Soccer: Schwarzer clanger hands Norway a share of the spoils
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LONDON : Australia manager Frank Farina pointed the finger of blame at his defence after conceding a soft equaliser in a 2-2 draw with Norway at Craven Cottage.
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Scotland rode their luck before emerging 2-0 winners against the Faroe Islands in a true Euro 2008 qualifier of two halves here on Wednesday.
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Norway defender John Arne Riise claimed the Scandinavians let Scotland off the hook during their World Cup qualifier at Hampden on Saturday.
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The Master of Suspense would have appreciated this one almost as much as all of Germany does. The Germans beat Argentina 4-2 in a penalty-kick shootout after a 1-1 tie Friday to move into the semifinals of the World Cup. The hosts needed a late goal by tournament leader Miroslav Klose to tie, then two saves in the shootout by Jens Lehmann to win.
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Morten Gamst Pedersen scored from a swerving free kick Tuesday to earn Norway a 2-2 draw with Australia an international friendly.
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Schalke 04 got a pair of late goals to reverse the scoreline at Hamburg and moved into a virtual first place tie with Wolfsburg. Stefan Beinlich put HSV in front just out if intermission, Mike Hanke and Lincoln
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Tiny Liechtenstein recovered from two goals down at halftime to salvage a shock 2-2 draw with Euro 2004 finalists Portugal in their World Cup qualifier on Saturday.
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Vienna: England&#39;s soccer World Cup qualifying campaign got off to a miserable start on Saturday when it squandered a two-goal lead to draw 2-2 with Austria in Group Six.
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An 80th minute goal from substitute Luca Toni gave Italy a 2-1 comeback win over Norway in their World Cup European zone Group Five match on Saturday.
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A Steffen Iversen penalty is sufficient to secure the points for Norway at Hampden on Saturday.
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Sweden made no mistake with a 7-0 flier  over Malta but other big guns including European champions  Greece, former champions France, England, Denmark and Turkey  all failed to successfully take off when the serious World Cup  qualifying action began across Europe on Saturday.
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Arsenal couldn&#39;t hold a 1-0 lead in Norway as they drew 1-1 at Rosenborg last night. Freddie Ljungberg had the Gunners 1-0 ahead in the first-half, but that was cancelled out after the break after a superb effort from RBK&#39;s Roar Strand.
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Arsenal&#39;s Patrick Vieira was sent off as France struggled to beat the Faroe Islands 2-0 in their World Cup qualifier on Wednesday.
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Scotland&#39;s prospects of qualifying for the World Cup from Group 5 - or even of securing victory in Moldova on Wednesday - turned from dark grey to pitch black yesterday, when a predictably uninspired beating from Norway left them with one point from their
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Frode Johnsen scored his second goal of the match in the 61st minute Wednesday, helping Norway salvage a 2-2 draw against World Cup-bound Paraguay in a friendly.
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Scotland&#39;s World Cup qualification campaign began disappointingly as they were held to a goalless Hampden Park draw by Slovenia.
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Forget that impressive showing against Brazil. Croatia couldn&#039;t find the net again Sunday and even missed a penalty kick in a 0-0 tie with Japan that endangered both teams&#039; stays at the World Cup.