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World Football: 27/11/2010

27/11/2010

BBC World Service - World Football, 27/11/2010

After riots in Rio, can Brazil host a safe World Cup?

As Major League Soccer prepares to expand into Canada - is the hockey-mad nation ready to embrace football?

Over thirty people have died in gun battles and gang violence in Rio de Janeiro. So can Brazil host a safe World Cup in 2014?

We hear from Brazil's 1970 World Cup winning captain Carlos Alberto Torres and the head of the organising committee for South Africa 2010 Dr Danny Jordaan.

As Major League Soccer prepares to expand into Canada - is the hockey-mad nation ready to embrace football?

We're at the MLS Cup final in Toronto to speak to former Canada internationals Jason de Vos and MLS vice-President.

El Classico - An interview with the former Barcelona striker Steve Archibald looking ahead to Monday's match between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

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