Football Ferns reach final

New Zealand have made the final of the Cyprus Cup women#039;s soccer tournament after completing an unbeaten run in their group with a 3-0 win over Scotland this morning (NZT) at the southern Cyprus city ...
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High Hopes - For Some - As Soccer Awaits World Cup Draw

Cape Town — Of the six African nations at the 2010 World Cup, by far the most pressure will be on hosts South Africa, with the world watching to see not only if the country can host the tourname...
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Poker-faced Pim plays dead bat

Socceroos fans want side to face England Socceroos coach Pim Verbeek, meanwhile, said when asked to express his preferences for the draw: "I haven't thought about it and I'm not going to think ab...
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Bloguin National Podcast- 12/2/09

SomethingsBruin.net's Greg Ezell talks about the re-signing of Marc Savard. Also, host Ken Boehlke of TalkingChicagoBaseball.com weighs in on the Ireland/France/Henry Handball situation.

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World Cup win would be icing on Dunga’s cake (AFP)

Brazilian football team coach Dunga is seen during a training session in October, in Campo Grande, Brazil. A World Cup win in South Africa would put the icing on the cake for Dunga, under whose stewardship Brazil have been looking a strong bet for a sixth title.(AFP/File/Nelson Almeida)AFP - A World Cup win in South Africa would put the icing on the cake for coach Dunga, under whose stewardship Brazil have been looking a strong bet for a sixth title.


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Real Madrid to launch lingerie line, really


Spanish soccer giants Real Madrid will launch a lingerie line for its female fans next year.

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Jack WarnerFIFA's World Cup organizing committee met Wednesday in some smoke-filled room in Cape Town and, in between bites of caviar and peeled grapes and just after confirming the delivery of a lifetime supply of Coca-Cola products to Jack Warner's compound in Trinidad, announced the procedures and seeding for Friday's World Cup draw (Noon, ESPN2).

The decision to base the eight top seeds (including the host) on FIFA's monthly soda-sponsored national team rankings, ignoring past World Cup performance, means the U.S. came tantalizingly close to landing in the first pot -- closer than any of us may have expected when seeding was mentioned as a motivation following October's draw with Costa Rica. If FIFA and Coke want to promote their ranking, all the better for the Americans, who probably always will be higher than they deserve. But the pots announced Wednesday were anything but a favor. The road to next summer's second round will be treacherous.


 

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