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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Sport
Caitlin Cassidy

‘It’s only going to get bigger’: Australia embraces the Japanese game that turns rubbish into sport

Caitlin Cassidy
Caitlin Cassidy competes in the spogomi World Cup qualifier held in Manly on Saturday. Photograph: The Guardian

It’s Saturday morning at Manly beach and you could cut the tension with a knife.

Nearly 100 people are crouched over piles of litter, frantically sorting them into coloured tote bags. A man wearing an umpire bib looms over a group beside us and blows his whistle.

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