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World Service,1 min

'The entire nation is very proud'

Newsday

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Iceland are out of the Euro 2016 tournament - but only after winning many new fans and causing upsets by beating Austria and England. They lost to France in the quarter-final 5-2. It's the first time the country's men's team has made a major tournament - even though it only has a population of 330,000 people. The President of Iceland Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson - he told Newsday that the success in the tournament was the result of a special programme to improve soccer skills, which started about 20 years ago. (Picture - an Icelandic fans shows his colours at the Euro 2016 tournament. Credit; Mike Hewitt/Getty Images)

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