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- 1 2 John Carew Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine . sports-reference.com
- ↑ Abarenov, Dmitry (14 June 2011) Сладкие сны Кати Кейру. Баскетболистка сборной России мечтает о победе на Евро, море клубники и Поездке в сьерра-Леоне. sovsport.ru
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