Ecumenical News International
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14 July 2006

Iranian soccer player voted ‘Christian star’ of World Cup

Warsaw (ENI). The only Christian player in Iran’s national soccer
team has been named "Christian star of the World Cup" in a poll
undertaken by a Dutch ecumenical Christian group. Andranik
Teymourian, a 23-year-old midfielder, received 31.3 per cent of
votes in the online contest, organized by Gristelijk, a group of
Protestant and Roman Catholic teachers and lecturers, out of a
shortlist of 11 leading Christian soccer players. [238 words,
ENI-06-0564]

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