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Brazil was eliminated by Belgium in the World Cup quarter-finals. Unexpectedly, the "Neymar Roll" and his overacting have become the highlight of the World Cup this year and lead a great mass fervor around the world.
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In the UK, students from a private school have imitated the foul behaviors and even quarreled, leading the principal to ban them from playing football for a week.
Potter, a headmaster of Home Farm School, a private primary school in Essex, England, announced that, with the football boom rising during the World Cup, more and more students imitate the overacting behaviors of football stars such as Neymar when they are playing fouls. Some of them would even quarrel.
Coming back to Neymar, the exaggerating painful expressions and roll after his fall in the game were laughed by the world.
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In the UK, students from a private school have imitated the foul behaviors and even quarreled, leading the principal to ban them from playing football for a week.
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Potter, a headmaster of Home Farm School, a private primary school in Essex, England, announced that, with the football boom rising during the World Cup, more and more students imitate the overacting behaviors of football stars such as Neymar when they are playing fouls. Some of them would even quarrel.
Therefore, he decided to ban the students from playing football in the school for a week. Porter underlined that he does not oppose football, but only hopes students can own sportsmanship. In addition, their PE teacher will also develop a new "football criterion" to help students follow the rules and enjoy fair games.
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Coming back to Neymar, the exaggerating painful expressions and roll after his fall in the game were laughed by the world.
Some netizens have made spoofs of him. He was put on the highway, vehicles, and strollers in the internet memes.
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French football player Eric Cantona joked, "You better not touch him. He can roll for hours."
SAO PAULO (AP) — President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Thursday announced the creation of two new Indigenous territories for Brazil, bringing the total number of new reserves during this term to 10.
The Cacique Fontoura reserve will be in Mato Grosso state and the Aldeia Velha territory will be in Bahia state. They will cover a combined total area of almost 132 square miles (342 square kilometers).
Speaking at a ceremony in Brasilia, Lula's said Indigenous peoples should be patient as he seeks to fulfill his pledge of creating 14 new territories.
Lula's predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, had encouraged widespread development of the Amazon — both legal and illegal — and made good on his pledge to not demarcate a single centimeter of additional Indigenous land.
Lula took office in 2023 pledging to change that, but Indigenous rights activists hoped he would move faster. Last year, he demarcated six territories in April and two more in September.
The Brazilian president said during his speech that the latest two new territories would not be enough. He cited legal issues for the delay in setting aside additional lands.
“I know you have some concern because you were expecting six Indigenous lands. We decided to authorize two, and that frustrated some of our friends,” Lula said, standing next to his Indigenous peoples minister, Sônia Guajajara, who wore a traditional yellow feather headdress. “I did this so I wouldn't lie to you. It is better to solve the problems instead of just authorizing it.”
The four envisioned Indigenous territories that were not authorized are occupied by farmers who have ownership rights to those lands, Brazil's government said.
Indigenous leader Dinamam Tuxá told journalists he was “partially happy.”
“Every new Indigenous territory is a victory,” Tuxá said.
Last year, Brazil’s Supreme Court ruled to enshrine Indigenous land rights in a case brought by farmers seeking to block Indigenous peoples from expanding the size of their territorial claims.
The court rejected a legal theory arguing the date that Brazil's constitution was promulgated — Oct. 5, 1988 — should be the deadline for when Indigenous peoples had to have already either physically occupied land or be legally fighting to reoccupy it.
Several lawmakers in Brazil's Congress are still pushing to revive that theory and fit it into legislation.
Indigenous rights groups argued the concept of the deadline is unfair, saying it does not account for expulsions and forced displacements of Indigenous populations, particularly during Brazil’s two-decade military dictatorship.
An Indigenous representative takes a photo with his cell phone as he waits for the start of the closing ceremony of the 1st Ordinary Meeting of the National Council for Indigenous Policy, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The council, dissolved in 2019, was revived in 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during the closing ceremony of the 1st Ordinary Meeting of the National Council for Indigenous Policy, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The council, dissolved in 2019, was revived in 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Minister of Indigenous Peoples Sonia Guajajara arrive to the closing ceremony of the 1st Ordinary Meeting of the National Council for Indigenous Policy, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, April 18, 2024. The council, dissolved in 2019, was revived in 2023. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
