Germany won&#39;t play World Cup opener
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Germany declined the chance to play in the opening game of the 2006 World Cup, with the host nation ceding the honor to Brazil, the 2002 champion.
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The Scottish Football Association postponed a board meeting Tuesday that had been called to discuss the German&#39;s future. Scotland has picked up just two points from its first three qualifying games for the 2006 World Cup.
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Juergen Klinsmann ruled out becoming the next coach of the U.S. national soccer team on Thursday.
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Argentina will play African champion Tunisia at Cologne on June 15 in the opener of the Confederations Cup, which Germany will use to prepare for hosting the 2006 World Cup.
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Germany was the real winner of the soccer World Cup, not Italy, because the tournament gave the host country a major economic boost and revamped its image abroad, the government said on Wednesday.
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Germany will play the opening match of the 2006 FIFA World Cup finals, FIFA has confirmed.
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BERLIN, Oct 8  The 2006 World Cup finals in Germany will begin with a separate opening ceremony for the first time that will be aimed at linking culture with soccer and could precede future ...
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Berlin, Germany (Sports Network) - Germany and Brazil played to a 1-1 draw Wednesday in a rematch of the 2002 World Cup final. The friendly was the first home match for new German coach Jurgen Klinsmann, who
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Bayern Munich midfielder Sebastian Deisler, who played at Euro 2000, will miss tonight&#39;s Champions League soccer game at Juventus after he returned to Germany to undergo psychiatric treatment, UEFA said.
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Football&#39;s world governing body FIFA announced Wednesday that host Germany will play in the opening match of the 2006 World Cup finals.
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LONDON  -- Everton striker Wayne Rooney is set to be ruled out of England&#39;s next two World Cup 2006 qualifying games in Austria and Poland.
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Fears that German beer would be banned at the 2006 World Cup finals disappeared after the American company holding stadium beverage rights agreed that German beer could be sold to fans.
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England captain Phil Vickery will not appeal against his two-match ban for tripping US centre Paul Emerick and so will miss the reigning champions next two World Cup matches against South Africa and Samoa, the team announced here on Wednesday.
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FIFA has ordered 2006 World Cup hosts Germany to play in the tournament&#39;s opening match, dashing the hopes of their coach Juergen Klinsmann who wanted to delay his team&#39;s first game to keep the pressure off his players.
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Fifa drops its World Cup rotation policy, a senior official says, opening the way for an England bid for the 2018 tournament.
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German and British police warned that the World Cup&#039;s off-the-field calm could be tested Tuesday as both Germany and England play key games.
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Favorites the Netherlands failed to   qualify for the semi-finals of the hockey World Cup on   Wednesday after hosts Germany and South Korea played out a dull   0-0 draw to secure their passage to the last four.