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Archive Home > 2011 > July > 12 > At the Women’s World Cup, drama without dramatics

At the Women’s World Cup, drama without dramatics

By Jere Longman / The Bulletin
July 12, 2011

COLOGNE, Germany — There often seems to be more diving in soccer than in the Summer Olympics.

Phantom contact, or the slightest collision, can lead to theatrical belly flops and exaggerated somersaults by players deceptively trying to draw fouls on their opponents, kill time or catch a breather....

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