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Soccer, rugby teams play on same day for Mandela

July 2nd, 2013

FILE - In this Friday, June 28, 2013, file photo, a South African girl holds a poster showing former South African President Nelson Mandela, while her family and other well wishers gather at the entrance to the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria, South Africa. Members of Nelson Mandela's family as well as South African Cabinet ministers visited the hospital on Friday where the 94-year-old former president is critically ill. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen, File)JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa's national soccer and rugby teams will play on the same day at the former World Cup showpiece stadium in Soweto to honor Nelson Mandela, bringing together the country's two most popular sports that once portrayed its racial divisions.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/soccer-rugby-teams-play-same-day-mandela-115315689.html

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