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CHAN 2009 roll call complete |
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Tuesday, 20 January 2009 |
 Four-time Africa champions, Cameroon and Nigeria were the biggest casualties as the qualified teams for the maiden edition of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) was decided over the weekend. |
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Xavi strikes as Spain win |
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Wednesday, 18 June 2008 |
 Spain 1-0 United StatesSpain finished their UEFA EURO 2008™ preparations with a valuable victory against the United States in Santander thanks to a marvellous moment of invention by Xavi Hernández after 78 minutes. Hard to beatAfter Luis Aragonés's side won their weekend friendly against Peru with a dramatic late goal, Spain's credentials as a team who are hard to beat have been enhanced. But defensive lapses and a lack of creativity throughout the majority of a tense match leave question marks to accompany their arrival in Austria. The nervous first-half display was typified by a couple of moments which will concern Spain's technical staff. |
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British success on night of friendlies |
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008 |
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 A number of nations not involved in UEFA EURO 2008™ played friendlies on Wednesday and uefa.com rounds up the action with England and Wales both victorious.
England 2-0 United States
Goals in either half from John Terry and Steven Gerrard earned England a comfortable 2-0 victory over the United States at Wembley Stadium.
A week after enduring the disappointment of missing what would have been a decisive penalty in the UEFA Champions League final, the Chelsea FC defender was all smiles after heading a David Beckham free-kick past Tim Howard seven minutes before the break. Jermain Defoe then had two chances saved within the space of two minutes at the start of the second half, before Gerrard latched on to a Gareth Barry through ball to double England's lead with a calm finish. |
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Gibernau test to conclude todayFormer MotoGP World Championship runner-up Sete Gibernau will undertake a third and final day of testing in Mugello for Ducati today. Sete Gibernau in the Ducati Marlboro team garage in 2006Sete Gibernau´s three-day test in Mugello for Ducati will conclude today (Thursday) with the Spaniard...
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Face tricky away trips as 2008 FIVB World LeagueLausanne, June 19, 2008 - The second Intercontinental Round in the 2008 FIVB World League starts Friday, with some of the big guns in Volleyball on their travels this weekend as competition heats up in the annual showcase for the world's finest Volleyball players competing for more than USD 20...