Olympic Soccer: Euphoric Iraq Reaches Semifinals
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Iraq&#39;s footballers beat Australia 1-0 Saturday to reach the semifinals of the Olympic men&#39;s tournament, triggering celebratory gunfire in their violence-racked country.
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Former Bruin Mikko Eloranta tipped a shot past Olaf Kolzig with 3:22 left, lifting Finland to a 2-1 win over Germany yesterday and into the semifinals of the World Cup of Hockey.
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SAITAMA, Japan  - Spain beat Olympic champions   Argentina 75-74 in a bruising Latin showdown to reach the final   of the world basketball championship on Friday.
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There'll be no last-minute pressure this time. The United States advanced to the next round of World Cup qualifying with a game to spare.
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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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Nigeria and Germany won their quarterfinals at the FIFA Under-17 World Cup yesterday in South Korea, completing a semifinal lineup of four former finalists.Nigeria defeated Argentina, 2-0, to end South American participation in the tournament, while Germany dominated England, 4-1. Nigeria and Germany will meet in one semifinal, and the other will pit Ghana and Spain.
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ATHENS, Sep 1 (IPS) - The old wisdom that you win something by just  playing the game could hardly have  been more true than for the  Iraqi, Palestinian and Afghan teams at the Olympics.
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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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THESSALONIKI, Greece Italy extinguished Iraq&#39;s dream of an Olympic medal in the men&#39;s soccer tournament with a 1-0 victory on Friday in their bronze medal match.
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THESSALONIKI, Greece - Abby Wambach will never score an easier goal. From one foot away, she tapped the ball into the net and put the United States into the Olympic semifinals...
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Iraq beat Australia 1-0 to reach the semi-finals of the men's football.
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Iraqis around the world streamed into polling stations Sunday for their last chance to cast ballots in Iraq's historic election, expressing hopes that the vote will bring peace and stability to their homeland.
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At least two people are killed in Baghdad by gunfire to mark Iraq's quarter-final victory in the Asian Cup.
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La Nigeria si &egrave; qualificata per la finale dei Mondiali Under 17 battendo in semifinale la Ger...
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The Greek gods smiled again on South Korea on Tuesday. After being down three goals in the 55th minute against Mali, the South Korean Olympic soccer team needed only nine minutes to catch up, ending the game in a 3-3 draw and pushing the South Koreans ...
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Spain coach Luis Aragones told his fringe players to make his life difficult, and some of them lived up to the challenge. A Spanish squad full of substitutes beat Saudi Arabia 1-0 Friday to clinch first place in Group H. The backups tried to win a spot in the starting lineup for the round of 16 match in Hanover on Tuesday.
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In Athens Greece, the South Korean Olympic soccer squad has secured a ticket to the quarterfinals for the first time in 56 years.