World Cup triumph means more money
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England&#39;s first Rugby World Cup triumph a year ago generated profits of 13.5 million pounds ($29.8 million Cdn) despite the loss of revenue from a lack of home games.
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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 slender nature of the score will give broad satisfaction. Even if England were pegged back to 1-1 for a while in this World Cup qualifier, the mental stamina lacking since Euro 2004 was recovered in Chorzow
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THERE is nothing new under the sun. Hereâs the scenario. Itâsa vital World Cup qualifier deep in the industrial heartlands of Poland.
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The popularity of the FIFA Under-20 World Cup in a nation otherwise dominated by hockey has been one of many surprises that have come with the tournament.
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Russia rebounded from last month&#39;s 7-1 thrashing by Portugal with a morale-boosting 4-0 win over Estonia in a World Cup qualifier in Krasnodar on Wednesday.
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A coherent argument can usually be made in support of the view that the World Cup doesn&#39;t really begin until the knock-out stages get going.
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TEAM owners last night kick-started a week of intense activity that will help to determine who wins control of one of the richest sports in the world.
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HE came, he saw but didn&#39;t quite conquer. Still, Harry Kewell did his bit last night by attracting extra spectators and scoring a goal as Australia predictably advanced to the lucrative Confederations Cup finals in Germany next year.
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One final horn-honking, flag-waving frenzy for the fans. One last, glorious opportunity for 40 of the world&#39;s best players to pull on their nation&#39;s colours and leave them wanting more in what should be a tremendous World Cup final.
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First came the &quot;Blanco Bounce.&quot; Entertaining, but ultimately only a sideshow. Four years later, there was the humiliation of being bounced from the World Cup by a country that doesn&#039;t even care &amp;#151; well, much &amp;#151; about soccer.
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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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England, courtesy mostly of Paul Casey&#39;s putter, won the World Cup yesterday, when with Luke Donald, who hit the irons that set up the putts, they beat Spain&#39;s Sergio GarcÃ­a and Miguel Angel JimÃ©nez - but in the end, only just.
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The World Cup isn't the only field that America can't dominate
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Hosts Germany come from behind to beat Australia 4-3 and win the World Cup.
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Bode Miller spent the off-season forming a large and costly support team to help him try to surpass Phil Mahre as the most successful racer to compete on Alpine skiingâs grueling World Cup circuit.
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For all of soccer&#039;s worldwide popularity, its biggest prize has long been the property of two continents.