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Diego, Rafinha cleared to play for Brazil

15:57 BST, Wed 6 Aug 2008
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Brazil's Olympic soccer player Diego celebrates with teammates Ronaldinho (10) and Rafinha (top) after scoring Brazil's first goal during their friendly soccer match against Singapore in Singapore July 28, 2008. Brazil's Olympic team played a friendly match against Singapore on Monday as part of their warm up for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. REUTERS/Pablo Sanchez (SINGAPORE) (BEIJING OLYMPICS 2008 PREVIEW)

BERLIN, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Brazilian soccer players Diego and Rafinha will be allowed to remain at the Olympic Games in Beijing and play for their national team, their German Bundesliga clubs said on Wednesday.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), meeting in Beijing, earlier upheld an appeal from Diego's club Werder Bremen and Rafinha's Schalke 04 after soccer's world governing body said clubs must release eligible players for the tournament.

The clubs said they would let the players stay in Beijing despite the ruling in their favour.

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