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Homeless World Cup Kicks Off Down Under

December 01 2008
The fields in Melbourne, Australia aren't this quiet any longer. Today (Monday, Australia time) 500 players from 56 nations started match play in the Homeless World Cup. Over the next week they'll play more than 400 games of street soccer: maximum of 4 players per side, two halves of 7 minutes, court size 22x16 meters The tourney started with a parade and opening ceremony featuring indigigenous dancers, the Choir of Hard Knocks, comments from Australia's Victorian Premier John Brumby... An original student production, 'The Football Ballet' choreographed to The Nutcracker Suite was certainly a ...

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