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Soccer Nominated for Peace Prize
OSLO, Norway (AP) -- The game of soccer has been nominated for the 2001
Nobel Peace Prize for promoting understanding among nations.
Although more than a dozen fans died during stampedes and riots at games
last year, Swedish lawmaker Lars Gustafsson insisted Monday that soccer
helps international relations.
''Soccer has and will continue to play an important role in the global
arena, when it comes to creating understanding between people,'' Gustafsson
wrote in his nomination letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo.
Sometimes, Gustafsson wrote, hostile nations meet on the soccer field when
other contact would be unthinkable. He noted that Iran played the United
States in the 1998 World Cup.
He said FIFA, the International Federation of Football Associations, could
accept the honor on behalf of the sport.
The nomination was one of dozens streaming into Oslo ahead of the Feb. 1
deadline. Last year, there were 150 nominations for the award, which went to
South Korean President Kim Dae-jung.
The Nobel awards committee never says who has been nominated. The winner is
announced in October.
AP-NY-01-22-01 1409EST<
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