PREVIEW-Italy cannot afford another World Cup slip-up
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Smarting from their defeat to Slovenia, Italy face Belarus on Wednesday in Parma knowing they can ill-afford to let their World Cup qualifying campaign get further off track.
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Italy and the United States  slugged out a bruising 1-1 draw in the most controversial match  of the World Cup so far in which three players were sent off in  their Group E clash on Saturday.
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One match into World Cup qualifying and Italy is doing its best to erase memories of a sour first-round elimination from Euro 2004.
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Unico errore difensivo a otto minuti dalla fine: Cesar di testa mette in rete. Totti non ha saputo imporre il gioco degli azzurri. CELJE (Slovenia) - L&#39;Italia ha perso 1-0 in Slovenia nella terza partita di qualificazione per i Mondiali 2006.
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Italy has had enough of Guus Hiddink&#039;s mind games. Coach Marcello Lippi labeled the Dutch coach as &quot;cunning&quot; in a hot-tempered news conference Sunday heading to a second-round World Cup match with Hiddink&#039;s Australia squad.
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If you could rewind events back to February 2003, try winding back to Cricket&#39;s World Cup. Before Australia bowled a ball in anger, Shane Warne has stole all the headlines, failed a drugs
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Italy will again be without Francesco Totti for their game against Moldova in Chisinau tonight in the same qualifying group as Scotland.
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Petter Solberg&#39;s current form exhausts superlatives, yet winning the Rally of Italy and completing a hat-trick has done little to improve his chances of remaining world champion.
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THE World Cup Finals are more than a year away, but disappointment is already taking hold.
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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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La Fed Cup &egrave; della Russia. L'Italia campione in carica non &egrave; riuscita nell'impresa di ...
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Only 850,000 tickets out of 3.2 million seats for the World Cup will be available when sales begin Feb. 1, because tickets must be set aside for sponsors, media, soccer federations and other official partners.
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The country is once again fielding a mostly white team at the World Cup. Politicians see that as a benchmark of failure
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For France, England and Greece, tonight&#39;s World Cup qualifiers will provide an opportunity to redeem themselves less than a week after disappointing games in their opening matches of the 2006 World Cup campaign.
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A GOAL from Fiorentina striker Fabrizio Miccoli gave a rookie Italian side victory over Finland. Coach Marcello Lippi fielded only a handful of the players who have helped his side to the top of Scotland&#39;s World Cup qualifying group.
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Juve win again to keep Messina and Milan at bay, while Inter and Roma lose further ground. Meanwhile Parma failed to win yet again while Lazio remain undefeated away from home.
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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.