France beats Togo 2-0 to advance at Cup
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France finally won its game of brinkmanship. Teetering on the edge of another embarrassing first-round elimination from the World Cup, the 1998 champion beat Togo 2-0 on Friday to advance to the final 16 for a game against Spain.
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Angola missed its chance to advance to the second round of the World Cup on Wednesday, drawing 1-1 with Iran in Group D. Flavio gave the Angolans the lead in the 61st minute with a header, but Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh equalized in the 73rd.
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Mexico became the first team to advance to the quarterfinals of the Copa America following a 2-1 victory over Ecuador yesterday in Maturin, Venezuela.
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France coach Raymond Domenech said the former world and European champions had to improve drastically after a 2-0 away win over the Faroe Islands in a World Cup Group Four qualifier on Wednesday.
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France saw skipper Patrick Vieira sent off in a lackluster 2-0 win over the Faroe Islands in a World Cup Group Four qualifier on Wednesday.
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The US Menâs National Team recorded a convincing 2-0 victory over El Salvador in Estadio Cuscatlan in San Salvador on Saturday evening, increasing their Group 1 lead in the semifinal round of qualifying for the 2006 FIFA World Cup to three points.
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BERLIN, Germany -- Defending champions Werder Bremen Wednesday advanced into the third round of the German Cup on a night in which upsets continued.
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Unheralded Guadeloupe made two early goals stand up for a surprising 2-1 victory over Honduras in the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Sunday in front of 70,092 fans at Reliant Stadium.
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Striker Thierry Henry scored his first international goal in four months to help struggling France snatch a badly needed 2-0 victory over Cyprus in their World Cup Group Four qualifier on Wednesday.
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Zurich, Switzerland (Sports Network) - Four spectators died at Sunday&#39;s World Cup qualifying match between Togo and Mali. Eight fans were also injured, three seriously, at Kegue Stadium in Togo after a power failure led to a wild rush to the exits.
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Ryan Smyth scored twice and Martin St  Louis had a goal and an assist for the second straight game as  Canada eased to a 5-1 win over Slovakia in round-robin play at  the World Cup of Hockey on Wednesday.
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Alexander Frei and Tranquillo Barnetta scored a goal each Monday to lead Switzerland to a 2-0 win over Togo in Group G at the World Cup.
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FOXBORO, Mass. Brian Ching did it again, putting the United States in good position to advance to the regional finals of qualifying for the 2006 World Cup.
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Ecuador reached the second round of the World Cup for the first time after beating Costa Rica 3-0 Thursday.
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Keith Tkachuk had four goals and an assist to lead the United States into the World Cup of Hockey semifinals with a 5-3 victory last night over Russia in St.
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The net was getting smaller and smaller for Sweden, and so were its chances of advancing in the World Cup. Fredrik Ljungberg changed that with an 89th-minute header for a 1-0 win Thursday night that put the Swedes in position to move into the second round.
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The Czech Republic came out with a vengeance and dominated the game to defeat Team Sweden 6-1 to advance to the World Cup of Hockey Semifinals.