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    23 July 2015 | POSTED BY Newsroom Staff

    Mormon Soccer Player Sits Out FIFA Beach World Cup Sunday Final

    "Portugal defeated Tahiti 5-3 in the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup final to claim their second championship. But things might have been different if the match had not been played on Sunday," Business Insider Australia reports this week.

    "Tahiti played the match without their captain, Naea Bennett, who sat out the game because he is Mormon and does not work on Sundays."

    Read more at the Business Insider Australia website.

    Watch a Tahiti Nui Television report.

    Read another article about Naea Bennett and his decision to keep the Sabbath holy by not playing soccer on Sundays.

    Read a 1978 article titled, "Working on Sundays," published in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Ensign magazine.

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