France tops Italy; Germans net 13 goals
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France gained some payback Wednesday for its loss in the World Cup final with a 3-1 victory over Italy in European Championship qualifying, while Germany routed San Marino by a championship record 13-0.
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An 80th minute goal from substitute Luca Toni gave Italy a 2-1 comeback win over Norway in their World Cup European zone Group Five match on Saturday.
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Internazionale hit five against Messina and AC Milan came from behind to win at Parma on a good night for the Milanese in Serie A. On-fire Brazilian Adriano netted his first Serie A hat-trick and debutant
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World Cup champion Italy gets back on track in the European Championship qualifying Saturday, beating Ukraine, 2-0.
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Italy beat 10-man Czech Republic 2-0 Thursday to win Group E at the World Cup and avoid a likely matchup with Brazil in the second round.
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The beautiful game turned vicious, even venomous Sunday. It was all still beautiful to Italy. And very ugly for France, which lost captain Zinedine Zidane with a red card after his nasty head butt in extra time, and then went down 5-3 in a shootout after a 1-1 draw.
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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.
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France stole Brazil&#039;s rhythm, its style, even its samba. Along the way, the French also knocked the defending champions out of the World Cup.
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France open up a gap on the scoreboard against England with three penalties from David Skrela at Twickenham.
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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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Was it something he said? With France and Italy tied in extra time of Sunday&#039;s World Cup final, Zinedine Zidane head-butted Marco Materazzi in the chest and was ejected. France went on to lose on penalty kicks. The day after, still no one knew what the Italian defender might have said to the French star.
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LONDON: After a mixed bag of results in the weekend&#39;s soccer qualifiers, Europe&#39;s major countries asserted their authority this morning with France, England and Italy all winning away.
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Tony Parker scored 23 points as France defeated Germany, 78-66, yesterday in Madrid, moving closer to a berth in the quarterfinals of the European Championship.Florent Pietrus and Tariq Kirksay added 12 points apiece for France, while Dirk Nowitzki led Germany with 28 points.The loss leaves Germany needing wins in its final two Group F matches to guarantee a place in the elimination round.Two automatic berths for the 2008 Olympics are at stake. Spain has already qualified because of its world title.
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Alexander Frei and Tranquillo Barnetta scored a goal each Monday to lead Switzerland to a 2-0 win over Togo in Group G at the World Cup.
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YOKOHAMA - Germany spoiled Zico&#39;s Christmas as second-half goals from Miroslav Klose and Michael Ballack gave the 2002 World Cup finalists a comfortable 3-0 win in an international friendly at International Stadium Yokohama on Thursday.
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Del Piero finally lives up to the expectations and puts Italy top of the group. Six points were what Marcello Lippi wanted but it wasnât at easy as it looks for the azzurri because only with a goal by Toni
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France plays Portugal today in World Cup soccer action with the winner facing Italy in Sunday&#039;s championship game. The loser plays Germany Saturday in a consolation game.