Russian Fans Celebrate Once-maligned Team as Heroes

What a transformation. Russia's World Cup soccer team, metamorphosed from national laughingstock to heroes of the motherland in less than a week.   And no one is more stunned than their own fans.   Chants of "Ro-see-ya! Ro-see-ya!" reverberated through the St. Petersburg Stadium and along the nearby wind-whipped shores of the Baltic on Tuesday after Russia beat Egypt 3-1. "Incredible!" said science student Daniil Stefaychuk. He went into Tuesday's...

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