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The Amazing Story of the Nigeria Olympic Dream Team

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The Dream team one was coached by Dutchman Johannes Bonfrere and started their path to the final with a 1-0 victory over Hungary and a 2-0 win over Japan before completing the first round with a 1-0 loss to the enterprising Brazilians. The Africans then shut down Mexico, led by eccentric goalkeeper Jorge Campos, 2-0, in the quarter-finals to set up a pair of amazing matches. Losing in the semi-finals to a formidable Brazilian side that boasted of Bebeto, Ronaldo Read More

World Cup Winners and Records

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Out of the nineteen World Cup tournaments that have taken place since 1930, only eight nations have earned the champion title. Brazil has won the most, as the only team that has appeared in every one of the nineteen World Cup championships that have ever taken place, with five wins total; Italy has had four wins; Germany has had three wins; Argentina has had two wins; Uruguay (the tournament’s first champions in its history, in 1930) has had two wins; Read More