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China Take Long Shot at World Cup
After successfully bringing the 2008 Olympic Games to Beijing, China now set their eyes on the lucrative soccer World Cup tournament.
Zhang Jilong, vice president of China's Football Association, disclosed that if China, which won their first ever berth for the World Cup finals earlier this month, gain the support and approval of FIFA, they will make a bid for staging right of the World Cup.
The senior Chinese soccer official failed to specify which World Cup they wanted, only saying:" China have what it takes to stage the soccer World Cup finals."
Zhang said that China's Football Association is now mulling the issue whether to renew the contract with Bora Milutinovic, who guided China throught the Asian World Cup qualifiers without a loss.
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