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FIFA World Cup Superstitions Putting A Spell On Players
Some players believe World Cup success is earned through exercise, diet and endless practice drills -- others are convinced it's a matter of wearing lucky underwear.
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FIFA World Cup 2014: Football Stars & Their Strange Superstitions
As the FIFA World Cup edges close to the quarter-finals, curiosity builds up. While each team gears up to put their best foot forward (literally), some are known to cling to a string of superstitions. Let's face it, not everything in life has to...
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Don't Call it Luck: The Divine Powers of the Soccer Fan
If superstition decided soccer matches, all matches would end in a tie. Still, that has never kept fans from turning to rituals, magic, prayer or just odd practices to give a helping hand to the Brazil national soccer team.
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Brazil's No-Nonsense President Shows Her Lighter Side
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has a no-nonsense reputation, but with the World Cup approaching, she has shown a lighter side, divulging her football superstitions, her love of "Game of Thrones" and the liberating feeling of escaping the presidential palace on a Harley-Davidson.
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Gambhir's superstition with pads works for Kolkata
It is common knowledge that sportsmen tend to relate success with superstition and it has been affirmed by Gautam Gambhir who has been so superstitious through the IPL that he stuck to his routine of keeping his pads on till the very end in every game.
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FIFA World Cup Superstitions Putting A Spell On Players
Some players believe World Cup success is earned through exercise, diet and endless practice drills -- others are convinced it's a matter of wearing lucky underwear.
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FIFA World Cup 2014: Football Stars & Their Strange Superstitions
As the FIFA World Cup edges close to the quarter-finals, curiosity builds up. While each team gears up to put their best foot forward (literally), some are known to cling to a string of superstitions. Let's face it, not everything in life has to...
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Don't Call it Luck: The Divine Powers of the Soccer Fan
If superstition decided soccer matches, all matches would end in a tie. Still, that has never kept fans from turning to rituals, magic, prayer or just odd practices to give a helping hand to the Brazil national soccer team.
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Brazil's No-Nonsense President Shows Her Lighter Side
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has a no-nonsense reputation, but with the World Cup approaching, she has shown a lighter side, divulging her football superstitions, her love of "Game of Thrones" and the liberating feeling of escaping the presidential palace on a Harley-Davidson.
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Gambhir's superstition with pads works for Kolkata
It is common knowledge that sportsmen tend to relate success with superstition and it has been affirmed by Gautam Gambhir who has been so superstitious through the IPL that he stuck to his routine of keeping his pads on till the very end in every game.
