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Maradona drops heavy quit hint
ARGENTINA coach Diego Maradona told a local newspaper his "chapter had ended" as the squad arrived home yesterday after an early World Cup exit.
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Nigeria president drops ban threat
NIGERIAN president Goodluck Jonathan last night dropped a threat to suspend the national football team from playing because of its poor World Cup showing and corruption allega
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Webb still hopeful of refereeing final
HOWARD Webb is still in with a chance of refereeing the World Cup final after he was one of ten referees retained by FIFA until the end of the tournament.
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Frank Lampard shot was too quick, says linesman
THE linesman at the centre of England's disallowed goal storm has admitted he was caught out by the speed of Frank Lampard's shot.
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Brazil president tells his nation not to 'cry over spilled milk'
BRAZIL president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has told his countrymen to forget the early elimination from this year's World Cup and look ahead to 2014 when Brazil will host
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Cesc Fabregas fights clean ahead of historic match
CESC Fabregas does not anticipate a repeat of the mind games that dominated the build-up to the Germany-Argentina clash when Spain take on Joachim Löw's side in the World
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Mainstays will be missing, but Uruguay can still dream of a return to their World Cup glory days of old
URUGUAY must overcome the absence of two key players when they meet Netherlands in the World Cup semi-final at Green Point Stadium today.
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Total football of the 70s was left unfulfilled but now Dutch believe their time may have come
"THIS is our time," says Wesley Sneijder. "We are just thinking of one thing, we want to win the World Cup."
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Uruguay are not cheats, insists angry team coach
URUGUAY coach Oscar Tabarez insisted his side will feel no embarrassment when they line up against the Netherlands in the World Cup semi-final at the Green Point stadium tonig
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Low targets Barcelona duo
Germany coach Joachim Low believes that neutralising Andres Iniesta and Xavi will be the key to his side's hopes of upsetting Spain in tomorrow's World Cup semi-final
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Tabarez: Pressure is all on Dutch masters
Uruguay coach Oscar Tabarez believes the pressure is all on Holland when they play their World Cup semi-final at the Green Point stadium tonight.
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Uruguay 2 - 3 Netherlands: Third time lucky hope for Netherlands as they reach World Cup final
HOLLAND will have their chance to exorcise the ghosts of World Cup finals past on Sunday.
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World Cup daily: Tuesday 6 July
In the first of the semi-finals, the Netherlands have a strong chance of making their first World Cup final since 1978, while a weakened Uruguay will be equally desperate to r
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Businesslike Dutch Into Final
If you asked the man on the street before the World Cup who he was most looking forward to watching, the Netherlands would have featured prominently. Their 3-2 defeat of Uruguay sent them into the final for the third time in their history, but who'd have predicted that they would have achieved the feat in such pragmatic fashion? Read more... Businesslike Dutch Into Final originally appeared on About.com World Soccer on Tuesday, July 6th, 2010 at 17:06:59.