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FIFA Women's World Cup
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France were crowned queens of Europe for the very first time on Sunday after overcoming Norway 2-0 in the Final of the UEFA European Women's Under-19 Championship in Leipzig, Germany. Goals from Amelie Coquet and Lilas Traikia secured a convincing victory for Les Bleuettes by the same scoreline as they had defeated England in the semi-finals on Friday. Norway finally ran out of steam after battling back in each of their four previous matches in the finals, including the semi-final against rivals Sweden more... |
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Manchester United end US tour in style
(AFP) 04 August 2003
PHILADELPHIA, Aug 4 (AFP) - Uruguayan striker Diego Forlan scored two goals 11 minutes apart in the first-half to spark Manchester United to a 3-1 victory over Barcelona in a friendly more...
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Former Belgium coach Guy Thys dies, age 80
(AFP) 01 August 2003
BRUSSELS, Aug 1 (AFP) - Former Belgium national coach Guy Thys, who led his country at three successive World Cups, died on Friday after a long illness, the Belga news agency reported more...
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Nigeria target ex-Senegal boss
(AFP) 01 August 2003
LAGOS, Aug 1 (AFP) - Bruno Metsu, who led Senegal to the World Cup quarter-finals last year, is on a short list of six coaches in the running for the Nigeria manager job ahead of the more...
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Futsal refs put through their paces
(FIFA.com) 01 August 2003
The FIFA Futsal Committee has agreed upon a set of physical performance tests for the games officials following their latest meeting on 18 October 2002. The decision was enthusiastically more...
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Chunming and China look to climb higher
(FIFA.com) 31 July 2003
After sneaking into Finland 2003 as third and final Asian qualifiers at the AFC U-17 Championship, unfancied China will be striving to make their mark in mid-August at the biannual more...
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Bierhoff: "Germans know how to party"
(FIFA.com) 30 July 2003
Oliver Bierhoff scored the Golden Goal against the Czech Republic that secured Germany the 1996 UEFA European Championship title. The following year he hit a rich vein of goalscoring more...
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FIFA U17 World Championship |
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Points |
Rank |
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BRA |
848 |
1 |
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FRA |
824 |
2 |
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ESP |
755 |
3 | |
Mexico and Brazil reap Gold Cup rewards
No changes to report amongst the ruling triumvirate of the FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking this July. After an early exit from the FIFA Confederations Cup, Brazil have made up lost ground with their performance... | |
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Team |
Points |
Rank |
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USA |
2169 |
1 |
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NOR |
2159 |
2 |
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GER |
2152 |
3 | | |
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