Sports Briefing | Rugby: Samoa Defeats U.S. Team
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Samoa ended a five-match losing streak at the Rugby World Cup in France yesterday with a 25-21 defeat of the United States in its final Group A match. Samoa, which made the quarterfinals in 1991 and 1995, lost its last two games in 2003 and its first three this year.
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Italy fought off a strong second-half comeback by the United States and won its rugby union Test 43-25 on Saturday. Flyhalf Luciano Orquera scored 20 points including a try, and winger
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The loss dropped the Americans into third place in Group A with a 2-2 record. The US team will face Sweden in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
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Forget all that talk about Team USA having goalie problems. Robert Esche and Rick DiPietro combined on a shutout, and John-Michael Liles arrived just in time to score a goal to lead the defending champion Americans to a 2-0 victory over Russia on Friday night in their final World Cup exhibition game.
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THE national sevens rugby side beat Pacific rival Samoa 14-7 in their Cup quarter-final at the first leg of the IRB World Series in Dubai last night.
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Britain&#39;s Colin Montgomerie lost to an American for the first time in matchplay singles as the United States beat the Rest of the World 14-10 to retain the UBS Cup on Sunday.
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Sport: The All Blacks made a rampant start to their World Cup campaign, beating Italy by 76-14 in a match which was over after less than 20 minutes.
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November 27, 2004, Biella, Italy - Two first-half tries by wing Kaine Robertson paced Italy to a 43-25 win over the visiting United States national rugby team before 7,000 in Biella today.
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Kristine Lilly scored her 100th career goal and Mia Hamm gave Portland fans a final thrill with a pair of goals in the U.S. women's national team's 5-0 victory over New Zealand on Sunday night.
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Clint Dempsey's first-half goal gives the struggling United States a 1-0 victory over Guatemala on Thursday in the opening round of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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Saku Koivu's unchallenged goal with 3:54 left Friday night lifted Finland to a 2-1 victory over the United States in the World Cup of Hockey semifinals.
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SCOTLANDâS hopes of achieving a best ever finishing place in international sevens perished with defeat by Samoa in the Plate semi-final of the Emirates Airline Dubai event yesterday.
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Jimmy Conrad scored his first international goal and Landon Donovan converted a late breakaway, leading the United States national soccer team to a 2-0 victory over Mexico in a friendly last night that extended the Americans' dominance of their regional rival.
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The United States beat European champion Spain 1-0 on Thursday to set up to a quarterfinal showdown against Australia at the Women&#39;s Under-19 World Championship.
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The defending champion United States beats Spain 1-0 Thursday at the 12-team FIFA Under-19 Women's World Championship.
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L'Inghilterra ha battuto le Samoa 44-22 (23-12) in un incontro valido per il gruppo A dei Mondiali d...
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Freddy Adu scored three goals and the United States recovered from an early deficit to rout Poland Tuesday in the most lopsided result so far at the Under-20 World Cup.