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FIFA WORLD CUP
The curtain goes upMUNICH: Bavarian goatherds marching to the crack of long whips, traditional cowbell ringers and 170 former champions from around the world, opened the World Cup in Germany on Friday, the world's biggest sporting tournament. Thousands of fans ... Germany wins opener MUNICH: Germany got the win it wanted at the start of the World Cup. The host beat Costa Rica 4-2 on Friday in the opening match of the tournament, hoping to inspire enough confidence in the team for the rest of the World Cup. German captain ... Germany abuzz with anticipation MUNICH: Fans from Germany and Costa Rica poured through the streets of this Bavarian city, singing and chanting in feverish anticipation as their teams kicked off the World Cup on Friday amid tight security, dazzling fanfare and many mugs of ... 
World Cup: the biggest and richestBaden-Baden: The ball is round. Rounder than ever, in fact, thanks to advances in thermal bonding and other aspects of ball technology. And this World Cup, they tell us, is bigger than ever, bigger than all of its 17 predecessors in every ... England itching to lay down marker FRANKFURT: An England team buzzing with confidence after the return of Wayne Rooney is determined to display its World Cup title credentials with a convincing opening victory over Paraguay on Saturday. Rooney's happy reunion with his ... Another milestone in Beckham's career `I'd love to carry on playing and reach Peter Shilton's record' Mammoth welcome for Americans HAMBURG: Under the gilded oak ceiling of Hamburg's neo-Renaissance Town Hall, the United States World Cup team received its official welcome. The 647-room building, known as the Rathaus, dominates the city's centre. Players, wearing navy polo ... SPORT - CRICKET India will need something special if Lara gets cracking GROS ISLET: The island of St. Lucia, at first sight, seems to suffer from a crisis of identity. A bloody past comprising 14 alternate regime changes between Britain and France starting in 1659 through to 1814 has left it half French, half ... Huge crowd watches Brazil train OFFENBACH: A capacity crowd of around 25,000 people today watched world champions Brazil hold a light training session amid an atmosphere of near-hysteria. The first 20 minutes of the practice took place amid the backdrop of loud techno and ... 
Openers will have a crucial role to playAt present both sides seem to be struggling in the Tests, writes Vivian Richards Cricket Tennis Football Badminton Chess Golf Atwal, Chopra tied at 68th New York: A bogey-ridden front nine marred Arjun Atwal's opening day show and he was joined by Indian-born Swede Daniel Chopra at tied 68th after identical rounds of one-over 72 in the Barclays Classic here. On a soggy Westchester Country ... Other Stories
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