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Why did Ireland reject an invitation to the 1950 World Cup in Brazil?

The country’s World Cup adventure could have started 40 years before Italia 90.

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Jun 28th 2014, 7:30 AM

Here are the 18 funniest sporting headlines ever

Warning: contains contains crude language (almost exclusively).

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Jan 8th 2013, 12:15 PM