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What to Expect Post-Cup: Lessons from South Africa

By Aron Flasher • January 31, 2012

Every afternoon, around 6pm, I leave my apartment in Vila Isabel, tuck my ipod under my shirt, and head for a run around the closed Maracanã stadium, the great cathedral to Brazilian soccer and home […]