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	Football World Cup 2002
		Now Planet Football must face up to a none-too-certain future as the wild promises which have marked the last ten years are shown to be somewhat short of the mark.
		World Cup 2002 was always intended to have a purpose over and very much above a sporting one.
		Whatever commercial spin-offs arise from the World Cup - and this was largely dependent on the continued success or otherwise of the England team who survived to the quarter finals - will be more than offset by the sharp decline in television money.
	www.marxist.com /Asia/worldcup2002sj.html (980 words)

	Brazil national football team at AllExperts
		In the 1962 FIFA World Cup, Brazil got its second title with Garrincha as the star player, especially after PelÃ© was injured in the second game and unable to play for the rest of the World Cup.
		The 1978 FIFA World Cup was notoriously controversial.
		Entering the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany, Brazil was seen as heavy favorites to repeat their success at the previous cup.
	en.allexperts.com /e/b/br/brazil_national_football_team.htm (2740 words)

	World Cup 2002 - ABC Sport
		Football fever has struck in the Afghan capital, where fans banned from watching the previous World Cup by the Taliban are able to see this year's action via satellite dishes mounted on bullet-scarred rooftops.
		Although football is the most popular sport throughout Afghanistan, 23 years of non-stop conflict has taken a heavy toll and the national team has never qualified for the World Cup.
		Squads of religious police raided football matches and viciously beat anyone caught violating the rules, and Kabul's only football pitch became better known as the venue for weekend executions of convicted criminals.
	abc.net.au /worldcup2002/items/s570666.htm (847 words)

	Why a weary England will never win \| World cup 2002 \| Guardian Unlimited Football
		When the Football Association sanctioned the breakaway, which led to the formation of the Premier League 10 years ago, it did so in the belief that the move would help the national team.
		England, the FA stated in its 1991 Blueprint for Football, would be at the apex of a new pyramid of which the Premier League would be an integral part.
		It is surely no accident that going into the World Cup the fittest player in the England squad was Owen Hargreaves, who plays for Bayern Munich in the 18-team German league where a footballer's career is less of a treadmill.
	football.guardian.co.uk /worldcup2002/countries/story/0,11936,742637,00.html (876 words)

	FIFA.com The Official web site of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association
		Who would have thought before the World Cup that teams such as France, Argentina, Portugal, Nigeria and Cameroon would be sent packing in the group stage and that squads such as the USA and Senegal would progress to the quarter-finals and Korea and Turkey to the semi-finals?
		I had made the point before the World Cup that we could expect surprises in the very different environment of Asia but that, so far, we had never seen a miracle.
		The conclusions to be drawn are: the so-called minnows have grown up, the football world has become smaller and there is no longer such a thing as a favourite among national teams.
	www.fifa.com /en/print/article/0,4039,46968,00.html (486 words)

	ESPNsoccernet - World Cup - Italia - Campioni del mondo
		Italy, after all, entered the World Cup with one of the best squads in the competition, and it was obvious the damning revelations about the scandals at the very core of Italian football would either wound the players and play havoc with their concentration or help create a common purpose and actually help their focus.
		During the World Cup, nations in general lose their sense of humour and are hyper-sensitive to criticism; so when dealing with the Italians please never use more than one of the following words in the same paragraph: pizza, mafia, spaghetti, waiter.
		Even though the exhilaration of victory sometimes leads to hastened conclusions it is difficult to view the World Cup win without considering the corruption scandal and the fact 13 of 23 in the squad may find themselves belonging to Serie B clubs in a matter of hours.
	soccernet.espn.go.com /columns/story?id=373674&root=worldcup&cc=5739 (806 words)

	Old Roux mourns the decline of short-sighted France \| World cup 2002 \| Guardian Unlimited Football
		Surrounded by shoals of police and stewards who were making their final preparations to welcome the European fans, he was the first customer at the souvenir stand, taking advantage of the lull before the storm to buy a few T-shirts and scarves to take home to Auxerre.
		"Football might be the death of us," he said late last year, a few weeks after a double heart bypass operation.
		While the orange-vested police and lavender- uniformed volunteers milled around, Roux told me in no uncertain terms that the reason for France's debacle was the unwillingness to rebuild the side with younger players after the triumph of 1998.
	football.guardian.co.uk /worldcup2002/comment/story/0,11925,727514,00.html (753 words)

	TIME.com: World Cup 2002 - Wish We Were There
		When Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine's star striker, scored in the dying moments of the second leg of his country's World Cup play-off against Germany on Nov. 14, he knew the goal would serve no purpose: the Germans were already leading by four.
		Football fans around the world mourned with Shevchenko, for they will be deprived of the chance of seeing football's most prolific striker—73 goals in 104 games for Italian giants AC Milan in the world's meanest league—performing on its greatest stage.
		The expansion of the Cup's final stages was supposed to improve the odds in favor of good players and squads: 32 teams participated in France '98, as against 24 in U.S.A. '94 and 16 in Argentina '78.
	www.time.com /time/worldcup2002/011210/wish.html (732 words)

	Tunisia at the 2002 World Cup, Korea Japan
		Tunisia's national football team lost Sunday to Denmark (1-2), in a warm-up match to the World Cup finals.
		The new coaches are Ammar Souayah, who had led a Tunisian underdog team to win the national football cup last year, and Khemais Labidi, former head-coach of the Tunisian football squad which won, last september, the gold medal at the Tunis Mediterranean Games.
		According to the FIFA football rankings published March 22 by world football governing body FIFA, The Tunisian team currently holds the 29th position among all other nations of the world.
	www.tunisiaonline.com /news/worldcup2002 (999 words)

	Queensland Football
		After World War II, the Italian national team did not perform at its pre-war levels, reaching no more than the first round in 1950 (but notice the Superga air disaster, which took away the best Italian players), 1954, 1962 and 1966 editions, and not even qualifying for the 1958 tournament.
		Two years later, Azzurri participated to 1970 edition of the World Cup, organized in Mexico; they managed to arrive at the final, where they were defeated by Brazil 4—1, but the semi-final match, won 4—3 after extra time against West Germany, is by far the most influential and celebrated in Italian football history.
		They were the favourites to win and were arguably the best team in the competition, but inexplicably lost the semi-final 4—3 on penalties to Argentina after a 1—1 draw at the end of extra time; later, they defeated England 2—1 in the third place play-off, thus conceding only two goals in the whole tournament.
	qldfootball.com /index.php?option=com_fifaworldcup&page=Italy.html (558 words)

	News \| FIFA World Cup 2006 - Ghana (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Hoping to prepare a squad able to better, or at least equal, the quarter-final run in Korea/Japan 2002, US head coach Bruce Arena raised a few eyebrows when he announced his final 23-man squad Tuesday night on a live national television broadcast.
		First-time finalists Ghana are in Group E of the FIFA World Cup, together with the United States, Italy and the Czech Republic.
		In the FIFA World Cup finals this summer, Ghana are in Group E along with Italy, Czech Republic and the United States.
	football-times.com /ghana (895 words)

	2006 FIFA World Cup Hands-On - GameCube News at GameSpot
		When you choose to compete in the World Cup, you have the option of playing through one of six regional qualifying competitions from around the world, or jumping straight in as one of the 32 teams participating in the finals in Germany.
		The default settings for the World Cup mode will see your chosen team being pitted against the same opponents that they'll be facing in June, but you'll also have the option to randomize the groups or switch some of the teams around manually.
		When playing in the World Cup finals, every match in 2006 FIFA World Cup is preceded by some really impressive shots of the accurately re-created stadiums which are, of course, full to capacity with supporters releasing balloons and such.
	www.gamespot.com /gamecube/sports/fifaworldcupgermany2006/news.html?sid=6147077 (1100 words)

	World Cup 2002 - ABC Sport
		A veteran of three World Cups, Yashin is also the only goalkeeper to have won the prestigious European Player of the Year award, and receiving that accolade in 1963 was one of the proudest moments of his career.
		Though his obsession remained football, Yashin was growing increasingly frustrated at his ability to break into Dynamo's starting team, where the Soviet Union's Alexei Khomich was unmovable.
		Yashin was a member of his country's squads at the 1958, 1962 and 1966 World Cups, and enjoyed his best performance in England, where the Soviets finished fourth after reaching the semi-finals.
	abc.net.au /worldcup2002/history/legends/yashin.htm (590 words)

	World Cup Legends
		A veteran of four World Cups, scorer of 1,283 first-class goals - 12 of them in World Cup final tournaments - a member of those magical Brazilian squads that won soccer's greatest prize in 1958, 1962 and 1970.
		Cruyff was one of a number of youngsters who emerged with Ajax of Amsterdam in the late Sixties and came to dominate European and world football in the early Seventies.
		At their peak, the Dutch side he captained were the most exciting and talented team in international football, yet, strangely, they never won a major trophy during his reign.
	www.worldcupsoccer2002.com /worldcuplegends.htm (752 words)

	CNNSI.com - CNNSI.com's complete coverage of the FIFA World Cup
		Ronaldo was on the roster for his third Cup final at age 25.
		As his two goals led Brazil to a 2-0 win over Germany and a record fifth World Cup title, Ronaldo rediscovered his enchanting mix of regal majesty and youthful wonder, Grant Wahl writes in Sports Illustrated.
		CNNSI.com's Pedro Pinto says the 2002 World Cup brought joy to nations around the world, even those in conflict.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /soccer/world/2002/world_cup (235 words)

	World Cup Latest Football News \| International Football News and Features \| International Friendlies and other Soccer ...
		England are going into their eleventh World Cup Finals with one of the best squads of players available for many years.
		With this squad of players it is entirely possible that his team could go all the way in Germany.
		Additionally, World Cup Latest is NOT in any way associated with FIFA, the governing body of world football, it's affiliated partners or the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany Organiser.
	www.worldcuplatest.com /world-cup-2006/group-b/england-football-team-news/team-profile (795 words)

	ATL World Cup Soccer. All the top world soccer news daily. News from international soccer. World Cup 2006, Euro 2004, ...
		Hundreds of millions of football fans in China are brimming with optimism that their side can capture the Asian Cup.
		But as the Asian Cup gets underway here Saturday, the nation's hundreds of millions of football fans are brimming with optimism that years of flops and gallant failures are coming to an end.
		Defending champions Japan, 2002 World Cup semi-finalists South Korea, and five-time Asian Cup champions Saudi Arabia have all lost key players because of injury or decisions to rest them for Athens.
	www.wldcup.com /news/2004Jul/20040716_25334_world_soccer.html (817 words)

	World Cup Country update
		The 23-year-old, who will be a World Cup reserve, was allowed to leave Red Star Belgrade by his namesake Dragan Stojkovic, who is club president but no relation.
		Football has given me so much, which is why I am so happy to be supporting the Nine Million Campaign to use football to help refugee children throughout the world.
		Before the World Cup, things were written about me which, quite frankly, I didn't think I deserved.
	worldcup.uk.msn.com /features/Country~latest (1063 words)

	2006 FIFA World Cup for GameCube Review - GameCube 2006 FIFA World Cup Review
		The World Cup mode will almost certainly be your first port of call, and although its default settings see you assuming control of one of the 32 teams that qualified for the finals, it's possible to play as any of around 125 different teams from all over the world.
		Good pre-match commentary replete with World Cup trivia and anecdotes is the icing on the cake, and as your players line up on the pitch before kickoff, you feel both excited and nervous at the same time--exactly as you'd expect to before a real match.
		Although there have certainly been some improvements made to 2006 FIFA World Cup's gameplay over the already superb FIFA 06 (which are most noticeable in the shooting and passing mechanics and in the very dramatic penalty shoot-outs), the GameCube version of the game suffers from some occasional doses of slowdown.
	www.gamespot.com /gamecube/sports/fifaworldcupgermany2006/review.html (1442 words)

	World Cup 2006 \| Reuters.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		It was feared the Manchester City midfielder had damaged his hamstring when he had to come off after only 15 minutes as a result of over-extending his leg trying to intercept a pass.
		Reyna missed the opening match of the 2002 finals with a quadriceps strain but returned to help lead the U.S. reach the quarter-finals where they lost to eventual runners-up Germany.
		He was also in the 1994 and 1998 squads, although a leg injury ruled him out of any action in 1994.
	worldcup.reuters.com /usa/news/usnL24601999.html (651 words)

	Portugal Euro 2004 :: Portuguese Football
		Now Brazil's World Cup winning coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is the man charged with lifting the hosts to victory at Euro 2004 and he has already shown that he will stand up to the national team's big name players such as Figo and Rui Costa.
		Eusebio, the enormous talent born in Mozambique who led all scorers in the 1966 World Cup, is the most prominent example.
		In typical form, the national squad arrived in Korea for the 2002 World Cup highly ranked, only to leave in disrepute.
	www.soccerphile.com /soccerphile/port2004/culture/football/football.html (828 words)

	News \| FIFA World Cup 2006 - United States (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		The 32-year-old admitted missing the FIFA World Cup would be "the biggest disappointment in my career as a footballer".
		It seems an awful long time since 5 June 2002 and the goal O'Brien scored in Suwon to spark the Americans' shock run to the FIFA World Cup quarter-finals.
		Columbus Crew's Hejduk, a member of the 1998 and 2002 FIFA World Cup squads, suffered a cruciate ligament injury at the weekend.
	football-times.com /usa (1021 words)

	GERMANY - theage.com.au
		Germany kept its 100 per cent World Cup qualification record intact but needed a 5-2 aggregate playoff win over Ukraine to be sure of a finals place after finishing behind England in group nine.
		Did not show that when England slammed them 5-1 in the World Cup qualifier when he botched a golden opportunity when the match was still finely balanced and was completely anonymous afterwards.
		Was instrumental in Liverpool's treble of UEFA Cup, FA Cup and League Cup triumphs in the 2000-2001 season.
	www.theage.com.au /specials/soccerworldcup/teams/germany.html (828 words)

	End of football? World Cup 2002 afterword - Pravda.Ru
		This substitution is leading the world football to its end.
		The organizers of the World Cup of 1998 were doing their best to help the unintelligible French team to climb to the top and get the cup.
		Football officials did not dare to make Japan or Korea win the World Cup – this would be too dramatic, but those teams got the things that they could only dream of – cancelled goals and penalty kicks.
	english.pravda.ru /main/2002/07/05/31840_.html (1018 words)

	BBC SPORT \| WORLD CUP 2002 \| Fifa backs friendly squads
		The world's governing body had recommended that France and Australia should select only one player from each club.
		With France having already qualified for the World Cup as holders, Lemerre will use the game as preparation for next year's finals in Korea and Japan.
		Links to more World Cup 2002 stories are at the foot of the page.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/world_cup_2002/1630564.stm (239 words)

	World Cup Soccer 2002 - World Cup Soccer Online -World Cup Soccer History, products, scores, players and more
		With World Cup 2002 taking place on the other side of the world, many US soccer fans are struggling to watch live soccer games, especially on the east coast.
		After a scoreless first period, Ronaldo regained his scoring touch with the lone tally of the match early in the second half (49'.) Ronaldo took a pass and was "escorted" into the box by 4 Turkish defenders but none could prevent his right-footed "stab" past the keeper and into the far right corner.
		This "clash of the titans" featured two undefeated squads: Spain was a perfect 4-0 and S. Korea had won 3 matches and tied just one (the U.S.) The S. Korean squad broke more new ground with their impressive penalty kick victory over talented, but conservative Spain.
	www.worldcupsocceronline.com (1113 words)

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