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2008 African Cup of Nations |
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Egypt have retained their African championship crown, their sixth title
in the history of the tournament, the most of
any nation. Hosts Ghana fell in the semi-finals to Cameroon, who in
turn lost to Egypt in the final. Egypt Defeated powerhouse Ivory Coast
in their semi-final.
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2008 European Cup of Nations |
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The 16 teams for the 2008 European Championship are set. Joining hosts Austria and
Switzerland will be World Champions Italy and runners-up France, who had to fight off
an unexpected challenge by Scotland. Defending champions Greece are in along with
Turkey, while Germany and the Czech Republic cruised to qualification. England went
out its way to miss out, allowing Croatia and Russia to qualify at its expense. Therefore,
there will be no representative from the British Isles at Euro 2008. Also making it are
Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Romania, and The Netherlands.
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European Cups 2007-2008 |
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The group stages for the 2007-2008 European cups are underway with AC Milan looking
to retain their title, with all the other usual suspects in the mix.
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2007 Copa America |
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Brazil are once again the champions of South America having won the 2007
Copa America. Just as in 2004, Argentina fell short to the Brazilians in
the final. This is the eigth Copa
America championship for Brazil, to go along with their five World
Cup titles. Hosts Venezuela did well to reach the quarter finals before
bowing out to Uruguay.
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2007 Copa Libertadores |
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Boca Juniors are the 2007 Copa Libertadores champions, their sixth title. Boca's title
was secured at the expense Gremio Porto Alegre
who were seeking their third championship. Internacional Porto Alegre surrendered their 2006
title when they failed to make it out of the group stage.
The Colombian club Cucuta Deportivo advanced all the way to semi-finals in their first Copa
Libertadores appearance, losing to Boca Juniors. Gremio defeated fellow Brazilian powerhouse
Santos in the semi-finals.
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2006-2007 Domestic European Leagues |
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Olympique Lyon have made it a stunning six French championships in
a row, easily taking the 2006-2007 crown. In England, Manchester United
returned to their glorious days of the 1990's as they bested
the two time defending champions Chelsea for the Premiership. Bayern
Munich's days of dominance ended as they finished a meek fourth in
the Bundesliga, clearing the way for VfB Stuttgart to win the title.
Inter Milan, having taken last season's Seria A title by default, easily retained
their title in the wake of a match fixing scandal that left Juventus to
fight for ascension in Serie B while crippling European champions AC Milan
with a points deduction.
PSV Eindhoven made it three in a row in the Netherlands, while
RSC Anderlecht, FC Porto, and Celtic Glasgow all made it two in a row
in their respective leagues. Real Madrid edged out Barcelona for the Spanish
championship.
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2006 Brazilian Championship |
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Sao Paulo are Brazilian champions for 2006, the fourth title
for the club. 2005 champions Corinthians finished a
disappointing 9th in this edition.
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Argentina Apertura |
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Estudiantes has won the first of two seasonal tournaments in Argentina,
the Apertura. This was Estudiantes' first title.
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World Cup 2006 |
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Italy are world champions after defeating France in the final on penalty kicks, the match
having ended in a 1-1 draw. This was Italy's fourth title, the other three coming in 1930,
1934, and 1982. France came close to winning their second title, but failed in the final's
shootout in spite of being the better team. Italy's path to the final saw them breeze through
their group, crushing the Czech Republic and Ghana, and drawing against the USA. Italy
then faced Australia in the round of 16, needing a dubious injury time penalty to win, then
faced surprise quarter-finalist Ukraine, and finally knocking out the home side Germany in
extra time of the semi-finals. France struggled in their group, settling for draws against
Switzerland and South Korea, and finally defeating Togo to advance. France then defeated
high-flying Spain in the round-of-16, shocked Brazil in the quarters, and got by Portugal
in the semis. Germany took third place, having knocked out Argentina in the quarter-finals.
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