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Australia beats Greece 1-0 in tuneup
May 25 2006 5:33PM (CT)
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Australia beat Greece 1-0 Thursday on Josip Skoko's goal in the 16th minute in an exhibition game before a record soccer crowd of 95,103 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
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England attempts to stop soccer hooligans
May 25 2006 5:30PM (CT)
LONDON (AP) - Some 3,500 known English soccer hooligans will be stopped from going to the World Cup, Sports Minister Richard Caborn said Thursday.
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English striker Rooney undergoes MRI
May 25 2006 5:04PM (CT)
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Wayne Rooney underwent an MRI scan on his broken foot Thursday, hoping to learn he will be able to play in the World Cup.
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Owen starts, but England loses to Belarus
May 25 2006 5:04PM (CT)
READING, England (AP) - Michael Owen started his first game since breaking his foot Dec. 31 and two teenage rookies made impressive debuts for England, which lost to Belarus 2-1 in a World Cup tuneup Thursday.
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Injury to U.S. soccer's Reyna minor
May 25 2006 3:55AM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Claudio Reyna was smiling as he walked through the lobby of the U.S. team hotel Wednesday. An MRI exam showed that the strained right hamstring he sustained during a 1-0 loss to Morocco the previous night was minor and there was no muscle damage. While the U.S. captain won't play in the Americans' two remaining exhibition games before the World Cup, he should be ready for the opener against the Czech Republic on June 12.
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France enters World Cup as underdog
May 25 2006 1:43AM (CT)
PARIS (AP) - France coach Raymond Domenech believes playing with style is more important than winning matches in the World Cup. That attitude does little to inspire public confidence after France flopped so dismally four years ago.
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