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  2010 World Cup South Africa North America Qualifiers North American Qualifying Zone
Next up for the North American Football Confederation is the CONCACAF Gold Cup to be held in the USA.
Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba, Haiti and first timers Guadeloupe qualified through the 2007 Caribbean Nations Cup and will be joined by Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Panama who all qualified through the 2007 UNCAF Nations Cup.
North American World Cup qualifying incorporates Central America and the Caribbean.
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  America - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
America - a racing yacht that won the first ever America's Cup in 1851.
America - passenger liner commanded by George Fried involved in famous sea rescue in 1929.
America is a song from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, also performed by the UK rock group The Nice.
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 2003 North America Cup Results
Kicking off Woodbine's Festival of Racing was Saturday night's North America Cup, the 20th running of the prestigious 3-year-old colt pace, now the richest harness race in Canadian history with its purse of $1,542,500.
On the undercard of the North America Cup was the $607,300 Elegantimage Stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies.
Also on the undercard was the North America Cup Consolation, a $100,000 race for the horses that did not qualify for the main event.
www.horse-races.net /library/nacup03-results.htm   (1006 words)

  
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North America got on the board first in this game, with Nedohin throwing a last-rock draw to the sweepers in the third end, and the powerful combination of Scott Pfeiffer and Marcel Racque took it expertly to the four-foot for a deuce and four-point skin.
North America was one rock away from winning the Cup in the fourth, with the winning point sitting on the button behind numerous guards.
There is not yet a home for the 2005 Cup, or even a clear indication that the event will be held next year, but the excitement, camaraderie and drama that this event carries with it almost demands that it continue.
www.aitworldwide.com /AboutAIT/USCA/112804-2.aspx   (1262 words)

  
 America's Cup --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
It was first offered as the Hundred Guinea Cup in 1851 by the Royal Yacht Squadron of Great Britain for a race around the Isle of Wight.
The cup was won by the America, a 100-foot (30-metre) schooner from New York City, and subsequently became known as the America's Cup.
The Stanley Cup was first awarded in the 1893–94 season and is the oldest trophy that can be won by professional athletes in North America.
www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9006143   (947 words)

  
 48° North - America's Cup 2000 Insights
We feel that the America One's spinnaker problems, which Cayard never satisfactorily explained, should have been solved earlier, and failure to do so was a significant error which let down the team, the sponsors, and their supporters.
Maybe America One was trying to compensate for a speed disadvantage, but whatever the reason, penalties cost America One some races, and they didn't appear to cost Prada any.
America is a big country and we have the talent and money for it.
www.48north.com /mar2000/acinsights.htm   (1650 words)

  
 48° North - America's Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
For the first time in America's Cup history, umpires were aboard each boat during the finals of the Louis Vuitton Cup.
Three years ago Coutts held the America's Cup aloft as skipper of Team New Zealand, now he holds up the Louis Vuitton Cup as the challenger.
The America's Cup, first awarded to its namesake, the schooner America, in the mid-19th century, is now the most sought-after trophy in sailboat racing.
www.48north.com /feb_2003/acup_1.htm   (349 words)

  
 2003 North America Cup
The North America Cup at Woodbine, one of the most important races on the continent for three year old pacers, will be run Saturday night June 22nd.
A horse that sweeps the four race series, which includes the North America Cup (Woodbine), Meadowlands Pace (Meadowlands), Little Brown Jug (Delaware County Fair) and the Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt Pace (Meadowlands), wins a $1 million bonus.
For the North America Cup, four elimination races were run on Saturday, June 14th.
www.horse-races.net /library/nacup03-entries.htm   (665 words)

  
 Odds N Sods From The North America Cup Eliminations
It is the morning after the North America Cup eliminations as I set myself to task for this month’s column.
While the North America Cup is only one of many rich and important contests in pacing’s ‘glamour division,’ the combatants in the eliminations will continue to wage war as the season wears on.
Again, the North America Cup is just one of many great races to be contested in this and other years, and no definitive answers can be garnered from any one race.
www.standardbredcanada.ca /trot/iss0704/tr0740brf.html   (2127 words)

  
 Definition of north america   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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 North America Cup Definition / North America Cup Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
North America Cup Definition / North America Cup Research
The North America Cup is an annual harness racingHarness racing is a form of horse-racing in which the horses race in a specified gait.
North America Cup is a little funny," Darling admits.
www.elresearch.com /North_America_Cup   (235 words)

  
 Yankee Cruiser Wins the North America Cup - 6/22/03
Allamerican Native, last year's champion 2-year-old pacing colt in North America, was the even money favorite with driver Chris Christoforou, and the son of the 1993 Cup winner, Presidential Ball, was unbeaten in two starts this year, including an easy elimination win last week.
Yankee Cruiser, widest of all, somehow furnished a remarkable late kick and swept past Allamerican Native and held-off Artesian, the 5-1 third choice, who was racing to his inside in the closing strides of a blanket finish.
The Pepsi North America Cup handle of $3,299,560 was the fourth highest handle in Woodbine history.
www.ustrotting.com /newsroom/archive/wb030622.htm   (1136 words)

  
 America cup, - America's Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
America's Cup CH Deutschsprachige Seite zur berühmtesten Segeltrophäe (de).
America's Cup 2003 ·; Louis Vuitton Cup 2002/2003.
The America's Cup is the most famous and most prestigious competition in the sport of The America's Cup regatta is a challenge-driven yacht series that
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 U.S. Fencing - The Official Website of the U.S. Fencing Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The regular fee deadline for NAC "B" Albuquerque has passed.
The USFA received 550+ faxed/mailed entries for NAC A in the 36 hours preceding the regular fee deadline.
The domestic schedule for 2005-2006 has been updated to include venue, hotel information, and the days all events will be fenced for most of the season's events.
www.usfencing.org   (273 words)

  
 North America Cup Drawn
The final of the $1.6 million Pepsi North America Cup was drawn this afternoon at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto.
The names of the four elimination winners were put in one hat, while the names of the other six competitors were put in another.
This year’s $1.6 million North America Cup is being hailed as one of the most competitive fields in recent years.
www.standardbredcanada.ca /news/iss0604/nacdrawn0615.html   (377 words)

  
 North America Cup: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about North America Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
North America Cup: Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about North America Cup
The North America Cup is an annual harness racing event held at Woodbine Raceway[?] in Toronto, Ontario, Canada for 3-year-old standardbred pacing horses.
Inaugurated in 1984, the race is the first leg of harness racing’s Grand Slam Prize in harness racing with a purse of $1.5 million and the chance for a further bonus of $1 million.
www.encyclopedian.com /no/North-America-Cup.html   (90 words)

  
 North America Cup Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
North America Cup Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography
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 2002 North America Cup Results
On Saturday June 23rd at Woodbine the 2002 North America Cup was run on a lightning fast surface on which several track records were tied or broken.
Red River Hanover alone at the finish of the North America Cup, winning by 2 lengths.
Horses that didn't qualify for the main event in the Cup eliminations last weekend, instead competed in the $100,000 North America Cup Consolation.
www.horse-races.net /library/nacup-results.htm   (1062 words)

  
 CBC Sports: North America dominates singles at Continental Cup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
But North America broke the competition open on Saturday by taking 20 of the available 24 points plus eight bonus points for a commanding 94-46 lead, much to the delight of a raucous crowd in Medicine Hat, Alta.
In the men's competition, North America won all available 12 points to launch ahead in the points standings.
The Continental Cup, curling's answer to golf's Ryder Cup, is a unique style of competition where each team collects points for winning mixed doubles, team, singles and skins games.
www.cbc.ca /story/sports/national/2004/11/27/Sports/continentalcup_singles041127.html   (370 words)

  
 2004 North America Cup Results
The 21st running of the Pepsi North America was run at Woodbine on Saturday night.
With its $1,629,500 (Canadian) purse, not only is it the richest horse race in Canada, it is the richest race of any breed run so far this year in North America.
Despite going wide around both turns, Mantacular still had plenty left for the drive and just got up by a head to win the Cup in a final time of 1:51 2/5 for the mile.
www.horse-races.net /library/nacup04-results.htm   (607 words)

  
 LATEST NEWS: INTER-CONTINENT / DERNIERES NOUVELLES: INTER-CONTINENT
Patterned after golf's Ryder Cup, The Keg Continental Cup, sanctioned by the World Curling Federation (WCF), USA Curling and the Canadian Curling Association (CCA), will offer a total prize package of $200,000 (Cdn), of which the winning side receives $125,000, while the losing side shares $75,000.
Twelve teams, six representing Team North America and six carrying the colours of Team World, will contest a variety of competitionsŠMixed Doubles, Team, Singles and Skins events.
Rounding out Team North America, which will be captained by two-time (1980, 1994) world champion Rick Folk, are United States skips Patti Lank, 1999 Worlds runner-up and Paul Pustovar, fourth place finisher at the 2002 Worlds.
icing.org /newsco03/eu-na/contcup/cuporg/releases/release3.htm   (503 words)

  
 United States Olympic Committee - CURLING: Europeans win Continental Cup over North America
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Europe won its first Continental Cup of Curling Sunday at Fort William Gardens despite a valiant effort by Team North America to overcome extremely long odds in the final event, the men's 60-point skins game.
When North America first stepped onto the ice today with an 18-point overall lead, there likely wasn't a soul in the place who would have dreamed up this scenario.
The victory for Lindholm was even sweeter given the fact that his team lost on the last rock in the men's featured final at the 2002 Cup.
www.usolympicteam.com /73_16466.htm   (868 words)

  
 48° North - America's Cup Report   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
America's Cup Report: Laurie Davidson on the Unveiling
You should see stronger winds in the AC than you did in the LV, probably at least 15 most of the time.
Laurie Davidson is staying in Auckland until after the AC but he looks forward to returning to the Pacific Northwest.
48north.com /feb_2003/davidson.htm   (307 words)

  
 CONCACAF
Cities across the USA are expected to host the 2007 edition of the bi-annual event, which will once again crown the national team champion of the CONCACAF region.
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After securing one of the three direct qualification berths to the 2006 FIFA World Cup™ in Germany (along with Mexico and Costa Rica), the USA (7-2-1, more...
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 Pepsi North America Cup | News and Notes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
TORONTO, June 11...The field for next Saturday’s $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup, Canada’s richest harness race, is now set after several blistering eliminations Saturday evening at Woodbine.
However, based on the performance of Rocknroll Hanover, the 22nd edition of the Cup, which attracts the continent’s finest three-year-old pacers, has its solid favourite.
Pepsi North America Cup logo, Woodbine logo are registered trademarks of ™ ® Woodbine Entertainment Group.
ojc.com /standardbred/raceevents/pnac/news-notes.asp?art=RT8N3LV9Y9F44   (985 words)

  
 US Paralympics - North America Cup - Birmingham, AL - 6/06
US Paralympics - North America Cup - Birmingham, AL - 6/06
The 2006 North American Cup competition will feature wheelchair rugby and men's wheelchair basketball.
The wheelchair rugby competition will feature #1 New Zealand, #2 Canada, #3 United States, and #4 Great Britain.
www.quadrugby.com /25-26/schedules/na-cup.htm   (110 words)

  
 48° North - America's Cup Report
OneWorld skipper Peter Gilmour takes a look back at the Seattle team's challenge for the Louis Vuitton Cup, contemplates the future for the team, and expresses some thoughts on what the America's Cup should become.
Upon arriving back at the dock after having been eliminated from the Louis Vuitton Cup by Oracle, the OneWorld team toasted their efforts and the fact that they'd gotten to the semifinals.
One of the things I enjoy about the America's Cup is the intellectual challenge, dealing with all aspects of putting it together, the forks in the roads, choosing paths to take and making decisions.
www.48north.com /feb_2003/gilmour.htm   (1093 words)

  
 2005 North America Cup Results
Owner Jeffrey Snyder's son and daughter with the North America Cup trophy.
Driver Brian Sears, winning his first North America Cup, said, "I was hoping to get the drive on that colt when he came back.
Before the main event, nine horses who did not make the Cup final competed in the $100,000 North America Cup Consolation.
www.horse-races.net /library/nacup05-results.htm   (1053 words)

  
 Meadowlands Racetrack - Racing News and Highlights Detail
The next test for the three-year-old colt, who is on the road to the $1 million Meadowlands Pace on July 17, are the eliminations for the Pepsi North America Cup on June 12 at Woodbine which will determine the finalists for the $1.5 million [$1.1 million US] North America Cup Final on June 19.
His only off the board finish was a fourth in the Governor’s Cup last fall on a sloppy track at Mohawk.
The only time he was worse than second was in the Governor’s Cup last year at Mohawk, and we were forced to change the race bike just before the post parade.
www.thebigm.com /racingNewsDetail.asp?newsid=3674&print=Y   (614 words)

  
 Michal Sobieraj Wins Men's Epee Gold At North America Cup :: Sophomore bests 140-fencer field that includes three of ...
Leading the way among the Notre Dame competitors was sophomore Michal Sobieraj (Krakow, Poland), who finished atop a prestigious 140-fencer men's epee draw that included three of the top-four finishers from the 2002 NCAA Championships.
Mustilli also competed in the NAC foil bouts, the weapon in which she earned two All-America honors at Notre Dame.
Penn State's Jessie Burke claimed the NAC gold medal, with Princeton freshman Kamara James third and her Tiger teammate Lindsay Campbell sixth.
www.fansonly.com /schools/nd/sports/c-fenc/recaps/121202aaa.html   (588 words)

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