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    The all-consuming pursuit

    By Andrew Downie

    Tuesday, May 9, 2006

    RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Of the four big sides in São Paulo, only Corinthians have never won the Copa Libertadores and their pursuit of South America's premier club competition consumes the side. After winning the Brazilian league title last year for the first time since 1999, the team's fanatical supporters, having seen a new partnership spend £30 million on new players, seriously believed that this year the dream might come true. Instead, it ended in a nightmare last Thursday when River ...

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