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Casey Cooper-Fiske

Luciano Pavarotti World Cup football shirts to celebrate singer’s 90th year

Two Luciano Pavarotti-themed football shirts are being released (Decca/Universal Music Group/PA) -

A pair of football shirts are to be released to celebrate what would have been the 90th year of Italian opera singer Luciano Pavarotti and to mark this year’s World Cup.

The singer, who died in 2007 aged 71, popularised the aria Nessun Dorma when he performed it at the 1990 World Cup in his home country, and played football as a goalkeeper for his local team in his youth, as well as being a lifelong fan of Italian second division side Modena, in his home city.

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