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...Zidane's fans in the French public and media agree, he'll probably pay precious little price for his act among his many corporate sponsors - including Canal Plus, with whom he's long had an exclusive relationship for announcements regarding his career. But with world soccer authority FIFA having opened an investigation into the head-butting incident, and warning Zidane could lose the Golden Ball award sports writers accorded him as the most valuable player in the World Cup, the full impact of his now infamous header may not be fully known for some time still. Zidane's career...
...Nazi hyper-nationalism that reduced Europe to debris in WWII. This week, stepping out of the Munich central station revealed a completely different country. Black, red, and gold were everywhere; every single balcony and awning had its own flag. What made German national pride acceptable again? The answer: the FIFA World Cup, which Germany is hosting. And tonight, their national team will face Argentina for a place in the semi-finals. For any Harvard student, this phenomenon should sound familiar. On the streets of Cambridge, one is almost as likely to see Yale and Princeton sweaters than Harvard insignia-wear...
...game in the U.S. A large crowd of Americans are expected in Nuremberg, a city that is rife with U.S. history of a vastly different sort. U.S. Soccer has sold more than 20,000 tickets to this tournament, while U.S. fans bought another 5,000 directly from FIFA, soccer's ruling body. That's more than for all the other non-U.S. World Cups combined. The U.S. fans, organized by a group called Sam's Army, have even been practicing their singing. They do not need any work on their booing, as the ref found out in Kaiserslautern...
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...line for the right to buy a Bud for three and a half Euros. Budweiser in Germany? Oh, that. The Germans were outraged that an American brewer had the beer concession, but Anheuser Busch knows how to play global marketing as well as anyone: money talks, especially at FIFA, the world soccer body. Nevertheless, AB had to allow a local brewer inside the stadium just to make friends, which is, after all, the theme of the tournament...