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1950 World Cup Ticketholder Gets Tickets For 2014 Game

1:32pm June 30, 2014

Sanch Belmot, 85, missed the 1950 World Cup final to be with his dying mom. Brazil lost that match. His old ticket will go into a museum in exchange for 3 tickets to this year's final.

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Colombia Advances In World Cup, Two Decades After Infamous Murder

6:27pm June 29, 2014

In 1994, star player Andres Escobar was killed just weeks after he scored an own goal in the Cup. NPR's Arun Rath speaks with Colombian-American journalist and novelist John Rojas about the crime.

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World Cup Round Of 16 Dominated By South American Teams

12:43pm June 28, 2014

The U.S. men's soccer team is advancing to the round of 16 in the World Cup. NPR's Scott Simon talks to Howard Bryant of ESPN.com about the team's chance of getting through the knockout round.

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Despite Losing To Germany, U.S. Advances In World Cup

7:59am June 27, 2014

by Tom Goldman

The U.S. men's soccer team moves on to the World Cup's round of 16. They lost to Germany, but advance because Portugal beat Ghana. The team will get to rest a bit before playing Belgium on Tuesday.

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A View On The World Cup, Seen From An LA Bar On A Midweek Morning

7:10pm June 26, 2014

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

NPR's Shereen Marisol Meraji was with World Cup fans in Los Angeles, and she offers some of their reactions to the U.S. soccer team's match with Germany.

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For German Fans In Berlin Beer Garden, National Pride Is No Problem

7:10pm June 26, 2014

by Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson

As the U.S. and German soccer teams faced off under heavy rain in Recife, Brazil, German fans were glued to their TVs in Berlin. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson offers their reactions to the German win.

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Croatian Tennis Player Mishears Press Question

2:19pm June 26, 2014

At a news conference after his Wimbledon loss, Ernests Gulbis was asking about getting rid of umpires — letting players referee their own games. He thought he was asked about getting rid of vampires.

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In Game Against Germany, Team USA Bears A German Strain Of Its Own

9:30pm June 25, 2014

Grant Wahl of Sports Illustrated joins Melissa Block to speak about the deep German influence on the U.S. national soccer team, ahead of Thursday's World Cup game between the two countries.

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A World Cup Surprise: Arias In The Heart Of The Amazon

9:30pm June 25, 2014

by Russell Lewis

The final World Cup game in the Brazilian city of Manaus is on Wednesday. For fans who made the trek to the jungle for games this tournament, many were rewarded by something else: seeing a centuries-old opera house in the heart of the Amazon.

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A Warning For Soccer Parents: Wait To Let Your Kids Go Headfirst

9:30pm June 25, 2014

A new campaign is working to warn of the dangers of heading the ball in youth soccer. Former U.S. women's soccer team player Cindy Parlowe Cone speaks of her struggles with post-concussion syndrome.

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