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

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

Football has been a part of every Arafura Games except 1997

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

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

Brazil has never won an Olympic gold medal in Football

FIFA World Cup was first staged in Uruguay in 1930

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

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The Arafura Games Football tournament will be conducted under the FIFA Laws of the Games.

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