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World Cup soccer

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World Cup inspires mission

Excitement surrounding the Women’s World Cup soccer tournament has reached fever pitch in Adelaide, especially at St Joseph’s School Hindmarsh where students are busy brushing up their skills with the round ball in readiness for this year’s Socktober event.

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School honour for Socceroo

Growing up in a refugee camp in Kenya, Awer Mabil and his mates honed their soccer skills by kicking rolled-up socks around the vast dirt expanses, or if they were lucky they would manufacture a ‘sockball’ made of plastic bags.

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