Anyone who follows soccer knows that Olympic games to World cup is
like Goodwill Games to Olympics in Athletics.
A brief look at the current FIFA ranking shows that the top two african countries
are South Africa (22nd) and Morocco (30th) - both are powerhouses as far as distance
running is concerned. So much for not having the "body type" to compete in distance
events and soccer.
How did we go from running to chess to soccer? :)
Oleg.
> Randall--it is what I know. They won the Olympic gold medal, which was
> merely a slip of keyboard. Either way, the point is made: your "thesis" is
> pure speculation and conflicts with all the evidence. Mine is congruent with
> all the evidence.
>
> On 4/13/01 3:10 AM, "Randall Northam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > on 13/4/01 1:17 AM, Jon Entine at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> >> BOTH THE Nigerians and Cameroonians won the world cup.
> > As I said - stick to what you know.
> > Both the Nigerians and Cameroons reached the world cup finals, No African
> > country has won it.
> > Eygpt - East Africa - has been in the finals three times, Nigeria four.
> > Randall Northam
> >
>
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