Soccer: Euphoric Iraq Reach Semi-Finals
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Iraq&#39;s footballers extended their fairytale run at the Athens Olympics Saturday, beating Australia 1-0 to reach the semi-finals of the men&#39;s tournament.
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Multiple European Cup winners Real Madrid and Liverpool squeezed through to the last 16 of the Champions League after winning their respective final group matches.
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Iraq's footballers extended their  fairytale run at the Athens Olympics Saturday, beating  Australia 1-0 to reach the semi-finals of the men's tournament.
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PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela  - Lionel Messi scored a breathtaking goal, arguably the best of the tournament, as Argentina beat Mexico 3-0 in their Copa America semi-final on Wednesday.
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rgentina swept aside Italy, 3-0, yesterday in Athens to advance to the final of the Olympic men&#39;s soccer tournament without conceding a goal in five games.
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Iraq's footballers get a morale-boosting chance for gold at the Asian Games in Friday's final against Qatar.
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An Iraqi soccer star can't sign with a professional British club because Iraq's Asian Cup-winning national team barely missed being ranked in the world's top 70 Â a situation blamed partly on violence in the country.
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Iraqis, weary of violence and deprivation, erupted in wild celebration Saturday after their national soccer team beat Australia 1-0 in the Athens Games.
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Ghana come from behind to earn a semi-final place with victory over Nigeria in a game full of drama.
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Iraqâs successful Olympic soccer team is preparing itself for its biggest sporting challenge at the Athens 2004 Olympics. On Tuesday night, Iraqi players will play against Paraguay in the Olympics football semi-finals.
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Four-time champions Cameroon will face hosts Ghana in Thursday's semi-final after an extra-time finish from Stephane Mbia knocks out Tunisia.
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Austria beat the United States in extra time on Saturday to go into the semi-finals of the Under-20 World Cup where they will meet the Czech Republic, who beat Spain on penalties.
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The Merseysiders beat Olympiakos 3 - 1 in their final Group A match, to book their place in the knockout stages of European club football&#39;s most prestigious competition.
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IRAQ&#39;S dreams of winning only its second Olympic medal were shattered this morning when Italy beat them in the men&#39;s football bronze medal play-off, overshadowed by the killing of an Italian hostage yesterday.
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Sport: Carling Cup: Blues knock out Liverpool after goals from Lampard and  Shevchenko secure semi-final spot
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Two-time champions the United States shocked England with three goals in 12 second-half minutes to reach the women&#39;s World Cup semi-finals on Saturday.
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Nothing changed at the top of Serie A as all top teams won their games to keep the distance between one another unaltered. Juventus came back from behind against Lazio to win thanks to another goal by Ibrahimovic