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The FIFA World Cup is here!
The countdown is over and the FIFA World Cup opens today in Munich. Precisely 1,441 days after Cafu held aloft the Cup in Yokohama, Germany and Costa Rica will battle it out in the Opening Match...
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Germany's mixed fortunes in first game
Germany have only lost one of their 15 opening games at the FIFA World Cup , when Algeria humbled them 2-1 in Spain 1982. Yet they do not have a good record in FIFA World Cup inaugural matches, winning only one of their three previous...
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Beckham out to emulate Moore
David Beckham goes into his third FIFA World Cup with mixed memories of his previous tournaments but the dream of becoming the second Englishman to lift football's most coveted Trophy...
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Donovan matures from playmaker into US leader
Big expectations have followed Landon Donovan from his teen star days through a Bundesliga flop and into a leadership role for the USA FIFA World Cup team entering Monday's opener against the Czech Republic...
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Ticos taking over Munich
Munich woke up this morning to an explosion of colour and football fever, and Costa Rica s enthusiastic fans were the life and soul of the party...
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