Here's a good starting point --
www.rawstory.com
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Women's World Cup started out with shorter games, outsized kits
Asako Takakura played in the first Women's World Cup in 1991 and recalls with a hint of disdain how the matches lasted 80 minutes instead of the usual 90."At the time football was still thought of as a man's sport," Takakura tells AFP, casting her mind back to a tournament in which only 12 teams...
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