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Euro football 2008

Italian football team’s midfielder Mauro Camoranesi was born in Argentina and played in Mexico and Uruguay as well as his homeland before moving to Italy in 2000.

France’s Sebastien Squillaci’s nickname is ‘Toto’, after the star of the 1990 Football World Cup, Italian Salvatore ‘Toto’ Schillaci.

Sweden’s football player Mikael Dorsin’s older brother Henrik is a well-known Swedish comedian and entertainer.

Custodian Steve Mandanda of France has three younger brothers who are all up-and-coming goalkeepers. The oldest of the three, 18-year-old Parfait, is at FC Girondins de Bordeaux.

Wimbledon

Ramesh Krishnan clinched the boys’ singles title in Wimbledon in 1979, defeating D. Siegler (USA) 6-0, 6-2.

Roger Federer will be looking to clinch his sixth successive Wimbledon men’s singles title.

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