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The Timor Sea Cup will be contested by the Northern Territory, Timor-Leste and Nusa Tengarra-Timur

Football has been a part of every Arafura Games except 1997

The highest paid football player in the world is Cristiano Ronaldo, having earned a huge $16.95 million

FIFA World Cup was first staged in Uruguay in 1930

Brazil has never won an Olympic gold medal in Football

A football is made of synthetic material and built up in 32 panels

The only time an Olympic gold-medal match has been decided on penalties was in Sydney 2000, when Cameroon won

The fastest goal in a World Cup was scored in 11 seconds by Turkey against Korea Republic in 2002

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