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VICE WORLD OF SPORTS

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VICE WORLD OF SPORTS  is a series of compelling stories at the fringe of culture and politics, across a range of places and people through the one lens that connects them all: sport.

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Bukom is a town too small for a map. But somehow, this tiny, slum village on the coast of Ghana has produced more world champion boxers per capita than anywhere else in the world.

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In Serbia, one thing has endured communism and civil war: The Eternal Derby. Each year, a soccer rivalry tears Belgrade apart, where gameplay is overshadowed by "Ultra" fan violence.

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On most days Florence is overrun by tourists. But once each year, the locals reclaim their city through an ancient game where the roots run deep and the blood flows freely.

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Boca and River may be the most infamous rivals in the world of soccer. But today, Argentina's most legendary game is known less for the battle on the field than the anarchy off it.

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Buried deep in the Appalachian hills, an old grudge between two fading towns lives on through baseball's best kept secret: a rivalry at the lowest level of the minor leagues.

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 Across a history of oppression, through years federal neglect and in the midst of a cultural awakening, one sport has endured on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation: basketball.

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