World Cup knockout round results and fixtures
Updated: 2010-06-30 09:02:59
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JOHANNESBURG - World Cup football knockout round results and fixtures
(kickoff times in GMT).
Round of 16
Saturday, June 27
in Port Elizabeth Uruguay - South Korea 2-1 (1-0)
in Rustenburg United States - Ghana 1-2 (0-1, 1-1) aet
Sunday, June 27
in Bloemfontein Germany - England 4-1 (2-1)
in Johannesburg Argentina ... Read this article on Gaea Times at : World Cup knockout round results and fixtures.
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SRINAGAR - The Queen’s Baton Relay for the 2010 Commonwealth Games (CWG) reached Srinagar on Tuesday.
The Queen’s Baton was taken to the famous Nishat Gardens where sportspersons of the Kashmir valley were present in large numbers.
” We are carrying a message of peace and harmony. After all, sporting activities have no borders, no religion, ... Read this article on Gaea Times at : Commonwealth Games: Queen’s Baton reaches Srinagar.
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NEW DELHI - Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh on Friday congratulated the Indian cricket team on their winning the Asia Cup.
In a message before his departure for Toronto to attend the G20 Summit, Dr Singh said: The players displayed team spirit and fighting qualities in bringing ... Original source on Gaea Times at : Manmohan Singh congratulates Indian cricket team on Asia Cup victory.
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RUSTENBURG - The England team will go into Sundays’ World Cup knock-out game against Germany wearing their “lucky” all-red strip.
Steven Gerrard will lead his side out in the red tops, shorts and socks, which the side wore in their ‘do-or-die’ Group C game against Slovenia, The Mirror reports.
An in-depth statistical analysis reveals that England ... Original source on Gaea Times at : England to wear ‘lucky’ red strip for WC tie against Germans.
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ATTARI - The Queen’s baton for the 2010 Commonwealth Games arrived in India from Pakistan Friday amid high security and a festive mood with singers from both the countries performing at the Attari border.
It marked the first big event on Indian soil for the Games to be held in New Delhi in October.
Suresh Kalmadi, ... Original article on : Queen’s baton for Commonwealth Games reaches India.
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Germany midfielder Schweinsteiger still doubtful
ERASMIA, South Africa — Germany midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger remains highly doubtful for Sunday’s second-round World Cup match against England because of a right thigh injury.
Germany coach Joachim Loew says he will use only players who are 100 percent fit and that there is a “big question mark” about Schweinsteiger and ... Read more : Germany midfielder Schweinsteiger remains doubtful for England match at World Cup.
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HYDERABAD - India’s Saina Nehwal scaled a new high when she shot up three places to World. No 3 in the latest rankings released by the Badminton World Federation Thursday.
Saina won back-to-back titles — India Open Grand Prix and the Singapore Open Super Series in the last two weeks — and marched ahead of [..] Read the original article: here.
Iniesta says he’s available for Chile match
POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa — Andres Iniesta is set to return for Spain’s crucial World Cup match against Group H leader Chile.
The Barcelona playmaker says he is “100 percent” fit and available for Friday’s match at Pretoria.
“I trained well, I felt well and I could do everything normally,” Iniesta says .... Source Gaea News Network.
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London, Jun 23 (ANI): England coach Fabio Capello has said he still believes that his team will win the World Cup.
England must beat Slovenia to be sure of reaching the last 16. Defeat or a low-scoring draw will ensure that England team fly straight home, The Sun reports.
But Capello is not thinking of merely ... Original source on Gaea Times at : Capello believes England will win World Cup.
RUSTENBURG - For Denmark and Japan in Thursday’s Group E clash at the World Cup football, the rewards are clear enough.
The Netherlands have beaten both sides and are already through; Cameroon have lost to both sides and are already out, and so it becomes a straight fight for qualification to the last 16.
With the better .... Source article on Gaea Times at Winners takes all for Japan and Denmark.
Serbia coach in confident mood
NELSPRUIT, South Africa — Serbia’s first try at qualifying landed it in the World Cup. Now, it can take the next step.
Coach Radomir Antic is confident his players can grasp the opportunity by beating Australia on Wednesday and advancing to the round of 16.
“We know that we have an opportunity of .... Source Gaea News Network.
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News Flash, Lausanne, Switzerland. Here is the latest news.
The IOC today announced that effective immediately there will be two Olympic Cycles.
The first one, known from this date forward as the “Pretenders Cycle” will run on the traditional four year Olympic cycle.
The second cycle, announced today as the ”Contenders Cycle”, [...]