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| Ukraine remained second
in Group Six after sharing a goalless draw with Croatia in
Saturday's World Cup qualifier.
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| Wayne Rooney underlined the confidence surging through England ahead of Saturday's World Cup qualifier against Kazakhstan as the striker claimed Fabio Capello's side can hit even greater heights than they reached in the demolition of Croatia. |
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| Fabio Capello on Friday warned England that their impressive win in Croatia last month will count for nothing if they fail to beat Kazakhstan's mystery men at Wembley on Saturday. |
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| Croatian schoolchildren could
soon be taught how to behave like good sports fans in an attempt
to stamp out the hooliganism and racism that have marred the
country's image in recent years.
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| Wayne Rooney's second-half
performance in last month's 4-1 World Cup qualifying win in
Croatia was the best of his international career, the England
striker said on Thursday.
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| England will do well to remember
the last time they produced a spectacular away performance when
they host Kazakhstan in a World Cup qualifer on Saturday.
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| Croatia's 4-1 drubbing by England in
last month's World Cup qualifier in Zagreb has left coach Slaven
Bilic with little option but to go for a win in their Group Six
match away to Ukraine on Saturday (1700 GMT).
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| European champion Spain remained No. 1 in FIFA's soccer rankings Wednesday, followed by Italy and Germany. The United States is No. 24. The Americans climbed seven places, with fellow CONCACAF member Mexico staying at No.24. Brazil is South America's best, advancing two spots to No. 4. The Netherlands and Croatia dropped a place each to Nos. |
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| Rio Ferdinand has launched a blistering attack on FIFA for failing to deal with racism in football after Croatia were fined just 14,920 pounds (19,084 euros) for abuse aimed at England striker Emile Heskey in Zagreb. |
