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Articles: Politics Take to the Soccer Pitch
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Posted by admin on Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 11:37 AM
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Willing to use any means at their disposal to gain the public's favor, politicians are more than happy to stage their political battles on the soccer field, but experts wonder if it really has an effect.


Packed stadiums are often too good a stage for politicians to say no to
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Whether by banning nations from taking part in international sports matches or boycotting events in antagonistic countries, politicians have often used sports as a tool to make political statements and advance their own agendas.

The most recent example has come from a number of German politicians who have called for banning Iran from the 2006 soccer World Cup in response to anti-Semitic comments from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

 

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