Instead of preparing for the European Championship, England completed its season with a 3-0 exhibition victory at Trinidad and Tobago. With David Beckham wearing the captain's armband for the first time since the 2006 World Cup, England built an early lead and coasted. Gareth Barry scored his first goal for England -- eight years after his debut -- to put the Three Lions ahead in the 12th minute. -- read full article
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 19:12:57 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Santos Laguna won the
Mexican championship on Sunday, drawing 1-1 with Cruz Azul to
clinch the title a year after barely escaping relegation.
-- read full article
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:00:22 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Hamit Altintop has travelled
with the Turkey squad to their training base near Geneva,
boosting the midfielder's chances of playing in Euro 2008 after
he picked up an injury last week, his club Bayern Munich said
on Monday.
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Mon, 02 Jun 2008 01:02:40 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Ukraine beat Sweden 1-0 in a lacklustre warm-up match in Stockholm on Sunday that saw the Swedes booed by home team just days before the start of the European Championships. -- read full article
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:22:02 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Sweden was upset, the Netherlands cruised and Poland rallied to get a tie Sunday in European Championship warm-up matches. A virtually full-strength Sweden lost to Ukraine 1-0 in Stockholm, while the Dutch team beat Wales 2-0 and Poland managed a 1-1 tie with Denmark less than a week before the start of Euro 2008. -- read full article
Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:24:15 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
First half goals from Ike Uche and
Obinna Nwaneri gave Nigeria a comfortable 2-0 win over South
Africa in their World Cup African zone Group Four qualifier in
Abuja on Sunday.
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Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:48:51 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Angola dispatched Benin 3-0 in
Luanda on Sunday as they began their bid to qualify for a second
successive World Cup in confident style.
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Sun, 01 Jun 2008 11:07:23 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
South Korea squandered a two-goal lead in front of 53,000 fans here Saturday as Jordan battled to a 2-2 draw in the third round of Asian World Cup qualifying. -- read full article
Sat, 31 May 2008 09:39:47 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Former Ivory Coast coach Ulrich Stielike has signed a three-year deal with Swiss first division side Sion, the club announced on Saturday. -- read full article
Sat, 31 May 2008 09:41:21 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
