In this interview, David McGrath, head of news, sport and finance at Yahoo7, talks about how the site will serve football-mad Australians hungry for a fix.
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As the official online home of the Socceroos, Yahoo7's World Cup site will act as a 24-hour news source, discussion forum and multimedia archive for football-mad Australians hungry for a fix.
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