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David Beckham on the highs and lows of his career
"Never in my wildest dreams could I have believed four years ago that I could get back up to this level. The turnaround for me over the last four years has just been amazing."
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Sex please, we're South Africans
While some World Cup coaches have barred players from sex during the one-month tournament in Japan and South Korea, Jomo Sono of South Africa is not about to douse the passions of his squad.
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Mike McCarthy on the hardest week of his life
The Ireland coach says it's time to put the Roy Keane saga behind and move on.
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A soccer date between father and son
"No matter how far our lives have diverged since, we have made a point of reuniting for soccer's quadrennial showcase. To this day, I can think of no more delirious moment than when we danced in the streets of Madrid after Italy crushed Germany in the 1982 World Cup final." [Requires free registration]
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Legacy of World Cup may be stadiums
Japan and South Korea have gone on the biggest stadium building spree in the Cup's 72-year history. Japan has spent about $4.6 billion to build six stadiums and to refurbish four. South Korea has spent about $2.7 billion to build 10 stadiums. [Requires free registration]
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Senegal president goes overboard
"We're now world champions," he says. "To beat the champion of the world is to become the champion of the world."
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Footloose, and fancy free
After all the pre-tournament angst about the possibility of pedantic refereeing, erratic movement by the new ball and slow tempos because of high temperatures, this unfolding, already attractive World Cup has confounded the sceptics.
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Eric Cantona writes off France
The former French international feels the champions are not good enough to lift the trophy again in Japan and Korea.
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Infant denied World Cup entry
World Cup organizers denied an 8-month-old Canadian baby boy and her mother entry into a stadium here Saturday because the infant did not have a ticket. But the mother claims the child was not even born when she bought the tickets.
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Lions spring their trap
Since Senegal effectively outfrenched the French, many French Senegalese feel thay have outgrown their host and want to make the move to England.
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World's last soccer-free zone
While much of the world is consumed by watching the football World Cup in Japan and South Korea, there are a few football-free zones left in the world - one of them is Afghanistan.
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