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| European champion Spain won 3-0 at Estonia to extend its unbeaten streak to 25 games, and England outplayed Kazakhstan 5-1 in another World Cup qualifying game Saturday after being booed off the field at halftime by its fans. Struggling France rallied from two goals down to tie Romania 2-2 and preserve coach Raymond Domenech's job, and Germany edged Russia 2-1 to stay in first place in its group. |
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| Spain, Germany and England all
chalked up victories in their qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup
on Saturday while France, finalists two years ago, had to fight
back from two goals down to draw 2-2 in Romania.
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| European champions Spain
maintained their 100 percent record in World Cup qualifying
Group Five with a straightforward 3-0 win over struggling
Estonia on Saturday.
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| Estonia 0 Spain 2 - 2010 World Cup Group
Five qualifying latest.
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| Rejuvenated England, European kings Spain and defending champions Italy hope their young players can fire them closer to the 2010 World Cup finals on Saturday. |
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| Spain winger Albert Riera wants to
make up for missing out on Euro 2008 by convincing coach Vicente
del Bosque to give him a regular place in the squad for the 2010
World Cup campaign.
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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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| Spain coach Vicente del Bosque
called up Liverpool winger Albert Riera for their October World
Cup qualifiers after Diego Capel was forced to withdraw from the
squad because of injury on Tuesday.
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| A second-half goal from Manuel
Fernandes gave Valencia a 1-0 victory at Real Valladolid and saw
them regain top spot in the Primera Liga on Sunday.
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