At the last World Cup, in 2010 in South Africa, it was Zakumi the green-haired leopard. The mascot in Germany four years earlier was a lion named Goleo. Now, Brazil has reportedly picked an an armadillo. Press reports said world football governing body FIFA on Tuesday registered with the European Patent Office the next playful symbol of the world’s supreme sporting event: a smiling armadillo whose name will be picked through an Internet vote. The three-banded armadillo known as a ‘tatu-bola’ in Brazil is an endangered species. FIFA would not confirm the reports, but told AFP that the design will be unveiled on Brazilian television on Sunday.
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