Argentina, Denmark, Greece, Japan, Tanzania win SC seats
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Japan won a two-year term on the UN Security Council and hopes to prove that it deserves a permanent seat on the powerful body as the issue of UN reform takes center stage next year.
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HONIARA : Australia all but secured a place in next year&#39;s Confederations Cup with a 5-1 victory over the Solomon Islands in the Oceania Nations Cup final first leg here.
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Italia (4-4-2): Pelizzoli; Zaccardo, Barzagli, Materazzi, Chiellini; Esposito, Blasi, De Rossi, Mauri; Toni, Miccoli. All. Lippi. Finlandia (4-3-3): Jaaskelainen; Nurmela, Kuivasto, Pasoja, Kallio; Eremenko, Litmanen, Vayrynen; Johansson, Kuqi, Kolkka.
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SOUTH Africa survived two late yellow cards to win their second Tri-Nations title with a rousing 23-19 triumph over Australia in Durban yesterday.
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Tournament favorite Argentina advanced to the final of the Copa America, beating Mexico, 3-0, last night on goals by Gabriel Heinze, Lionel Messi, and Juan Roman Riquelme.
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Ecuador&#39;s Edison Mendez, left, celebrates his goal beside of Brazil&#39;s Kaka during their World Cup South American zone qualifying soccer match at Atahualpa stadium in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004.
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Argentina will get to defend its Olympic gold medal. Luis Scola scored 27 points and Argentina, playing without four NBA players from the team that won the gold in 2004, beat Brazil, 91-80, yesterday in the semifinals of the FIBA Americas basketball tournament to earn a berth in the Beijing Olympics.
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European champion FC Porto won the Toyota Cup on Sunday, defeating Colombia&#39;s Once Caldas 8-7 in a penalty-kick shootout in a game between the top club teams from Europe and South America.
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Palermo (3-4-2-1): Santoni 5.5, Zaccardo 6, Terlizzi 6, Biava 6, Da Silva Pereira Adriano 5 (1&#39; st Morrone 6), Barone 5.5 (19&#39; st Brienza 6), Corini 6 (19&#39; st M. Gonzalez 5.5), Grosso 6, Zauli 5.5, Mutarelli 6.5, Toni 6. (84 Comi, 18 Santana, 43 Barzagli
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VOLOS, Greece  - Costa Rica scored its first four goals of the 2004 Olympic soccer tournament to knock star-studded Portugal out of the competition and set up a meeting with favourite Argentina.
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Official results confirm Mikhail Saakashvili's victory in presidential elections in Georgia last week.
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Sweden thrash Iceland 5-0 in Stockholm helped by two goals from Marcus Allback.
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Concluding on Friday in Cres, Croatia, the VIP IMS 600 World Championship that, over last six days, attracted 19 boats from 5 countries ended with the triumph of Italian boat MAN with skipper Matteo IVALDI and ...
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The 10 teams have all played each other once, and a glance at the table reveals an interesting fact. The top four places - the automatic qualifying slots - are filled by the same countries that took them in the 2002 campaign.
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World Cup champion Italy is held to a 1-1 tie by Lithuania during qualifying for the 2008 European Championship while Germany, the Czech Republic and the Netherlands struggle to beat underdog opponents.
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The UN has chosen Argentina, Denmark, Greece, Japan and Tanzania as the five states to become non-permanent members of the Security Council next year.
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Sfuma il sogno della finalissima per la nazionale olimpica di calcio. Gli azzurrini di Claudio Gentile sono stati sconfitti 3-0 nella semifinale contro l&#39;Argentina. I sudamericani, favoriti del torneo, hanno