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Infostrada Databox: January 2007

Ice Hockey

> The foundation of the modern game of Ice Hockey is attributed to Canada and dates back to the 1870s.
> The sport is most popular in Canada, a nation that has over 570,000 registered players.
> The Swedish Men’s team is currently Olympic and World Ice Hockey champion.
> Canada’s Wayne Gretzky, nicknamed ‘The Great One’ is widely regarded as one of the best Ice Hockey players ever.
> The most famous club competition is the North American NHL, which currently boasts 30 teams.

Wembley Stadium

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> Wembley Stadium is a stadium under construction in Wembley, London.
> It serves as the successor of the previous Wembley Stadium, which was built in 1924 and demolished in 2003.
> At a cost of £750m ($1,487m) the new Wembley is the most expensive stadium ever built.
> The design accommodates 90,000 spectators during soccer matches.
> Wembley Stadium will host the first NFL American Football game played outside of Europe in 2007.

South Africa

> South Africa is an African nation, the 25th largest in the world, and has an estimated population of 47m.
> Sporting heroes of South Africa include golfer Gary Player, motorsport’s Jody Scheckter and swimmer Penny Heyns.
> To celebrate the demise of apartheid in 1994, South Africa won the Ruby World Cup as hosts a year later.
> In 2010, South Africa will host the world’s biggest event in sports, the FIFA World Cup.
> The South African team has participated in two World Cups and is nicknamed ‘Bafana Bafana’.

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