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Croatian Nuns Buy Shares in Local Soccer Team
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by Jon Azpiri | October 28, 2008 at 11:31 am
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The 19 nuns, who live in the town of Zadar on Croatia's Adriatic coast, bought 40 shares worth around $4,500 in Hajduk Split, a team that has won nine Crotian championships. The deal makes the nuns one of the team's top 20 shareholders.
Some of the nuns, however, aren't exactly huge fans of the team.
"Our mother superior told us that we had become owners of Hajduk shares, but I know hardly anything about this," a nun by the name of Anselma told the paper.
She also said that none of the nuns were from Split, adding that they usually "pray for the Croatian national soccer side."
Anselma also added that she and the other nuns knew hardly anything about the sport.
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at 15:55 on October 28th, 2008
I see absolutely no problem about nuns supporting soccer... They look happy because Hajduk Split keeps winning :)
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at 18:13 on October 28th, 2008
Jon Azpiri, I like this story. It's good stuff.