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2013 Confederations Cup Preview and Predictions

The World Cup in Brazil is only a year away, so the Confederations Cup is upon us. There has been much speculation about Brazil being prepared for the World Cup next year, but that is a worry for another time

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Weekend Watch List: Asian Cup Final And FA Cup Action

The Asian Cup is coming to an end this season and the FA Cup is entering the fourth round of the competition. However, there are a number of exciting match-ups throughout Europe. Here is a look at the top five

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World Cup Day 19: Things We Learned

The quarterfinals are set as Paraguay and Spain took the final spots. Paraguay defeated Japan on penalties after playing to a scoreless draw. Spain advanced defeating Portugal behind a second half goal from David Villa getting the break through against

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World Cup Day 19: Paraguay-Japan Preview

This is the battle of the the lesser known teams in the Round of 16. It will feature two teams that prefer to counter attack so it will be interesting to see which teams looks to take control of the

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World Cup Day 14: Group E Recap And Best XI

Japan have impressed me. I had a pretty low opinion of their chances at this tournament, but they advanced out of their group with two victories after they defeated Denmark 3-1. In the other final game, Netherlands topped the group

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World Cup: Day 14 Preview

Here we are heading into the third day of simultaneous games as Groups E and F will be completed. Group E has Netherlands on top, but an intriguing game between Denmark and Japan will determine the second team to advance

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World Cup Day 9: Things We Learned

We finally had the first team eliminated today as Cameroon crashed out of the tournament. The Indomitable Lions fell 2-1 as Denmark came back to defeat them after Samuel Eto’o had opened the scoring. In the other games, Netherlands won

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World Cup Day 9 Preview

Day 9 will feature Groups D and E. Group D is getting especially interesting with Serbia scoring a victory over Germany. Group E features an interesting match-up between Denmark and Cameroon. Here is my preview of the games today.

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World Cup Day 4: Things We Learned

Another day is in the books. Netherlands got the day started with a 2-0 win over Denmark that was not particularly impressive. In the middle, Japan got a surprise result with a 1-0 win over Cameroon. In the final game,

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World Cup Day 3: Recap And Thoughts

Half of the teams have now played and there was finally the first blowout of the tournament as Germany defeated Australia 4-0. There were also three red cards with one in each game including the first straight red card for

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