Netherlands beats Finland 3-1 in World Cup qualifier after poor ...
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Ruud van Nistelrooy scored two goals Wednesday as the Netherlands rebounded from a poor start to beat Finland 3-1 in a World Cup qualifying match.
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The Finns held the US to 17 shots on goal in a 2-1 win in the semifinal. If they can keep Canada under 20, they&#39;ll have a good chance of winning the final.
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A round-up of Saturday's World Cup qualifying matches in Europe.
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Less than three months on from their Euro 2004 defeat by the Czech Republic, the Netherlands begin their World Cup campaign against the same opponents on Wednesday with a new-look side.
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Olympic champions the Netherlands  snatched another last-minute victory on Thursday in the men's  hockey tournament in Athens and Pakistan stunned Sydney silver  medallists South Korea 3-0 with fast-paced, attacking hockey.
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The net was getting smaller and smaller for Sweden, and so were its chances of advancing in the World Cup. Fredrik Ljungberg changed that with an 89th-minute header for a 1-0 win Thursday night that put the Swedes in position to move into the second round.
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A late goal by Mikko Eloranta helped  Finland scrape past Germany 2-1 Monday in their World Cup Ice  hockey quarter-final, sending the Finns to the semi-finals in  North America later this week.
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Finland&#39;s Tanja Poutiainen snatched back the women&#39;s World Cup lead with her third victory of the Alpine ski season on Sunday but played down her chances of winning the overall title.
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The scoop: Finally! For the first time in this championships, the team that scored first did NOT win the game. Nursing a 1-0 lead starting the third period, the USA surrendered two third-period goals and lost
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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.
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The loss dropped the Americans into third place in Group A with a 2-2 record. The US team will face Sweden in the quarterfinals on Saturday.
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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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Shane Doan scored 34 seconds into the  third period to lift Canada to a 3-2 win over Finland in the  World Cup of Hockey championship game on Tuesday.
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A late goal by Mikko Eloranta helped Finland scrape past Germany 2-1 Monday in their World Cup Ice hockey quarter-final, sending the Finns to the semi-finals in North America later this week.
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THERE is nothing new under the sun. Hereâs the scenario. Itâsa vital World Cup qualifier deep in the industrial heartlands of Poland.
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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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If the fans in the stands start yawning, Finland will know it&#39;s doing something right in the World Cup finale. In fact, tedium will be just fine for Finland if it means the suffocating checking style it has used to get this far is working against Canada.