Africa: Ivory Coast tops World Cup standings
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The Ivory Coast&#39;s much vaunted attack swung into full action on Sunday to restore their country&#39;s lead at the top of their 2006 World Cup qualifying group.
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Zinedine Zidane scored on a penalty kick six minutes into the World Cup final match against Italy to give France a 1-0 lead on Sunday.
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Bode Miller won a super-combi Sunday for his fourth World Cup victory this season and took the lead in the overall standings.
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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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Argentina plays Serbia-Montenegro, Netherlands plays Ivory Coast and Mexico takes on Angola in World Cup soccer action today.
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ZURICH, Switzerland -- The United States moved up 13 spots to 16th place in the June FIFA rankings following a strong start in the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
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Ronaldo scored his 15th World Cup goal on Tuesday to become the tournament&#039;s all-time scoring leader. The Brazil striker scored in the fifth minute of his team&#039;s match against Ghana in the second round of the World Cup. He dribbled past the goalkeeper after receiving a perfect through pass from midfielder Kaka.
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ST MORITZ (Switzerland): Swedenâs Anja Paerson returned to the top of the womenâs World Cup rankings on Wednesday but insisted that the overall title would be much tougher to win than last season.
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Second-round play concludes today at the World Cup with Brazil facing Ghana and Spain taking on France. The winners will join Germany, Argentina, England, Portugal, Italy and Ukraine in the quarterfinals on Friday and Saturday.
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Ruud van Nistelrooy and Robin van Persie scored a goal each Friday to send the Netherlands into the second round of the World Cup after a 2-1 win over Ivory Coast in Group C.
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Much more than victory will be at stake when favoured Ivory Coast confront Guinea on Sunday in a 2008 African Nations Cup quarter-final.
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Argentina moved atop South America&#39;s qualifying group for the 2006 soccer World Cup with a 3-2 victory over Venezuela, grabbing the lead after world champion Brazil suffered its first defeat of the campaign.
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The 2004 champions Tunisia and Angola sealed the last two quarter-final places at the African Nations Cup on Thursday.
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Ecuador upset Brazil 1-0 Wednesday to send the World Cup champions to their first loss in qualifying for the 2006 tournament, and it cost them the top spot in South America&#39;s World Cup qualifying.
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No Italian opponent has scored in this World Cup. France has allowed two goals overall. Even with all the offensive flair on both sides, defense will decide the title Sunday in Olympic Stadium.
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It says much for David Beckham&#39;s status in the game that even in his absence he was dominating the World Cup agenda here on the banks of the Caspian Sea today.
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Guinea moved back into contention for an African Nations Cup quarter-final place on Thursday with a dramatic 3-2 win over Morocco.