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Spain wins World Cup

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Scrapbrook: South Africa

An entire continent is still reeling after the loss of the last African nation in the tournament. The black star may have faded too soon for Ghanaian fans, but it was a beautiful thing to watch all African fans unite under their flag.
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The flag of choice

The World Cup experience here in Canada isn't like anywhere else.

I always say one of the amazing things about this country is that no matter where you are, from St. John's to Victoria, flags from all 32 nations can be seen waving proudly.
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The writing is on the wall

Two weeks into the games and already it's easy to call it a World Cup of upsets. And, I say upsets in the fullest sense of the word. Spain and Germany have looked defeat in the eye. A giant like England drew with teams considered minnows in the sea of football, the reigning champions, Italy fell to Slovakia and the French are toast.
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Official reactions

There is nothing like a high spirited debate about officiating.  There have been some questionable calls in this World Cup and many of you have been letting us know how the game is a few steps behind and how it could be improved by letting the officials use some of the modern tools available in other sports.
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Celebrations

Every World Cup can be remembered by its goals, but what about the goal celebrations? Well, they're equally memorable I'd argue.

From the impromptu to the staged these celebrations put some players in World Cup lore.

But we want you to be the judge. Here's the four that we've picked. And now, we put the question out to you: Which is your favourite famous after-the-goal celebration? Tell us in our poll on the main FIFA page: cbcsports.ca/fifaworldcup
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