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Scenes from a nervous nation

Jul 3rd, 2014
by John Doyle.

MHR14-BRAZIL-WORLDCUP+Brazil is terrified of facing Colombia in quarter-final…it reallly is.

Posted in: Soccer.

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  • The World is a Ball at amazon.caJohn Doyle's latest book, The World is a Ball: The Joy, Madness and Meaning of Soccer is from Doubleday Canada.

    Doyle is the Television Critic for The Globe and Mail. (click here for his official Globe and Mail Bio).

    He also writes about soccer for The Globe and Mail and other publications. For the Globe he covered World Cup 2002 in Korea/Japan, Euro 2004 in Portugal, World Cup 2006 in Germany and Euro 2008 in Austria /Switzerland. He has also written extensively about soccer for The New York Times and The Guardian.

    A Great Feast of Light at amazon.caDoyle is author of A Great Feast of Light (Doubleday Canada) which received great acclaim and bestseller status in Canada in October, 2005. It has also been published in the U.S., United Kingdom and Ireland.

    Doyle has won two internal Globe and Mail awards for his writing. His Globe columns have been reprinted in the U.S., the U.K. and in Australia.

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