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World of Africa: Six-a-side football in ivory coast gains popularity

A different sort of football from ivory coast, it's called Maracana. The name's inspiration comes straight from Brazil where, in 1973, 20 Ivorian students were given the chance to spend a month's football pilgrimage by their then-president. Football was already played on small pitches throughout ivory coast, but the Maracana version codifies the rules "With an Ivorian flavour".