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#316 | The World Cup’s Five Biggest Controversies

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The History of the World Cup

Mussolini ordered his team to wear black, the symbol of his fascist paramilitary organisation. The match had taken on political significance and became about much more than football. At the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, a staggering 750,000 litres of beer were sold in stadiums. In 1966, the World Cup trophy was stolen by an angry dog named Pickles.

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