World Cup Update - US bounce back with Venezuela win

 

US bounce back with Venezuela win
Goals from Brian Ching and Clint Dempsey earned an experimental-looking United States team a 2-0 win over Venezuela in Cleveland on Friday...
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Totti to start against Switzerland
Italy coach Marcello Lippi will give Francesco Totti his first start in more than three months against Switzerland in a pre-FIFA World Cup friendly...
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Italy held by Swiss in Geneva
FIFA World Cup finalists Switzerland and Italy shared a 1-1 draw in a warm-up match on Wednesday as home midfielder Daniel Gygax cancelled out an early Alberto Gilardino goal...
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Perrotta turns ankle in Italy training
Roma midfielder Simone Perrotta injured his right ankle during training with the Italian FIFA World Cup squad on Tuesday...
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The tempo rises
The closer we get to the start of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany , the more keenly contested the warm-up matches become. Tuesday's two bill-toppers between Italy and Switzerland and France and Denmark typified this trend...
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