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__Sports__ South Africa

People in South Africa are ver y engaged to sports. They have many big sports athletes and Olympic champions in different games. One of the winners is the Rugby-team who won the World Championship in 2007 against the master team United Kingdom. In the news these days you can read about the sprinter Caster Semenya. She won gold on the 800 meters at the World Championship in Berlin this year with a time of 1.55.45 in the final, again setting the fastest time of the year. Caster is only 18 years old and that is hermaphroditic. Caster can lose her gold medal and on top of it all she may never participate in sprinting for women again. South Africa is a very football enthusiastic republic, and next year the nation will arrange World Championship in football for the first time in this continent. The World Championship will be a pride, joy, celebration and competition for the republic. They can finally show their country to rest of the world. This Championship is mostly positive for the republic, but some people also fear that human trafficking will be a problem. Human trafficking is the illegal commerce and trade of people, and this is a growing problem for the republic. Under you can see a movie about the World Championship 2010.

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