FILE - In this July 20, 2012, file photo, Brazil's Hulk, left, vies for the ball with Great Britain's Joe Allen, right, during their Olympic men's friendly soccer match at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, England. Allen, a Welsh soccer player, was listed as English in the official program on Thursday, July 26. The Olympic-sized political gaffes and cultural goofs already registered before the London games officially open Friday have proven one...
more FILE - In this July 20, 2012, file photo, Brazil's Hulk, left, vies for the ball with Great Britain's Joe Allen, right, during their Olympic men's friendly soccer match at Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough, England. Allen, a Welsh soccer player, was listed as English in the official program on Thursday, July 26. The Olympic-sized political gaffes and cultural goofs already registered before the London games officially open Friday have proven one thing in the globalized planet of the early 21st century: Even with the best of intentions, organizing an offense-free Olympics is nearly impossible. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)
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