Powerhouses, surprises set for Round 2
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Ghana, Australia and Ecuador provided the biggest shocks of the first round of the World Cup. Now they are chasing even bigger ones in the last 16.
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The Uefa president gets up to a lot more than we thought according to your efforts. This week's lucky winner is David Squires, who wins a Â£100 bet with BlueSquare. Second prize, Carlton Books's The England Cricket Miscellany, goes to John O'Reilly. Next week we want to see your takes on Lord Coe's Olympic logo shenanigans. Send them to gallery@guardian.co.uk by 6pm on Tuesday June 12 as a jpeg or gif, complete with a TITLE and CAPTION. Anybody who forgets will be made to listen to Sir Alex Ferguson's iPod.
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WE SHOULD preserve in aspic this week in the Champions League. I have a suspicion that we will not see in our lifetime a debut quite as startling, quite as memorable as Wayne Rooney for Manchester United at Old Trafford.
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ATHENS -- They had their moments. There was the inspiring comeback against Greece, which got them not only to the semifinals, but, even better, to the &quot;Today&quot; show set and a live audience with Katie Couric. There was the marked improvement in the standings from the previous meltdowns in Sydney and Atlanta.
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You can find tomorrow's winners today.
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Do you know how to spot the outperformers of tomorrow?
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CONCORD -- For much of yesterday's second round of the Bank of America Championship, they heard noise -- lots of it, too -- and given the circle in which their golf world is encased, that was a nice change.
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With enough glitz, kitch and corporate sponsorships to make Las Vegas blush, welcome to the new and weird (yet weirdly underwhelming) epicenter of world boxing
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On paper it is no contest, a red, white and blue rout. Just consider the make-up of the American and European teams that will compete for the 35th Ryder Cup when
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NEW YORK -- It was anything but a knockout punch, but there is much to say about a good, solid decision, especially when a team displays its unit versatility.
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Here it comes. You can feel the rumbling of anticipation now. Just two games into the American League playoffs, we already have a colossal collision coming into focus.
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From top to bottom ACC play, which will begin Sunday with two games, could be even more competitive than originally thought.
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A number of matchups involving local schools this afternoon promise to be spirited and intriguing, hard-hitting and pivotal.
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There are times to go with the strong -- and there are times to go against the weak. In this case, Buffalo, Houston, and Miami. Each looked miserable last week and the hunch is this week will be more of the same.
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So many angles. So many sub-plots. So much intrigue for a game pitting two non-winning teams holding one-way tickets to irrelevance.
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As we head down the stretch of the season, the significance of each game will be amplified. While it is difficult to envision any team looking past an opponent at this juncture of the season
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Maria Sharapova, who didnât really go anywhere, recaptured the spotlight at the Australian Open Tuesday.  And a new star may be emerging on the menâs side in  Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, who earned a semifinals berth.