Rugby Union
HEIDELBERG, South Africa - With the World Cup in full swing in South Africa, many rugby-obsessed Afrikaners are embracing soccer like never before.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - When it comes to sporting events of social and political importance, it is tough to beat the 1995 rugby World Cup.
CAPE TOWN, South Africa - For Nobel Peace Prize laureate F.W.
JOHANNESBURG - Nelson Mandela reminisced with fellow anti-apartheid activists and met with top football officials Thursday, one month ahead of South Africa's upcoming World Cup, which he helped bring to Africa for the first time.
JOHANNESBURG - Nelson Mandela was reunited with the World Cup trophy on Thursday, six years after he was famously pictured with soccer's greatest prize on the day South Africa won the right to host the event.
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