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Have Your Say on the World Cup with the 91Èȱ¬ - See the match - then chat

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Category: World Service
Date: 26.05.2006
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The referee has booked your favourite player, your team has lost a crucial match and a star player has shaved off his famous locks.

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Let off steam with World Cup Have Your Say, the 91Èȱ¬ radio and online forum giving football fans across the world an opportunity to have a global rant on the FIFA World Cup everyday from Friday 9 June to Sunday 9 July, 0800 to 0830 GMT.

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World Cup Have Your Say will be the world's hub for football fans. It will give supporters across the globe opportunities to share their opinions on everything ranging from offside decisions and goal celebrations, team selections and refereeing to the best players and bad haircuts.

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The occasional big name will pop up to give their personal view on the tournament and listeners itching to speak to them can do so by:

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• SMS text message: +44 77 86 20 60 80
• telephone: +44 20 70 83 72 72
• email: worldhaveyoursay@bbc.co.uk
• visit the online site bbcnews.com/worldhaveyoursay, where visitors can also listen live.

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The 91Èȱ¬ will also provide daily, international coverage of the World Cup in 33 languages including:

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• Burmese
• Chinese
• English for Africa and the Caribbean
• French
• Hausa
• Hindi
• Portuguese
• Spanish
• Swahili and
• Vietnamese

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91Èȱ¬ Burmese will have a panel discussion with special guests at four key stages throughout the tournament in its Dawn Programme which broadcasts every Monday at 0000 GMT.

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91Èȱ¬ Burmese presenter Thuyein Kyaw Zaw will be joined by former and current footballers and a football mad celebrity to preview and analyse all the teams before the tournament begins, before the quarter final matches, before the semi-final matches and before the final of the World Cup.

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Dawn Programme will also profile each team in the eight qualifying groups and give a special prize of a radio to the listener who correctly predicts the teams reaching the semi-finals and finals of the World Cup. Further information can be found online at bbcburmese.com

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91Èȱ¬ Chinese sports producers Qingrong He and Sun Chen will bring daily reports and stories from Germany - inside and outside the venues. Their reports will be heard on SW and in daily news bulletins to be broadcast through 91Èȱ¬ partner stations Tianjin Binhai Radio, Dalian Radio, Qingdao Radio and Nanjing Radio.

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They will also be interviewed daily by 91Èȱ¬ partner stations Chongqing Radio in Sichuan Province, Guangdong Radio in Guangzhou and Shanghai Sports Radio which will also run a joint World Cup quiz with 91Èȱ¬ Chinese.

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The top prize is a trip to London which includes a city tour and tickets to a Premiership football match. 91Èȱ¬ Chinese interactive programme Have Your Say is the place for football fans to discuss the magic of the games while visitors to bbcchina.com.cn can access special reports, pictures and audio from the tournament.

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The 91Èȱ¬'s flagship English for Africa sports programme Fast Track will have dedicated reporters in Germany bringing the latest news, exclusive features and player profiles on all five African teams participating in the World Cup - Angola, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo and Tunisia. Their reports, starting Friday 9 June will feature online at bbc.co.uk/africanfootball

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91Èȱ¬ Caribbean correspondent in Port of Spain, Tony Fraser, will follow the progress of the team from the smallest country to ever qualify for the World Cup, Trinidad and Tobago, in a weekly column at bbccaribbean.com

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Meanwhile, in Germany football mad Trinidadian Franka Philip will bring the stories from fans or 'Trini posse' who have travelled from the Caribbean and across the globe to support their team in her own weekly column. Visitors to bbccaribbean.com can also access features and team profiles.

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Also reporting in English will be reporters Rebecca Kesby and Piers Wisbey who will tour the World Cup venues in a camper van.

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Listeners, unable to get to Germany, can live the experience through Rebecca and Piers as they navigate their way to matches and camp out with fans, bringing their stories to a global audience. They will also speak to the critics and the beleaguered locals.

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Their travels and travails will feature in all major news programmes and in a blog to be updated everyday at bbcnews.com/worldhaveyoursay

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91Èȱ¬ Afrique sports reporter Emmanuel Coste will be in Germany bringing special reports and interviews with key players from the Ivory Coast and Togo teams.

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He will keep French speaking listeners up to date with the latest news and share stories and emotions from fans on the football roller-coaster as they watch their teams battle it out against the best in the world.

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Emmanuel will be supported by 91Èȱ¬ Afrique staff back home in London who will ensure every angle of the tournament is covered from the first kick to when the Jules Rimet trophy is lifted by the winning team.

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91Èȱ¬ Afrique will also bring coverage everyday in programmes Matin at 0600 GMT, Midi at 1200 GMT, World Cup Magazine at 1230 GMT, Soir at 1800 GMT and in Sport Weekend broadcast every Saturday at 1830 GMT.

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Football fans can also enjoy features, profiles and pictures on all qualifying teams taking part in the tournament online at bbcafrique.com/mondial

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Tournament followers can have their thoughts and opinions read out on air throughout the tournament by sending an email to mondial@bbc.co.uk or by leaving a message via telephone in London (+ 44 20 75 57 27 85), Abidjan (+ 225 20 22 82 82) and ³Û²¹´Ç³Ü²Ô»åé (+ 237 223 91 64).

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91Èȱ¬ Brasil journalists Diego Toledo, Eric Camara and Marcelo Crescenti will be in Germany everyday from the start of the tournament bringing the action, stories and interviews from fans and the Brazilian team. Their reports will also feature online at bbcbrasil.com

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91Èȱ¬ Hausa sports producers Ahmed Abba Abdullahi and Mohammed Ahmed will bring daily coverage of the tournament with special focus on teams from Ghana, Togo and the Ivory Coast. They will quench the thirst of all football lovers with up-to- the-minute reports, analysis and interviews.

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In Ghana, reporter Iddi Ali will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with fans in Accra, bringing the emotion and passion as they watch their team play. Reporter Shehu Saulawa will be in the other football hot spot in Africa, Nigeria. They may not be in the tournament but they are passionate football lovers and Shehu will bring their opinions on the games.

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91Èȱ¬ Hindi reporter Manak Gupta is travelling to Germany to bring special reports on all 32 teams and their fans. 91Èȱ¬ Hindi World Cup reports will be heard for six weeks on India's main national broadcaster All India Radio's Gold 106.4 FM and Rajdhani 666 MW.

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These reports will also be relayed by All India Radio's 65 other major stations at 0705 local time starting 31 May until 10 July.

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Mumbai based partner station GO 92.5 FM will also carry 91Èȱ¬ Hindi's coverage of the tournament. Manak's reports will be available in text and audio online at bbchindi.com and bbcnews.com

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91Èȱ¬ Spanish American service radio and online programme 91Èȱ¬ Mundo will have sport producers Vladimir Hernandez and Hector Riazuelo in Germany to bring special reports on air and online on the six Latin American teams taking part, including Spain.

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Its flagship programme 91Èȱ¬ Mundo HOY is sending presenter Luis Fernando Restrepo to broadcast directly from the opening matches and the final.

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91Èȱ¬ Deportes, which broadcasts three times daily, will provide a 10 minute round-up at the end of each day. Listeners can also expect to hear daily reports and stories, throughout the tournament, looking at the other side of the World Cup. Special features, team profiles and audio of its programmes are available online at bbcmundo.com

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91Èȱ¬ Swahili sports commentator Juma Nkamia will be in Germany bringing special daily reports from the heart of Berlin. Juma will also visit other stadiums hosting matches throughout the month long championship to bring back stories from the fans.

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His reports will be heard in 91Èȱ¬ Swahili's flagship morning programme Amka na 91Èȱ¬ which broadcasts for half an hour at 0300 GMT (0600 EAT and 0500 CAT) and for another half hour at 0400 GMT (0700 EAT and 0600 CAT).

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Daily updates and analysis will also be broadcast in 91Èȱ¬ Swahili programmes Dira ya Dunia at 1530 GMT (1830 EAT and 1730 CAT) and Leo Africa at 1745 GMT (2045 EAT and 1945 CAT). Further information can be found online at bbcswahili.com

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91Èȱ¬ Vietnamese reporter Hong Thanh will be in Germany for a week bringing the excitement of the games for reports on air and online. Listeners can also expect daily bulletins rounding up each match as well as stories from around the tournament.

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bbcvietnamese.com is hosting an online special where football fans can talk about anything to do with the World Cup or football in general such as match fixing and bribery which is said to be affecting Vietnamese's national team, and why are millions of young Vietnamese, including women, appearing to love European and Brazilian teams more than their own?

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Visitors can also find out about the teams taking part in the tournament, read features on young football talents and enter competitions.

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