Questão 21 - UFT Manhã 2014/1

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Sports-mad South Africa salutes Mandela 'The Captain'

By Ed Cropley and Ed Stoddard Johannesburg Sat Dec 7, 2013

 

  Sports-mad South Africa saluted Nelson Mandela on Saturday with smiles and moments of silence in honor of the late antiapartheid leader, who inspired people to pursue the impossible from politics to the playing field.

  The tributes stretched across the sporting spectrum, from club cricket and fun runs to top fixtures such as a League Cup final between Platinum Stars and Orlando Pirates, the Soweto giants believed to have been Mandela's favorite soccer side.

  In their first comments since his death on Thursday evening, Mandela's family thanked South Africa and the wider world for their support.

  "It has not been easy for the last two days and it won't be pleasant for the days to come. But with the support we are receiving from here and beyond, in due time all will be well for the family," they said in a statement.

  Saturday's Cup final before a 40,000 crowd in the northeast city of Nelspruit was preceded by a moment of silence in honor of South Africa's first black president, whose early sporting prowess, particularly in boxing and soccer, was cut short when he was jailed for 27 years by the apartheid government.

Available at: http://www.reuters.com/article/ (Adapted)

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