Horns Aplenty Energize A Raucous Soccer Rivalry
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SOWETO, South Africa Deep, throaty honks of the vuvuzela, an arm-length plastic trumpet owned by nearly every South African soccer fan, signaled the arrival of the nation's biggest and most raucous sporting event with a joyous cacophony.
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Forget the three league points at stake. The only thing on the line in Sundayâs mouth-watering clash between the Premiershipâs two superpowers is pride.
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Winning its next two World Cup qualifying games will propel the United States into the CONCACAF finals by Wednesday night. The Americans play at El Salvador at San Salvador on Saturday in Group A of the North
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Some local women's soccer and field hockey teams are ready to make some noise in the NCAA tournaments.
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The fans were pious. The players bound for glory. And the victory? A miracle. Priests and seminarians from several soccer-loving countries took to a field near the looming dome of St. Peter's Basilica Saturday for the first match of the Clericus Cup, a tournament fielding 16 teams from Catholic institutes in Rome.
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Fans at the African Cup of Nations encourage -- no, they demand -- that their teams play an attractive, attacking game that results in lots of goals.
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Talk about your hurry-up offense. During early scenes in &quot;Friday Night Lights&quot; of a match between the 1988 Permian Panthers football team of Odessa, Texas, and some other high school&#39;s varsity
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Baylor fans are in a little bit of limbo now. They&#39;re thrilled that their team continues to show that it can play with the very best in the country.
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SAN SALVADOR, Oct. 8 -- This was supposed to be an exhilarating weekend for futbol fans in El Salvador, what with those dastardly Americans in town for a 2006 World Cup qualifier Saturday night and the normally beloved Salvadoran national team, La Seleccion, in position to move into first place in the group standings.
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Texas has stayed in the American League West race with its solid play against division foes.
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No. 11 Texas holds off No. 3 Kansas, 72-69, on Monday night in yet another thrilling matchup in a rivalry that has become as heated as the intense contests between the teams.
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Serious fun lit up the Olympics last night. A showdown among the swaggering gunslingers who populate the sprint community, celebrated by 72,000 spectators for a full 10 minutes prior
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ATHENS, Greece -- The decisive move in the Olympic women&#39;s soccer tournament was soaring toward the head of Abby Wambach when the ball and a thought arrived at her noggin about the same time.
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As if there were not enough vitriol between Duke and North Carolina, fans now have The Foul to add to the lore of perhaps the most intense rivalry in college sports.
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With every whistle, foul and trip to the free-throw line &#151; and there were plenty &#151; Alison Bales gave Duke some extra time to daydream about its biggest rival.
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The next five days present the US men&#39;s soccer team a pair of chances to reinforce why it is considered the region&#39;s top squad.
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A team fighting for its life -- in more ways than one -- plays on.