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Brazil has never won an Olympic gold medal in Football
The highest paid football player in the world is Cristiano Ronaldo, having earned a huge $16.95 million
The only time an Olympic gold-medal match has been decided on penalties was in Sydney 2000, when Cameroon won
A football is made of synthetic material and built up in 32 panels
FIFA World Cup was first staged in Uruguay in 1930
The Timor Sea Cup will be contested by the Northern Territory, Timor-Leste and Nusa Tengarra-Timur
Football has been a part of every Arafura Games except 1997
The fastest goal in a World Cup was scored in 11 seconds by Turkey against Korea Republic in 2002

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Course record but no Gold

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Nauru’s Itte Detanamo opened a new chapter in weightlifting history by breaking  full story...

Gardiner and Barker claim marathon Gold

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Football Contact

For further information on the Arafura Games Football competition, please contact;

Contact Name: Mr Daymon Port
Organisation: Football Federation NT
Postal Address: PO Box 3105, Darwin NT 0801 Australia
Phone: +61 8 8941 2444
Fax: +61 8 8941 8644
Email: football@arafuragames.net
Website: www.footballnt.com.au