Olympic Soccer: Euphoric Iraq Reaches Semifinals
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Iraq's footballers beat Australia 1-0  Saturday to reach the semifinals of the Olympic men's  tournament, triggering celebratory gunfire in their  violence-racked country.
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Italy beats Iraq 1-0 to take the Olympic football bronze, a day after an Italian journalist's death in Iraq.
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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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The Iraqi soccer team is one victory away from an improbable trip to the podium. Emad Mohammed's 12-yard bicycle kick in the 64th minute gave Iraq a 1-0 victory over Australia in the quarterfinals Saturday, putting the invaded, war-torn country in position to compete for only its second Olympic medal in the nation's history.
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Favorites Argentina beat Italy 3-0  Tuesday to claim their place in the final of the Olympic Games  soccer tournament.
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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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ATHENS, Greece -- Australia and the Netherlands advanced to the final of the men&#39;s Olympic field hockey tournament, with the Aussies overcoming Spain and the Dutch defeating Germany in the semifinals.
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Emad flipped himself into the air and, with an overhead bicycle kick, knocked Australia out of the men&#39;s Olympic soccer tournament, propelling Iraq into Tuesday&#39;s semifinal against Paraguay with a 1-0 win in front of 10,023 at Pankritio Stadium last night
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Paraguay bring Iraq's fairytale Olympic football run to an end with a 3-1 semi-final win.
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Iraq's footballers extended their  fairytale run at the Athens Olympics Saturday, beating  Australia 1-0 to reach the semi-finals of the men's tournament.
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ATHENS -- Italy ended Iraq&#39;s dreams of winning only a second Olympic medal on Friday when it beat the war-torn country 1-0 in the bronze medal soccer match in Thessaloniki.
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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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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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Iraq&#39;s war-weary footballers extended their fairytale Olympic run with a 1-0 victory over Australia on Saturday, giving them a chance to make history.
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Iraq's fairytale Olympic run continued  on Sunday when they beat Costa Rica 2-0 to reach the  quarter-finals of the Athens Games.
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Abby Wambach will never score an easier goal. From 1 foot away, she tapped the ball into the net and put the United States into the Olympic semifinals.
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Canada has advanced to the semifinals of the World Cup of ice Hockey with a 5-0 victory over Slovakia. Jarome Iginla had two goals and an assist Wednesday in Toronto.