Posted by admin | June 29th, 2010
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — As Brazil was dismantling Chile, a couple of fans delighted the crowd by parading around the stadium with two giant gold replicas of the World Cup trophy.
Another three games like this and Brazil could be hoisting the real thing — yet again.
With an impressive mixture of symphony-like teamwork and standout individual [...]
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Posted by admin | June 28th, 2010
Britain’s Lewis Hamilton remains in the lead in the battle for the F1 2010 drivers’ championship following his runners-up spot finish in Valencia.
Hamilton now has 127 points, extending his advantage over his McLaren team-mate, Jenson Button, who is his nearest rival, from three points post-Canada to six ahead of next month’s [...]
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Posted by admin | June 21st, 2010
Brazil advanced to the second round with a 3-1 victory over Ivory Coast on Sunday at Soccer City with two goals by the recently somnolent forward Luis Fabiano — one assisted by two handballs on the same play.
Many complain that Brazil’s current style lacks creativity, but the team is not [...]
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Posted by admin | June 6th, 2010
Despite a difficult season with Real Madrid, the playmaker tells Fernando Duarte he can inspire his country to a sixth World Cup in South Africa
The image of a sulky Kaká leaving the Santiago Bernabéu pitch during Real Madrid’s inglorious exit from last season’s Champions League at the hands of Lyon said far more than a [...]
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