – a city of some 1.4 million souls (compared with 15.5 million […] Read More

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  • 01/10/2023
    01/10/2023
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    The Tragic Demise of Andres Escobar

    The Tragic Demise of Andres Escobar Born 13 March 1967, Andres Escobar was only 27 when he was shot to death outside a nightclub in Medellin, Columbia by three assassins. Escobar played for Columbia’s Atletico Nacional for his entire career. Nicknamed ‘The Gentleman’ Escobar was recognized for his clean play in a sometimes cynical league. The Colombian national team was resurgent in the early 1990s. They were reaching toward the […] Read More

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