Iraqi soccer team prepares for Olympics semis
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Iraqâs successful Olympic soccer team is preparing itself for its biggest sporting challenge at the Athens 2004 Olympics. On Tuesday night, Iraqi players will play against Paraguay in the Olympics football semi-finals.
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The IOC has a word of advice for organizers of the 2008 Olympics &#151; prepare. Determined to avoid a repeat of the construction delays that threatened the Athens Games, Olympic officials arrived in Beijing on Wednesday.
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Now that the preliminaries are over, Team USA appears ready for the World Cup of Hockey.
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Much to the anger of the athletes involved, President Bush is using the Iraqi Olympic team&#39;s success in his re-election campaign, essentially saying if it hadn&#39;t been for him
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IRAQ&#39;S dreams of winning only its second Olympic medal were shattered this morning when Italy beat them in the men&#39;s football bronze medal play-off, overshadowed by the killing of an Italian hostage yesterday.
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Iraqi and Italian soccer players planned to wear black armbands on their uniforms during their Olympic bronze medal game Friday in honor of an Italian journalist killed in Iraq.
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United States coach Mike Krzyzewski sees signs that his team is adjusting to international play as it prepares for the world championships.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv will hold a short training session tonight as it concludes preparations for tomorrow&#39;s Champions League Rosh Hashanah clash with Bayern Munich.
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The Iraqi fans&#39; bus ride from Athens to Kaftanzoglio Stadium took eight hours. But at least that was better than the trip to Crete last weekend to see their team play.
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New Manchester City boss Sven-Goran Eriksson is taking his squad to his native Sweden to get their pre-season training underway.
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Iraq&#39;s war-weary footballers extended their fairytale Olympic run with a 1-0 victory over Australia on Saturday, giving them a chance to make history.
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The U.S. women's national soccer team is thoroughly prepared -- antsy, even -- for their opening-round matchup with North Korea in the Women's World Cup, which will kick off at 5 a.m. on Tuesday.
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The US menâs national team will look to extend their record unbeaten streak to 13 matches when the take on Jamaica at Columbus Crew Stadium in its final match of semifinal-round qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
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Latest from Wednesday's 2006 World Cup qualifier.
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Columbus, OH (Sports Network) - With the United States men&#39;s national soccer team having already booked a place in the final round of World Cup qualifying, head coach Bruce Arena is likely to put a young squad on the field Wednesday against Jamaica at
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Sven-Goran Eriksson said his team had the courage to end their 40-year wait for World Cup glory as they prepared for a &#039;life or death&#039; second round challenge with Ecuador here Sunday.
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The recently crowned European Champions are out of the running for a medal in men&#39;s soccer. In the group rounds, Greece lost to Mexico 2:3 and watched as its favorite sons had to give up a chance for a gold to teams like Mali, South Korea, Iraq and ...