Nigeria team players celebrate a goal during their FIFA U-20 World Cup soccer match against Germany in Suez October 7, 2009. Reuters Pictures 1 month ago

Nigeria team players celebrate a goal during their FIFA U-20 World Cup soccer match against Germany in Suez October 7, 2009.

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  1. A Muslim boy stands while faithfuls observe prayers during Eid al-Adha in Nigeria's capital Abuja, November 27, 2009. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha by slaughtering sheep, goats, camels and cows to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Ismail, on God's command.

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  1. Japan's incoming Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter talk during a party in a Tokyo hotel on Sunday Sept. 13, 2009. The party was to celebrate Blatter's conferment of a Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese government in the spring.
  2. Japan's incoming Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, right, and FIFA President Sepp Blatter hold soccer uniforms with their names printed on during a party in a Tokyo hotel on Sunday Sept. 13, 2009. The party was to celebrate Blatter's conferment of a Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun by the Japanese government in the spring.
  3. BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND - SEPTEMBER 09: Aaron Hughes of Northern Ireland reads out a FIFA fairplay statement before kick off during the FIFA 2010 World Cup Qualifier between Northern Ireland and Slovakia at Windsor Park on September 9, 2009 in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
  4. Football Association of Wales President Philip Pritchard, left, with FIFA President Sepp Blatter unveil a commemorative plaque as they open the new sports training facility at the Vale of Glamorgan Hotel, Hensol, Wales, Wednesday Sept. 9, 2009.
  5. RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Daoue Mariame cries at the mortuary of Treichville after identifying the body of her young son, Toure Aboubacar, 17, in Abidjan, March 30, 2009. FIFA have ordered an investigation into a stadium crush in Abidjan in which at least 19 people were killed, including Toure Aboubacar, and a further 132 injured before a World Cup qualifier between Ivory Coast and Malawi on Sunday.
  6. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown speaks with FIFA vice-president Jack Warner during a bilateral meeting in Port of Spain November 27, 2009. Brown is in Trinidad to attend the the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
  7. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown shakes hands with FIFA vice-president Jack Warner during a bilateral meeting in Port of Spain November 27, 2009. Brown is in Trinidad to attend the the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).
  8. South American Soccer Confederation President Nicolas Leoz (R) and Argentina's Julio Grondona (L), vice-president of FIFA, gives a replica of the Copa Libertadores to president of the club Estudiantes de La Plata Ruben Matias Filipas before the drawing ceremony of the Copa Libertadores 2010 soccer tournament, in Luque November 27, 2009.
  9. FRANKFURT, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 27: Manager Martin Bader of Nuernberg, Raphael Schaefer, laywer Volker Stoebele, Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder of FIFA and laywer Christoph Schickhardt attend the DFB Court Appearance at the DFB headquarter on November 27, 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany.
  10. FRANKFURT, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 27: Manager Martin Bader of Nuernberg, Raphael Schaefer, Gerhard Mayer-Vorfelder of FIFA and laywer Volker Stroebele attend the DFB Court Appearance at the DFB headquarter on November 27, 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany.
  11. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe welcomes the FIFA soccer World Cup trophy at Harare International Airport November 26, 2009. The trophy is on an 86 country 225 day world tour before it arrives in the host country South Africa for the 2010 tournament.
  12. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe clasps the FIFA soccer World Cup trophy at Harare International Airport November 26, 2009. The trophy is on an 86 country 225 day world tour before it arrives in the host country South Africa for the 2010 tournament.
  13. Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe holds the FIFA soccer World Cup trophy at Harare International Airport November 26, 2009. The trophy is on an 86 country 225 day world tour before it arrives in the host country South Africa for the 2010 tournament.
  14. DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: (L-R) Anchorman Jens Grittner and the FIFA 2011 Organizing Committee President Steffi Jones talk during the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 Countdown event at the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadium on November 26, 2009 in Dresden, Germany.
  15. DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: The General Secretary of German Football Association (DFB) Wolfgang Niersbach (L) and the Sporting Director of German Football Association (DFB) Matthias Sammer are seen during the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 Countdown event at the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadium on November 26, 2009 in Dresden, Germany.
  16. DRESDEN, GERMANY - NOVEMBER 26: Attendees of the FIFA Women's World Cup 2011 Countdown event are seen at the Rudolf-Harbig-Stadium on November 26, 2009 in Dresden, Germany.

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  6. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 30: Marc-Andre Fleury #29 of the Pittsburgh Penguins makes the save against Ryan Callahan #24 of the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on November 30, 2009 in New York City. The Penguins defeated the Rangers 5-2.
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