Soccer: Euphoric Iraq Reach Semi-Finals
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Iraq&#39;s footballers extended their fairytale run at the Athens Olympics Saturday, beating Australia 1-0 to reach the semi-finals of the men&#39;s tournament.
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Iraq's footballers beat Australia 1-0  Saturday to reach the semifinals of the Olympic men's  tournament, triggering celebratory gunfire in their  violence-racked country.
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PIRAEUS, Greece -- Instead of playing for their lives under a torturous regime, Iraq's soccer vagabonds played as though they had the time of their lives last night.
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Alberto Gilardino headed the only goal as Italy won the bronze medal and ended Iraq&#39;s spectacular run of success in the men&#39;s football tournament.
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Del Piero finally lives up to the expectations and puts Italy top of the group. Six points were what Marcello Lippi wanted but it wasnât at easy as it looks for the azzurri because only with a goal by Toni
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Slovenia coach Brane Oblak said he was delighted with the sensational victory of his team against Italy in Saturday&#39;s World Cup Group Five qualifier in Celje.
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Four-time champions Cameroon will face hosts Ghana in Thursday's semi-final after an extra-time finish from Stephane Mbia knocks out Tunisia.
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ATHENS -- Italy ended Iraq&#39;s dreams of winning only a second Olympic medal on Friday when it beat the war-torn country 1-0 in the bronze medal soccer match in Thessaloniki.
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Brazil&#39;s champions are being flown from Europe to compete at high altitude in Ecuador without acclimatization. Iraq is competing against the Palestinian team.
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It is the Iraqi people who come best out of the end of the Najaf siege. This has been a triumph for the moderate majority who until yesterday felt themselves powerless to influence the wretched course of events in their own country.
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THESSALONIKI, Greece Italy extinguished Iraq&#39;s dream of an Olympic medal in the men&#39;s soccer tournament with a 1-0 victory on Friday in their bronze medal match.
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Gerrard scored a last-gasp goal to give them a 3-1 win over Olympiakos and book their place in the knockout stages. He said: &quot;The main point I have made is I want to be in a Liverpool side which challenges
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ROME, September 30 (UEFA Cup) - A wonderful first half display enabled Lazio to ease their way into the group stage of the UEFA Cup on Thursday night.
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Thessaloniki, Greece (Sports Network) - The Iraqi men&#39;s soccer team fell just short of earning a medal at the Athens Olympics when they lost 1-0 to Italy on Friday at Kaftanzoglio Stadium.
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PARIS  - Multiple European Cup winners Real Madrid and Liverpool squeezed through to the last 16 of the Champions League after winning their respective final group matches.
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At least two people are killed in Baghdad by gunfire to mark Iraq's quarter-final victory in the Asian Cup.
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PUERTO ORDAZ, Venezuela  - Lionel Messi scored a breathtaking goal, arguably the best of the tournament, as Argentina beat Mexico 3-0 in the Copa America semi-final on Wednesday.