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Posted: 08 Sep 2012 01:14 AM PDT
 SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A disappointing Brazil beat South Africa 1-0 in a friendly on Friday but the lacklustre performance cast further doubts on Mano Menezes's long-term prospects as Brazil coach. Menezes sent out an attacking team but they struggled to break down the dogged South Africans and the match was only decided in the 74th minute with a goal from second-half substitute Hulk. The striker signed by Zenit St Petersburg last week for 55 million euros had been on the pitch for less than 10 minutes when he pounced on a rebound to turn and smash the ball home from 12 yards. ...
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Posted: 08 Sep 2012 12:01 AM PDT
 After Clint Dempsey scored the fastest U.S. goal in World Cup qualifying, the Americans played a listless game, lost to Jamaica for the first time and put pressure on themselves to win their home match against Jamaica next week.
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Posted: 08 Sep 2012 12:00 AM PDT
Sept 8 (Reuters) - Fixtures and standings ahead of Tuesday'sWorld Cup qualifying matches in Asia. Group A Uzbekistan v South Korea Lebanon v Iran P W D L F A PTS 1. South Korea 2 2 0 0 7 1 6 2. Iran 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3. Qatar 3 1 1 1 2 4 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4. Uzbekistan 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 5. Lebanon 3 0 1 2 1 5 1 * Top two teams qualify for World Cup Two third-place team face each other in a two legged playoffwith the winner advancing to the intercontinetal playoff againstthe fifth placed team in South America. Playing on Oct. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 11:59 PM PDT
SINGAPORE, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Australia aim to avoid moreAsian away day woes when they travel to Amman to take on Jordanin a World Cup qualifier on Tuesday, looking for a win thatwould kickstart their bid to reach a third consecutive finals. The Socceroos stuttered to an opening draw in the swelteringheat of Oman before improving to claim another point last timeout against Japan, who have moved into pole position in the raceto become the first Asian team to qualify. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 10:07 PM PDT
CORDOBA, Argentina, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Lionel Messi wasalmost unstoppable again as Argentina posted their sixth victoryin a row, swatting Paraguay aside 3-1 to take the lead in SouthAmerica's World Cup qualifiers on Friday. Argentina, among the favourites to win the 2014 World Cup inBrazil, took over from Uruguay as the team to beat in thequalifying campaign. Argentina ended a 39-year wait for another home win over thedogged Paraguayans in a World Cup qualifier and in securing itthey sent their opponents to the bottom of the standings. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 09:57 PM PDT
Sept 7 (Reuters) - Canada and Mexico took big steps towardsthe next phase of World Cup qualification after wins in theCONCACAF region on Friday while Jamaica tasted victory over theUnited States for the first time. At the half-way stage in the third round of qualifying inNorth and Central America and the Caribbean, Mexico are the onlyteam with a 100 percent record after they picked up a third winin three games with a 2-0 victory at Costa Rica in group B. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:46 PM PDT
(Adds Peru result) Sept 7 (Reuters) - World Cup, South American qualifyingresults and standings on Friday. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 08:32 PM PDT
Sept 7 (Reuters) - Peru 2 Venezuela 1 - South American,World Cup qualifying result on Friday Played at the Estadio Nacional, Lima Scorers: Peru - Jeferson Farfan 47, 59 Venezuela - Juan Arango 43 Red card: Gabriel Cichero 67 Halftime: 0-1 (Compiled by Rex Gowar; Editing by Ian Ransom)
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:49 PM PDT
 (Reuters) - A magnificent long-range free-kick from Luton Shelton gave Jamaica a surprise 2-1 comeback victory over the United States in their CONCACAF region World Cup qualifer on Friday. Jamaica's first ever win over the U.S. was thoroughly deserved after they fought back with determination from the early blow of Clint Dempsey's first minute goal. The two sides meet again in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday and while both are expected to advance from group one into the six-team final qualifying phase, the pressure is on Juergen Klinsmann's U.S. team. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:45 PM PDT
Sept 7 (Reuters) - A magnificent long-range free-kick fromLuton Shelton gave Jamaica a surprise 2-1 comeback victory overthe United States in their CONCACAF region World Cup qualifer onFriday. Jamaica's first ever win over the U.S. was thoroughlydeserved after they fought back with determination from theearly blow of Clint Dempsey's first minute goal. The two sides meet again in Columbus, Ohio on Tuesday andwhile both are expected to advance from group one into thesix-team final qualifying phase, the pressure is on JuergenKlinsmann's U.S. team. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 07:19 PM PDT
* Argentina beat Paraguay 3-1, go top of qualifyingstandings * Messi scores one, hits woodwork with two other efforts (Adds quotes) CORDOBA, Argentina, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Lionel Messi'sArgentina brushed aside Paraguay 3-1 to go top of the SouthAmerican 2014 World Cup qualifiers at the Mario Kempes stadiumon Friday. Goals from Angel Di Maria, Gonzalo Higuain and Messi, with abrilliant free kick, gave Argentina their first home win overParaguay in a World Cup qualifier in 39 years and sixth victoryin a row including friendlies. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:57 PM PDT
* Colombia crush Uruguay 4-0 with Gutierrez brace * Obtain first home win in South American qualifiers (Adds quotes) BARRANQUILLA, Colombia, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Red-hot RadamelFalcao struck early and striker partner Teofilo Gutierrez scoredtwice as Colombia romped to a 4-0 home win over Uruguay to puttheir World Cup qualifying campaign back on track on Friday. The Colombians, playing at their favourite home ground, theMetropolitano in hot Barranquilla on the Caribbean coast, have10 points from six matches in the South American group. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:38 PM PDT
 CORDOBA, Argentina (Reuters) - Lionel Messi's Argentina brushed aside Paraguay 3-1 to go top of the South American 2014 World Cup qualifiers at the Mario Kempes stadium on Friday. Goals from Angel Di Maria, Gonzalo Higuain and Messi, with a brilliant free kick, gave Argentina their first home win over Paraguay in a World Cup qualifier in 39 years. Argentina lead the South American group with 13 points from six matches, one more point than Chile and Ecuador and two ahead of Uruguay. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:23 PM PDT
Sept 7 (Reuters) - World Cup, South American qualifyingresults and standings on Friday. Argentina 3 Paraguay 1 Colombia 4 Uruguay 0 Ecuador 1 Bolivia 0 Peru v Venezuela (0125 GMT) Standings: P W D L F A Pts Argentina 6 4 1 1 14 5 13 Chile 6 4 0 2 11 10 12 Ecuador 6 4 0 2 7 6 12 Uruguay 6 3 2 1 14 10 11 Colombia 6 3 1 2 9 5 10 Venezuela 6 2 2 2 4 6 8 Bolivia 7 1 1 5 7 12 4 Paraguay 6 1 1 4 5 12 4 Peru 5 1 0 4 6 11 3 (Compiled by Rex Gowar; Editing by Ian Ransom)
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:13 PM PDT
CORDOBA, Argentina, Sept 7(Reuters) - Lionel Messi'sArgentina brushed aside Paraguay 3-1 to go top of the SouthAmerican 2014 World Cup qualifiers at the Mario Kempes stadiumon Friday. Goals from Angel Di Maria, Gonzalo Higuain and Messi, with abrilliant free kick, gave Argentina their first home win overParaguay in a World Cup qualifier in 39 years. Argentina lead the South American group with 13 points fromsix matches, one more point than Chile and Ecuador and two aheadof Uruguay. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 06:03 PM PDT
Sept 7 (Reuters) - Argentina 3 Paraguay 1 - World Cup, SouthAmerican qualifying result on Friday: Played at the Mario Kempes, Cordoba, Argentina Scorers: Argentina - Angel Di Maria 2, Gonzalo Higuain 31, LionelMessi 63 Paraguay - Jonathan Fabbro 17 pen Halftime: 2-1 (Compiled by Rex Gowar; Editing by Ian Ransom)
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 04:10 PM PDT
Sept 7 (Reuters) - Ecuador 1 Bolivia 0 - World Cup, SouthAmerican qualifying result on Friday: Played at the Atahualpa, Quito Scorer: Felipe Caicedo 74pen Halftime: 0-0 (Compiled by Rex Gowar; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:50 PM PDT
BARRANQUILLA, Colombia, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Red-hot RadamelFalcao struck early and striker partner Teofilo Gutierrez scoredtwice as Colombia romped to a 4-0 home win over Uruguay to puttheir World Cup qualifying campaign back on track on Friday. The Colombians, playing at their favourite home ground, theMetropolitano in hot Barranquilla on the Caribbean coast, have10 points from six matches in the South American group. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:46 PM PDT
Sept 7 (Reuters) - Colombia 4 Uruguay 0 - World Cup, SouthAmerican qualifying result on Friday: Played at the Metropolitano, Barranquilla, Colombia Scorers: Radamel Falcao 2, Teofilo Gutierrez 47, 52, CamiloZuniga 90+1 Halftime: 1-0 (Compliled by Rex Gowar; Editing by Ken Ferris)
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:44 PM PDT
(Adds quotes) SOFIA, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Italy striker Pablo Osvaldo strucktwice in four first-half minutes but they had to settle for a2-2 draw away to Bulgaria in their opening World Cup qualifieron Friday. Stanislav Manolev had given the hosts the lead beforeOsvaldo's double put Italy ahead and it was left to Bulgaria'slively midfielder Milanov to earn a share of the points with agoal midway through the second half of the Group B clash. "I didn't expect Bulgaria to play like this but you see thatall teams have a difficult periods and Italy are no exception,"said Italy coach Cesare Prandelli. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:39 PM PDT
SAO PAULO, Sept 7 (Reuters) - A disappointing Brazil beatSouth Africa 1-0 in a friendly on Friday but the lacklustreperformance cast further doubts on Mano Menezes's long-termprospects as Brazil coach. Menezes sent out an attacking team but they struggled tobreak down the dogged South Africans and the match was onlydecided in the 74th minute with a goal from second-halfsubstitute Hulk. The striker signed by Zenit St Petersburg last week for 55million euros ($70.4 million) had been on the pitch for lessthan 10 minutes when he pounced on a rebound to turn and smashthe ball home from 12 yards. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:24 PM PDT
(Adds quotes) REYKJAVIK, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Iceland claimed a shock 2-0win over Norway in their opening World Cup qualifier with goalsfrom Kari Arnason and substitute Alfred Finnbogason on Fridaysparking jubilant scenes. Iceland took the lead after 21 minutes when Arnason bundledthe ball in from a throw-in following a mistake by keeper EspenBugge Pettersen in the Group E clash. As Norway pushed for an equaliser, Finnbogason sprang theoffside trap from the halfway line and finished coolly to doublethe home side's lead 10 minutes from time. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:19 PM PDT
 LONDON (Reuters) - England, Germany, France and the Netherlands all started the long road to the 2014 World Cup finals in Brazil with victories but Italy stumbled out of the blocks when the European qualifying campaign began on Friday. World champions Spain do not begin their bid to reach the finals until Tuesday, but apart from the Italians, held to a 2-2 draw in Group B in Bulgaria, there were no major problems for the continent's big guns. England won their opening Group H match 5-0 in Moldova, while Germany strolled to a relatively modest 3-0 Group C win over the Faroe Islands. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:19 PM PDT
MADRID, Sept 7 (Reuters) - David Villa made a scoring returnfor Spain and Fernando Torres won his 100th cap as the world andEuropean champions cruised to a 5-0 friendly win over SaudiArabia in Pontevedra on Friday. Barcelona striker Villa, back in the national team for thefirst time since breaking his leg at the Club World Cup inDecember, came on as a substitute and netted his side's fourthgoal from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:14 PM PDT
CARDIFF, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Belgium's new-look team which istipped to end their 12-year absence from the World Cup finals in2014, began their Group A campaign with a comfortable 2-0 over aWales side reduced to 10 men for than an hour on Friday. Wales, who have only ever qualified for one World Cup in1958, were hampered from the 26th minute at Cardiff City Stadiumwhen defender James Collins was sent off for a lunge onGuillaume Gillet and they faced an uphill battle after that. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 03:01 PM PDT
(Updating with later results, details) LONDON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - England, Germany, France and theNetherlands all started the long road to the 2014 World Cupfinals in Brazil with victories but Italy stumbled out of theblocks when the European qualifying campaign began on Friday. World champions Spain do not begin their bid to reach thefinals until Tuesday, but apart from the Italians, held to a 2-2draw in Group B in Bulgaria, there were no major problems forthe continent's big guns. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:59 PM PDT
(Adds teams) Sept 7 (Reuters) - Iceland 2 Norway 0 - World Cup qualifyingGroup E result. In Reykjavik Scorers: Kari Arnason 21, Alfred Finnbogason 81 Halftime: 1-0 Iceland: 12-Hannes Halldorsson, 6-Gretar Steinsson, 8-BirkirBjarnason, 10-Gylfi Sigurdsson, 11-Rurik Gislason (19-AlfredFinnbogason 72), 13-Bjarni Eiriksson, 14-Kari Arnason (5-SolviOttesen 49), 15-Helgi Danielsson, 16-Ragnar Sigurdsson, 17-AronGunnarsson, 21-Emil Hallfredsson (4-Eggert Jonsson 90+2) Norway: 12-Espen Pettersen, 3-Kjetil Waehler, 5-BredeHangeland, 6-John Arne Riise, 8-Havard Nordtveit, 9-MohammedAbdellaoue, ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:58 PM PDT
Sept 7 (Reuters) - Brazil 1 South Africa 0 - result offriendly international played at the Morumbi stadium in SaoPaulo on Friday Scorers: Brazil - Hulk 74 Halftime: 0-0 (Reporting by Andrew Downie)
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:57 PM PDT
Sept 7 (Reuters) - 2014 World Cup qualifying Group I resultsand standings on Friday Georgia 1 Belarus 0 Finland 0 France 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts France 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Georgia 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Belarus 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Finland 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 Fixtures: 2012 Sept. 11 France v Belarus Georgia v Spain Oct. 12 Finland v Georgia Belarus v Spain Oct. 16 Spain v France Belarus v Georgia 2013 March 22 Spain v Finland France v Georgia March 26 France v Spain June 7 Finland v Belarus June 11 Belarus v Finland Sept. 6 Finland v Spain Georgia v France Sept. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:49 PM PDT
(Adds teams) Sept 7 (Reuters) - Andorra 0 Hungary 5 - World Cupqualifying Group D result. In Andorra La Vella Scorers: Roland Juhasz 12, Zoltan Gera 32pen, Adam Szalai54, Tamas Priskin 67, Vladimir Koman 82 Red card: Marc Vales (Andorra) 66 Halftime: 0-2 Teams: Andorra: 1-Josep Gomes, 3-Marc Vales, 5-Emili Garcia,6-Ildefonso Lima, 7-Marc Pujol, 8-Marcio Vieira, 9-FernandoSilva, 10-Ludovic Clemente (20-Ivan Lorenzo 71), 21-Marc Garcia(16-David Maneiro 81), 22-Sergi Moreno (19-Sebastian Gomez 69),23-Adrian Rodrigues Hungary: 1-Adam Bogdan, 2-Zoltan Liptak, 3-Vilmos Vanczak,4-Roland Juhasz, ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:38 PM PDT
(Adds teams) Sept 7 (Reuters) - Wales 0 Belgium 2 - World Cup qualifyingGroup A result. In Cardiff Scorers: Vincent Kompany 41, Jan Vertonghen 83 Red card: James Collins (Wales) 26 Halftime: 0-1 Teams: Wales: 1-Glyn Myhill, 2-Christopher Gunter, 3-Adam Matthews,4-Darcy Blake, 5-James Collins, 6-Ashley Williams, 7-DavidEdwards (17-Andrew King 79), 8-Simon Church (22-Hal Robson-Kanu71), 9-Steven Morison (19-Samuel Vokes 72), 10-Aaron Ramsey,11-Gareth Bale Belgium: 2-Guillaume Gillet, 3-Thomas Vermaelen, 4-VincentKompany, 5-Jan Vertonghen, 6-Axel Witsel, 7-Moussa Dembele(14-Kevin De Bruyne 64), ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:37 PM PDT
Sept 7 (Reuters) - Bulgaria 2 Italy 2 - World Cup qualifyingGroup B result. In Sofia Scorers: Bulgaria: Stanislav Manolev 30, Georgi Milanov 66 Italy: Pablo Osvaldo 36, Pablo Osvaldo 40 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England) Teams: Bulgaria: 13-Nikolay Mihaylov; 2-Stanislav Manolev,5-Nikolay Bodurov, 6-Veselin Minev, 9-Ivelin Popov (10-AlexandarTonev 82), 14-Veselin Minev, 15-Ivan Ivanov, 17-Georgi Milanov,18-Vladimir Gadzhev (8-Georgi Sarmov 80), 21-Svetoslav Dyakov,23-Emil Gargorov (19-Iliyan Mitsanski 62) Italy: 1- Gianluigi Buffon; 2-Christian Maggio, 6-AngeloOgbonna (3-Federico Peluso 69), ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:36 PM PDT
Sept 7 (Reuters) - Montenegro 2 Poland 2 - World Cupqualifying Group H result. In Podgorica Scorers: Montenegro: Nikola Drincic 27, Mirko Vucinic 45+2 Poland: Jakub Blaszczykowski 6pen, Adrian Mierzejewski 55 Red cards: Savo Pavicevic (Montenegro) 68, Ludovic Obraniak(Poland) 73 Halftime: 2-1 Referee: Kristinn Jakobsson (Iceland) Teams: Montenegro: 1-Mladen Bozovic; 2-Savo Pavicevic, 3-MarkoBasa, 4-Milan Jovanovic (16-Filip Kasalica 65), 5-VladimirVolkov; 7-Simon Vukcevic (15-Milorad Pekovic 71), 8-StevanJovetic, 17-Elsad Zverotic, 18-Nikola Drincic; 9-Mirko Vucinic(20-Miodrag Dzudovic 84), ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:33 PM PDT
Sept 7 (Reuters) - Montenegro and Poland fought out a tense2-2 draw in a Group H World Cup qualifying game marked by twored cards on Friday. The visitors took an early lead from the penalty spot whenRobert Lewandowski was fouled in the fifth minute. JakubBaszczykowski stepped up to score. The Poles seemed disturbed after their goalkeeper PrzemyslawTyton was struck by a firecracker thrown from the crowd, withmore objects landing nearby. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:31 PM PDT
(Adds quotes) AMSTERDAM, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Goals from Robin van Persieand Luciano Narsingh got the Netherlands back on track after adisappointing European Championship when they beat Turkey 2-0 intheir opening World Cup Group D qualifier on Friday. Van Persie put the Dutch in front after 17 minutes andNarsingh broke through on the counter attack in stoppage time toseal an 11th successive World Cup qualifying win for the hosts. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:28 PM PDT
(Adds teams) Sept 7 (Reuters) - Albania 3 Cyprus 1 - World Cup qualifyingGroup E result. In Tirana Scorers: Albania: Michael Constantinou 35og, Edgar Cani 84, ErjonBogdani 87 Cyprus: Vincent Laban 47 Halftime: 1-0 Teams: Albania: 1-Samir Ujkani, 2-Andi Lila, 4-Armend Dallku,5-Lorik Cana, 7-Armando Sadiku (10-Jahmir Hyka 60), 8-ErvinBulku, 11-Emiljan Vila (22-Erjon Bogdani 73), 15-Mergim Mavraj,18-Hamdi Salihi (9-Edgar Cani 82), 19-Alban Meha, 20-BurimKukeli Cyprus: 1-Antonis Georgallides (22-Christakis Mastrou 45),2-Dossa Junior, 3-Constantinos Charalambides, 4-Giorgos Merkis,7-Efstathios ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:26 PM PDT
(Adds Hodgson quote) CHISINAU, Sept 7 (Reuters) - England set off on the longroad to Brazil at sprinting pace with an emphatic 5-0 defeat ofMoldova in their opening World Cup qualifier on Friday. Frank Lampard's penalty after three minutes silenced thecrowd and England had their first three Group H points in thebag before halftime with Lampard heading a second and JermainDefoe's shot underlining the gulf in class between the sides. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:26 PM PDT
Sept 7 (Reuters) - Latvia 1 Greece 2 - World Cup qualifyingGroup G result In Riga Scorers: Latvia: Aleksandrs Cauna 42 pen Greece: Nikos Spiropoulos 57, Fanis Gekas 69 Halftime: 1-0 Referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia) Teams: Latvia: 1-Andris Vanins; 3-Oskars Klava, 4-ritus krjauklis,5-Olegs Laizans (17-Edgars Gauracs 80), 6-Deniss Ivanovs;8-Aleksandrs Cauna, 10-Aleksejs Visnakovs (14-Ritvars Rugins75), 11-Ivans Lukjanovs, 13-Kaspars Gorkss; 16-Artjoms Rudnevs,18-Aleksandrs Fertovs (9-Maris Verpakovskis 75) Greece: 12-Orestis Karnezis; 2-Giannis Maniatis, 4-NikosSpiropoulos, 5-Kyriakos Papadopoulos, ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:23 PM PDT
(Adds details, quotes) * Nielsen keeps Germany at bay for 28 minutes * Ozil scores twice after Goetze breaks through (Adds details, quotes) HANOVER, Germany, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Mesut Ozil scored twiceas Germany began their World Cup qualifying Group C campaignwith a predictable 3-0 win over a defensive disciplined butextremely limited Faroe Islands on Friday. There was early drama as Faroes goalkeeper Gunnar Nielsenkept the hosts at bay for almost half an hour with some heroicsaves and a hint of desperation was creeping into the Germans'play before Mario Goetze broke through. ...
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Posted: 07 Sep 2012 02:19 PM PDT
 SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A disappointing Brazil beat South Africa 1-0 in a friendly on Friday but the lackluster performance cast further doubts on coach Mano Menezes's future in the job. Menezes sent out an attacking team but they struggled to break down the dogged South Africans and the match was only decided in the 74th minute with a goal from second-half substitute Hulk. The striker signed by Zenit St Petersburg last week for 55 million euros ($70.4 million) had been on the pitch for less than 10 minutes when he pounced on a rebound to turn and smash the ball home from 12 meters. ...
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