Despite tie, England wins World Cup group
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Joe Cole was shredding Sweden&#039;s defense so effortlessly he had confident England fans singing &quot;God Save the Queen&quot; before halftime. Not so fast. The Swedes have been flustering England for nearly 40 years now, and this game would be no different.
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Some of Europe's top scorers Wednesday pushed their teams closer to places in the 2006 World Cup. Jan Koller and Dimitar Berbatov scored two goals each while Andriy Shevchenko and Michael Owen also produced goals.
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Finland didn't get its long-awaited revenge on Sweden, but a 4-4 tie was good enough to win the European Pool at the World Cup of Hockey on Saturday in Helsinki.
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Sport: Women's World Cup: Kelly Smith strikes twice as England advance with a 6-1 win over Argentina.
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Finland didn't get its long-awaited revenge on Sweden, but a 4-4 tie was good enough to win the European Pool at the World Cup of Hockey on Saturday.
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The United States reached the semifinals of the Women's World Cup, beating England 3-0 Saturday behind second-half goals from Abby Wambach, Shannon Boxx and Kristine Lilly.
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England still can&#039;t get past Portugal or Luiz Felipe Scolari. After the English lost David Beckham to an injury and Wayne Rooney to a red card, Portugal won a shootout 3-1 Saturday night following 120 minutes of scoreless soccer.
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England Women secure a place at the 2007 World Cup finals in China after earning a battling draw in France.
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The slender nature of the score will give broad satisfaction. Even if England were pegged back to 1-1 for a while in this World Cup qualifier, the mental stamina lacking since Euro 2004 was recovered in Chorzow
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England are determined to strike it third time lucky by hurdling Portugal and their charismatic coach Luiz Felipe Scolari to reach the World Cup semi-finals.
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England ended the latest round of World Cup qualfiers sitting pretty and well on course for Germany in 2006 - sadly not the same can be said for Wales and Scotland, two countries in turmoil.
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Qualifying for the World Cup isn&#39;t all that complicated. Get three points from every home game and one from every road match and you&#39;ll make it every time.
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Miroslav Klose scored two goals Tuesday to help Germany to a 3-0 win over Ecuador and first place in Group A of the World Cup.
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MANCHESTER: A stunning goal by captain David Beckham guided England to a convincing 2-0 victory over Wales in their World Cup qualifier at his former Old Trafford home yesterday.
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There's only one David Beckham &#151; and England had missed him. Beckham's free kick set up John Terry for the first international goal at the new Wembley stadium, but Diego scored in the second minute of injury time Friday night to give Brazil a 1-1 exhibition tie against England.
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Michael Owen heads England's winner in the World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan.
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England lifts the pressure off Coach Sven-Goran Eriksson with a 2-1 win at Poland in a World Cup qualifier Wednesday night, while Italy and France also get victories.