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The Times of India
The Times of India
Sport
Siddharth Saxena | TNN

FIFA World Cup: After unwanted noise, time to hear the roar

It could be a World Cup of surprises, as the gap between countries has narrowed

DOHA: Meet Dana. All of three, even less perhaps, she's a little Mexican in the tiniest El Tri shirt available, toppling over herself each time she tries to stand up. So tiny, she can fist bump you only with her palm open, yet Dana has travelled with her parents all the way from Mexico to be in Qatar. Should have been easy, you'd think, since her father runs a travel agency. But then again not, not with the 13,869 km separating the two countries, one a traditional, old-world Cup outpost, the other, the newest entrant to the club.

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