Women's World Cup down to final 8 teams
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Norway, Australia, Brazil and host China reached the Women's World Cup quarterfinals on Thursday, completing the eight-team field ahead of matches this weekend.
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The controversial sport now has female participants  -  with Brazil in the lead
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The top two teams in Groups C and D face each other in World Cup soccer today. Portugal (2-0-0) faces Mexico (1-0-1) in Group D. Later today, two undefeated teams, Argentina and the Netherlands (both 2-0) play for the Group C championship.
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Final four action begins at the World Cup today with Germany taking on Italy at 3 p.m. EDT. Portugal faces France tomorrow in the other semi-final game.
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ATHENS, Greece - The long goodbye ends for the Fab Five on Thursday when the U.S. women's soccer team plays Brazil for the Olympic title...
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The 10 teams have all played each other once, and a glance at the table reveals an interesting fact. The top four places - the automatic qualifying slots - are filled by the same countries that took them in the 2002 campaign.
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Italia (4-4-2): Pelizzoli; Zaccardo, Barzagli, Materazzi, Chiellini; Esposito, Blasi, De Rossi, Mauri; Toni, Miccoli. All. Lippi. Finlandia (4-3-3): Jaaskelainen; Nurmela, Kuivasto, Pasoja, Kallio; Eremenko, Litmanen, Vayrynen; Johansson, Kuqi, Kolkka.
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ATHENS: Australia&#39;s Matildas salvaged a 1-1 draw against the United States at the Athens Olympics on Tuesday to join the Americans in the last eight of the women&#39;s soccer tournament.
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The United States is among 13 nations to receive a first-round bye in the North and Central American and Caribbean qualifying for the 2010 World Cup.
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Live game commentary of the United Statesâ final group game at the Womenâs World Cup in China with a place in the quarterfinals on the line.
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Sixth-seeded Anna Chakvetadze is the only woman left in this yearâs U.S. who hasnât won the tournament in the past.
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ATHENS -- The US women gymnasts, favored to win the Olympic team medal for the second time in three Games, are grouped with defending champion Romania in this afternoon's preliminaries, which will also determine the field for Thursday's all-around and the subsequent four apparatus finals.
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With the four minnows out of contention, the eight title contenders chase semifinal places in One-Day cricketâs âmini World Cupâ with Australia first to get there by beating New Zealand by seven wickets yesterday in the first group showdown at the
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England go out of the Women's World Cup in China after a 3-0 quarter-final defeat to the USA.
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In what many expected to be a 5-0 whitewash for the Russians, the Fed Cup finale came down to the final doubles match Sunday in Moscow, with Anastasia Myskina and Vera &quot;The Crying Game&quot; Zvonareva edging Marion &quot;Roly Poly&quot; Bartoli and Emilie Loit 7-6(5), 7
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The second round of World Cup soccer continues today with Italy taking on Australia and Switzerland facing Ukraine. Over the weekend, Germany, Argentina, England and Portugal won to advance to the third round. The last two teams to advance to the third round will be determined tomorrow when Brazil plays Ghana and Spain meets France.
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The streak is over, and so is the United States' bid for a third Women's World Cup championship. Brazil and its star player Marta put on a dazzling performance against the Americans and cruised to a 4-0 victory in the semifinals Thursday, ending the U.S. unbeaten streak at 51 games and sending the Brazilians into their first title match, against Germany on Sunday.