Person: Jules Rimet

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France v Belgium : Semi Final - 2018 FIFA World Cup

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Battle of tiny giants crowns best World Cup since 1970

My first World Cup memories go back to 1966 when I would have been 10 and at a stage in my childhood where I was really becoming obsessed with football.

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Beautiful game, rotten underbelly

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Letter from Brazil: Letting a little light in

Beyond the gloom, faraway hills may genuinely be green

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Football is not coming home

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Sam safely back in Kingdom after gala scare

World Cup - The beautiful game brings us together

GOVERNMENTS may fall and stock markets may fluctuate, but those events will be eclipsed by the global epidemic of football fever set to dominate the planet for the next month — following yesterday’s opening of the 18th World Cup in Germany.

Sat, 10 Jun, 2006