Japan midfielder Shunsuke
Nakamura insists he wants to play in the World Cup qualifier
against Bahrain on Sunday despite a sore ankle.
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Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:30:54 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Russia's Dutch coach Guus Hiddink
gave goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar his Netherlands debut and on
Saturday could also be the man to end his international career.
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Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:17:25 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Wesley Sneijder may be the one reaping the praise for his attacking play, but to many afficionados eyes it is Rafael van der Vaart who has been the lynchpin in the Dutch success so far at Euro 2008. -- read full article
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:56:25 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Coach Joachim Loew
offered Germany's players a brief respite after their Euro 2008
quarter-final win over Portugal but he promised on Friday there
would be no let-up in intensity when they play their semi-final.
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Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:57:05 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Italian defender Christian Panucci on Friday said France coach Raymond Domenech, who criticised the referee after his side's loss to the Italians, "always has excuses". -- read full article
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:11:24 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
U.S. coach Bob Bradley added youth to his roster for Sunday's World Cup qualifier at Barbados, taking an opportunity to give players experience after opening an eight-goal lead in the home-and-home series. Three players with no national team experience were among the 18 picked for the roster: goalkeepers Dominic Cervi and Chris Switz, and forward Chad Barrett. -- read full article
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:08:51 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Dutch coach Guus Hiddink vowed on
Friday to be a "traitor" to his country by steering Russia to
victory over Netherlands in their Euro 2008 quarter-final but
admitted he was "scared as hell" of facing such a good team.
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Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:19:33 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Russia's Dutch coach Guus Hiddink says he wants to be the traitor of the year in the Netherlands and see Russia knock his countrymen out of Euro 2008 in Saturday's quarter-final. -- read full article
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:22:34 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Tens of thousands of German and
Portuguese soccer fans poured into Basel on Thursday for the
first quarter-final of the Euro 2008 tournament.
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Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:07:43 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Italy are a united group who can end Spain's impressive run at Euro 2008 in the quarter-finals on Sunday, midfielder Massimo Ambrosini said Thursday. -- read full article
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:41:04 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Croatia coach Slaven Bilic says complacency is not an issue for his high-achievers who Friday take on Turkey in the second quarter-final at Euro 2008. -- read full article
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:49:49 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Italian defender Andrea Barzagli was ruled out of the rest of Euro 2008 on Thursday after injuring his left knee in training, the Italian Football Federation said Thursday. -- read full article
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:54:14 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Swedish coach Lars Lagerback said Thursday he intended to stay in his post and was not contemplating resigning despite their first-round exit at Euro 2008 to Russia. -- read full article
Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:02:59 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Germany midfielder Torsten Frings
failed a fitness test before the Euro 2008 quarter-final against
Portugal on Thursday but forward Lukas Podolski was cleared to
play after recovering from a calf muscle injury.
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Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:08:10 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
