Echoing the thoughts of the majority of the Spanish public, Italy defender Christian Panucci believes his side have the mental edge over Spain ahead of Sunday's Euro 2008 quarter-final here. -- read full article
Sun, 22 Jun 2008 01:29:37 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Thousands of orange-clad Dutch fans
flooded sun-soaked Basel on Saturday ahead of the third Euro
2008 quarter-final in which Netherlands play Russia, coached by
self-confessed "traitor" Dutchman Guus Hiddink.
-- read full article
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 10:42:00 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Netherlands coach Marco van
Basten included Khalid Boulahrouz, whose prematurely-born baby
daughter died in the week, at right-back in his team to face
Russia in their Euro 2008 quarter-final on Saturday.
-- read full article
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:11:28 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Striker Samuel Eto'o hit a
dramatic last-gasp goal to keep Cameroon on course for a place
in the last phase of the 2010 World Cup qualifiers after a 2-1
victory over Tanzania on Saturday.
-- read full article
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:17:26 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Italy midfielder Alberto
Aquilani is pushing for a start in Sunday's Euro 2008
quarter-final against Spain, coach Roberto Donadoni has said.
-- read full article
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:20:53 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Arjen Robben did not join his
Dutch team mates in the warm-up for Saturday's Euro 2008
quarter-final against Russia due to a niggling groin problem,
coach Marco van Basten told Dutch TV station NOS.
-- read full article
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:39:23 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Spain's past failures against
Italy do not weigh heavily on the shoulders of the players and
they do not see Sunday's Euro 2008 quarter-final as a way of
avenging previous disappointments.
-- read full article
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 11:40:02 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Italy go into Sunday's Euro 2008
quarter-final against Spain knowing that their group stage form
has made the world champions look like underdogs.
-- read full article
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:06:39 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
A look at the likely formations,
strengths and weaknesses of Spain and Italy who meet in the
quarter-finals of Euro 2008 at Ernst Happel Stadium on Sunday
(1845 GMT):
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Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:30:03 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Dwayne De Rosario and Ali Gerba scored two goals apiece to lift the Canada men's national team to a 4-1 triumph over St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Friday in the second leg a two-match qualifying series for the 2010 World Cup. -- read full article
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 19:31:30 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Netherlands play a revitalised
Russia in Euro 2008's third quarter-final on Saturday, with a
place in the last four against world champions Italy or Group D
winners Spain the prize.
-- read full article
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:00:02 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Canada advanced to the semifinals of World Cup qualifying in the North and Central American and Caribbean region, defeating St. Vincent and the Grenadines 4-1 Friday night. Dwayne De Rosario and Ali Gerba scored two goals each for Canada, which won the home-and-home, total-goals series on 7-1 aggregate. -- read full article
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:24:37 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Japan midfielder Shunsuke
Nakamura insists he wants to play in the World Cup qualifier
against Bahrain on Sunday despite a sore ankle.
-- read full article
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.
-- read full article
Sat, 21 Jun 2008 00:17:25 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
