FIFA, the sport's world governing body, said 84,490 people attended, a record for one of its matches in Africa.

世界足球管理组织国际足联，表示有84,490名观众参加了开幕式，创造了非洲足球赛场上观众人数最多的记录。

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At a ceremony held in Zurich today by Fifa, football's governing body, England failed in its bid to host the 2018 World Cup.

今天，由国际足联(足球监管机构)在苏黎世举办的庆典上，英格兰申办2018年世界杯的梦想彻底破碎了。

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The move comes three months ahead of what's expected to be a similar ruling by the world governing body FINA.

该举动比国际泳联预期采取的类似规定提前了三个月。

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United lodged a complaint with world governing body Fifa in June 2008 over what they believed was a deliberate attempt by Real to unsettle the player.

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But the old Wilsonian notion of a governing world body has been laid to rest.

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It is a clear signal from the world governing body that it has lost patience with a LOC that presently consists of just three members. (South Africa had a 16-person board of directors sixty-six months before the opening game).

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