England, Ecuador, Germany advance
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England and Ecuador vaulted into the second round of the World Cup with wins, and host Germany advanced without even having to play.
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LONDON: After a mixed bag of results in the weekend&#39;s soccer qualifiers, Europe&#39;s major countries asserted their authority this morning with France, England and Italy all winning away.
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A round-up of Saturday's Euro 2008 qualifying action.
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England and Holland play out a tame stalemate at Villa Park.
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Ecuador upset Brazil 1-0 Wednesday to send the World Cup champions to their first loss in qualifying for the 2006 tournament, and China was eliminated on the fifth tiebreaker despite a 7-0 victory over visiting Hong Kong.
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England make a solid start in their pursuit of 236 in the fourth one-day match at Trent Bridge.
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England still can&#039;t get past Portugal or Luiz Felipe Scolari. After the English lost David Beckham to an injury and Wayne Rooney to a red card, Portugal won a shootout 3-1 Saturday night following 120 minutes of scoreless soccer.
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Sport: England began their World Cup defence with a low-key 28-10 victory over the USA.
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Thereâsa new leader atop the CONMEBOL standings after round 11 of qualifying. Ecuador handed world champions Brazil their first qualifying defeat 1-0 in Quito, and Argentina moved into first with a 3-2 win over Venezuela.
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Footballing heavyweights England, France, Spain and Italy are all in Euro 2008 action on Wednesday as qualifying for the finals in Austria and Switzerland moves into the home straight.
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BERLIN, Germany -- Defending champions Werder Bremen Wednesday advanced into the third round of the German Cup on a night in which upsets continued.
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Miroslav Klose scored two goals Tuesday to help Germany to a 3-0 win over Ecuador and first place in Group A of the World Cup.
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Some of Europe's top scorers Wednesday pushed their teams closer to places in the 2006 World Cup. Jan Koller and Dimitar Berbatov scored two goals each while Andriy Shevchenko and Michael Owen also produced goals.
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Ecuador&#39;s Edison Mendez, left, celebrates his goal beside of Brazil&#39;s Kaka during their World Cup South American zone qualifying soccer match at Atahualpa stadium in Quito, Ecuador, Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2004.
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Sport: Women's World Cup: Kelly Smith strikes twice as England advance with a 6-1 win over Argentina.
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Sport: Euro 2008 qualifier: England move into second place in Group E after a convincing victory.
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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.