Asian World Cup Qualifying Wrap
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Kuwait secured top spot in Group Four and a place in the final round of the Asian qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup 2006 by the narrowest of margins.
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Ecuador&#39;s 1-0 win over Brazil has ended the world champions&#39; unbeaten run in the region&#39;s World Cup qualifying competition.
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Asian champion Japan overcame a lethargic first half display to outplay India 4-0 in an Asian zone World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.
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There&#039;s only one more off day the World Cup resumes. Next up are the quarterfinals with Germany facing Argentina and Italy taking on Ukraine on Friday. Saturday&#039;s games are England vs. Portugal and Brazil against France.
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World Cup hosts Germany come from two goals down to draw against Japan in Leverkusen.
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China was eliminated from qualifying for the 2006 World Cup despite a 7-0 victory Wednesday night over visiting Hong Kong, with Kuwait finishing first in the group on the fifth tiebreaker.
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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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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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GUANGZHOU: China had its hopes of securing a ticket to the World Cup crushed last night despite its 7-0 walloping of Hong Kong, as Kuwait edged ahead of the Chinese to win their qualifying group on goal difference.
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India boosted their chances of qualifying for the Asia Cup field hockey semi-finals with a thrilling 3-2 victory over South Korea here.
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UNITED STATES, Mexico and Guatemala advanced to next year&#39;s North American final round World Cup 2006 qualifying with shutout triumphs today, leaving seven nations to fight over three remaining spots.
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YOKOHAMA, Japan : World Cup heroes Miroslav Klose and Michael Ballack scored the goals on Thursday as Germany overwhelmed Asian champions Japan 3-0 in the opener of their three-game Asian tour.
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Germany, Spain and France are all in action in Saturday's qualifying matches.
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TORONTO -- Pavel Datsyuk, Alex Kovalev, Sergei Samsonov, Alexei Yashin, and Alexander Ovechkin scored for Russia in a 5-2 victory over Slovakia last night in the final preliminary game of the World Cup.
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Egypt held on to upset Cameroon 3-2, Mali conceded a 2-2 draw to Senegal and Nigeria dispatched Zimbabwe 3-0 in African zone World Cup qualifying on Sunday.
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Brazil beat Bolivia by 3 goals to 1 in their World Cup qualifier on Sunday, with Galactico Ronaldo scoring one goal. Ronaldinho and Adriano followed up with first-half goals
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Asian champion Japan was drawn Thursday to travel to Pyong Yang for the first time in 15 years to contest a World Cup qualifier against North Korea.