Rebellin-Bettini World Cup battle comes down to the wire
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Rebellin, the Gerolsteiner rider who recently gained Argentine citizenship in a futile attempt to compete at last week's world road championships, leads Bettini by six points in the standings with only two ...
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Latest from Wednesday's 2006 World Cup qualifier.
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Sport: Lawrence Dallaglio and other old hands face a last chance to make a respectable World Cup defence, writes Robert Kitson.
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Talk about a change of scenery. Just more than two months ago, Alessandro Del Piero, Gianluigi Buffon and Mauro Camoranesi lifted the World Cup trophy before a packed stadium, with hundreds of millions watching around the world.
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Three more World Cup matches are on tap today as U.S. coach Bruce Arena says he will make some lineup changes for the next game Saturday against Italy. In today&#039;s action, Ecuador faces Costa Rica, England takes on Trinidad and Tobago, and Sweden plays Paraguay.
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As hard as the numerous NHL players gathered here tried to maintain focus on tonight&#39;s World Cup of Hockey final, it was impossible to ignore the larger issue rumbling through their midst.
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Every four years, it captivates the world despite standing a little taller than a large box of cereal and weighing about 11 pounds. In July, Italy's national soccer team captain, Fabio Cannavaro, raised the World Cup trophy above his head in Germany after a redemptive victory. And tomorrow it's coming to Boston's North End.
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LAKE LOUISE, Alberta - Ken Read says the battle between Bode Miller and Hermann Maier for Alpine skiing World Cup supremacy represents one of the sporting worldâs great rivalries.
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LONDON, SEPTEMBER 7: Some of Europeâs major powers including newly-crowned champions Greece, France and England, will be looking to improve on Saturdayâs disappointing results when they play their second World Cup qualifiers on Wednesday.
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The World Cup soccer semifinals begin tomorrow with Germany against Italy. Portugal and France go against each other on Wednesday.
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Few teams faced more questions heading into the World Cup than Italy and France. The French were over the hill &amp;#151; they couldn&#039;t even score. The Italians were consumed by the biggest soccer scandal in the nation&#039;s history. No teams have answered their doubters more emphatically.
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WHEN Berti Vogts speaks, the meaning of his words are about as difficult to embrace as smoke from the end of a cigar. Tonight, he will lead Scotland into a World Cup qualifier against Moldova here, a tie the
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The World Cup isn't the only field that America can't dominate
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Germany is starting to get that championship look. It took Juergen Klinsmann&#039;s team a mere 12 minutes to break down Sweden 2-0 Saturday, becoming the first team to reach the World Cup quarterfinals. It was a one-sided win over what was billed as one of the top European teams heading into the tournament.
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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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One more loss and it could be auf wiedersehen for the U.S. World Cup team.
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Maybe the World Cup is the easy part for Italy. With scandal tearing apart the national sport back home, the Italians kept plowing through soccer&#039;s premier event Tuesday night with a last-minute win just when it seemed a penalty shootout was inevitable.