The Germans haven't won a European Championship game for 12 years and their last World Cup triumph was in 1990. Now comes a Euro 2008 they must have dreamed of. The three-time champion opens against a Poland team it has never lost to in 16 meetings. Then comes Croatia, whose only victory in seven meetings was back at the 1998 World Cup. -- read full article
Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:03:39 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Barcelona have agreed to sign
Villarreal's Uruguay defender Martin Caceres for 16.5 million
euros ($25.74 million), the Primera Liga club said on Wednesday.
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Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:11:55 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Cristiano Ronaldo
is fully concentrated on Euro 2008 and not distracted by his
club future, Portugal team mate Paulo Ferreira said on
Wednesday.
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Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:13:21 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
The Dutch squad arrived for Euro 2008 in Geneva on Tuesday albeit rather later than planned after heavy traffic round Amsterdam delayed their departure. -- read full article
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 17:58:41 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Spain will be favourites to top
Group D at Euro 2008 but the presence of holders Greece and dark
horses Russia is bound to rekindle their bitter memories of Euro
2004.
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Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:01:04 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Ecuadorean champions LDU ground
out a 0-0 home draw against nine-man America on Tuesday to
secure a first Libertadores Cup final berth with an away goals
triumph.
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Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:08:42 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Everton beat Colo Colo 3-0 in
the second leg of the Chilean Apertura championship final on
Tuesday to win their first title in 32 years and deny their
opponents a fifth successive crown.
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Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:10:06 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Chad have been thrown out of the
African Nations Cup after African soccer's governing body
blamed them for causing an unnecessary postponement of their
World Cup qualifier against neighbours Sudan last weekend.
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Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:04:24 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Pavel Pogrebnyak will remain in
Russia's Euro 2008 squad even if his knee injury keeps the
striker out of their opening match against Spain.
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Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:13:41 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Team captain Christie Rampone is one of three veterans returning from injury to the U.S. women's team that will play at the 2008 Peace Queen Cup in South Korea. Coach Pia Sundhage also chose now-healthy midfielder Aly Wagner and goalkeeper Nicole Barnhart for the final 22-player roster. Defender Rampone is coming off gall bladder surgery three weeks ago. -- read full article
Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:14:57 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
