Portugal advances for 1st time since '66
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Portugal waited 40 years to once again get beyond the first round of the World Cup.
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Manchester United survived a jittery start to advance to the Champions League knockout stages as winners of Group F after a 3-1 win over Benfica.
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Russia rebounded from last month&#39;s 7-1 thrashing by Portugal with a morale-boosting 4-0 win over Estonia in a World Cup qualifier in Krasnodar on Wednesday.
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Brazilian striker Ronaldo scored twice as Real Madrid, winless in its previous two games, beat Levante 5-0 in Spain. AC Milan gained ground in Italy after leader Juventus blew a late
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OPORTO, Portugal  - A late goal by South African international Benni McCarthy saw reigning champions FC Porto squeeze through to the second round of the Champions League as they beat Chelsea 2-1 in their Group H clash.
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Portugal completed a perfect first round at the World Cup on Wednesday with a 2-1 victory over Mexico in Group D. Maniche and Simao Sabrosa scored in the first 25 minutes before Kikin headed in a 29th-minute corner for Mexico, which qualified for the next round as runner-up in the group.
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France finally won its game of brinkmanship and a World Cup game for the first time since capturing the title eight years ago. Teetering on the edge of another embarrassing first-round elimination from the World Cup, the 1998 champion beat Togo 2-0 on Friday to advance to the final 16 for a game against Spain.
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Liverpool, Internazionale of Milan, AS Monaco and Deportivo de La Coruna advanced Tuesday night to the first round of the European Champions League.
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Portugal are denied their first World Cup win as Romania come from behind to edge a keenly-fought match in Toulouse.
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Pablo Prigioni had 20 points and Luis Scola added 16 yesterday to help Argentina, the defending Olympic champion, defeat Uruguay, 90-69, in its opener in the FIBA Americas tournament in Las Vegas. Uruguay center Esteban Batista was held to 7 points, shooting 3 for 10. Emilio Taboada led Uruguay (1-1) with 14 points.Carlos Arroyo had 16 points and 8 assists for Puerto Rico in a 108-67 victory over Panama. Ricardo Sanchez scored 19 points and Carmelo Lee had 17 for Puerto Rico (1-1). Gary Forbes scored 19 points for Panama (0-2).Samuel Dalembert scored 6 of his 18 points in the final minutes and Jermaine Anderson scored the last 6 points to finish with 17 in Canadaâs 80-73 victory against Venezuela (0-2).
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Jose Mourinho&#39;s Chelsea put one foot in the second round of the Champions League yesterday with a 3-1 win over his former club, defending champions Porto.
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Chelsea moved closer to its first title in 50 years in the top division of English soccer, beating Portsmouth 3-0 Saturday to open an 11-point lead in the Premier League.
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Mexico became the first team to advance to the quarterfinals of the Copa America following a 2-1 victory over Ecuador yesterday in Maturin, Venezuela.
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It was showtime for Ronaldo, and Brazil rolled to a 3-1 victory over Bolivia in a World Cup qualifying match on Sunday. Ronaldo opened the scoring in the first minute, and Brazil
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Brazil coast to victory over New Zealand in their first match of the Women's World Cup.
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LISBON, Nov 8 (IPS) - Both the rapid modernisation of Portugal since it   joined the European Union (EU, or European Economic Community at  the time)  in 1986 and the fact that Brazil is now among the  world's ten largest  economies have increased the mutual  respect between the two countries.
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AC Milan and Liverpool advanced to the first round of the European Champions League on Tuesday along with Benfica and Hamburg SV.