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| 3. | PanAfrica: Africa Fails to Live Up to Pele's Prediction (AllAfrica.com) | | | | | An African team will win the World Cup by 2010." That is the bold statement once made by Brazilian legend Pele.The prediction will certainly not come true this time around, after Pele's own Brazilian compatriots swept Africa's remaining nation, Ghana, aside and out of the competition. |
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| 5. | Best Mate seals place in horse racing history | | | | | Turkish Daily News - Late in an otherwise incident-free match, Liverpool's El Hadji Diouf, after seeming to hear a comment from the stands, spit in the direction of fans seated in the front rows. He was taken off moments later by Houllier. Liverpool won the same ... |
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| 6. | Redskins down Jets in season-opening thriller | | | | | Turkish Daily News - GLASGOW - Liverpool's African Player of the Year El Hadji Diouf has been fined 5,000 pounds ($7,850) for spitting on a Celtic fan during a UEFA Cup quarterfinal tie in March. The 22-year-old Senegalese pleaded guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to ... |
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| 7. | The Agony and the Irony | | | | | Time - Today's Senegal-Uruguay contest featured El Hadji Diouf doing a two and half with a full twist without the formalities of Uruguay keeper Carini actually laying a finger on him. Referee Wegereef went for it like a frog on a fly. Penalty ... |
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| 8. | World Cup: Brazil Carves Up Turkey | | | | | Time - You can't score if you don't shoot, and like England before them, Turkey treated the Brazilian 18-yard line like it was a steel fence. Hakan Sukur, apart from one marvelous moment, was anonymous. The conventional wisdom that Ilhan should have been on ... |
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| 9. | The dreaded Niigata sickness | | | | | ESPN.com - I can tell you one thing -- if El Hadji Diouf is going to Liverpool, he's going to have to do something about that haircut. Henri Camara's golden goal in the 104th minute is a heartbreaking way for Sweden to leave the tournament, especially as ... |
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