No World Cup for China
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China has been denied a second straight trip to the World Cup finals despite a 7-0 victory over Hong Kong, failing to advance in qualifying when Kuwait won Asia&#39;s Group Four by one goal.
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China was eliminated from qualifying for the 2006 World Cup despite a 7-0 victory Wednesday night over visiting Hong Kong, with Kuwait finishing first in the group on the fifth tiebreaker.
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Football powerhouse Dalian Shide abandoned a match against Shenyang Jinde in protest at the referee Sunday, confronting China's embattled Super League with yet another crisis.
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Disconsolate China coach Arie Haan stepped down after his team suffered an embarrassing early exit from World Cup qualifying despite thrashing Hong Kong 7-0.
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Hosts Germany could opt not to play the opening game of the 2006 World Cup finals, organising committee chairman Franz Beckenbauer said on Monday.
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The world's biggest tobacco consumer, China, says it will not allow any new cigarette factories to be built.
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Fifa unanimously agrees to drop the World Cup rotation from 2018.
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Pakistan pace bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif are ruled out of the World Cup due to injury.
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NEW YORK - Defending World Cup champion Brazil suffered the most shocking result of the day, but China was the biggest loser. The Brazilians lost to Ecuador for the just the second time in their history.
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China rejected allegations from Germany  that it was behind Internet espionage attacks on German  companies and its government, saying on Tuesday it opposed such  accusations.
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China, having taken gold at the recent Asian Games minus Yao Ming, is likely to miss the NBA champion's services in Olympic warm-up matches against European power sides in 2007, local media reported on Monday.
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Beijing has strongly rejected accusations of its blocking of a commercial deal for up to 1.4 billion dollars worth of Airbus planes due to the European Union's refusal to lift an arms embargo on China.
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BEIJING - A Chinese company that once tried to sell land on the Moon has lost an appeal against a court ruling that stopped it from selling bags of &quot;World Cup air,&quot; state media reported Wednesday.
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China will not allow any new Internet cafes to open this year, state media reported on Tuesday.
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China is accused of pressuring the World Bank into not publishing research about fatal Chinese pollution.
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ARE, Sweden  - Bode Miller will not take part in the team event at the Alpine ski world championships on Sunday, his team said on Saturday.
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China coach Arie Haan should not take the whole blame for the team&#39;s elimination from the World Cup, a top official said on Thursday.