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KIMBERLEY, South Africa (Reuters) - Uruguay defender Diego Godin is doubtful for their quarter-final clash with Ghana on Friday, coach Oscar Tabarez said.
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| South Africa will mark the 50-day countdown to the World Cup with a celebration Wednesday at a football stadium in Kimberley, in the country's Northern Cape province. South African President Jacob Zuma and local organizing committee chief executive Danny Jordaan will address a crowd at the Galeshewe Stadium. |
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| Uruguay's World Cup training base will be situated in Kimberley in Northern Cape province. The national team announced the decision on Wednesday. The venue is located about 700 kilometers (450 miles) northeast of Cape Town, and 500 kilometers (300 miles) southwest of Pretoria and Rustenburg. Playing in Group A, Uruguay faces France in Cape Town, South Africa in Pretoria and then Mexico in... |
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| Champions Borussia Dortmund
maintained their two-point lead at the top of the Bundesliga on
Saturday with a 1-0 win against Bayer Leverkusen as rivals
Bayern Munich beat Kaiserslautern 2-0 to keep up with the pace.
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| Shinji Kagawa fired Borussia Dortmund to a 1-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen to maintain his side's 15-game unbeaten run Saturday, and Bayern Munich beat Kaiserslautern 2-0 to keep the pressure on the Bundesliga leader. Kagawa's moment of magic in the 45th minute was enough in Dortmund for the defending champions, who remain two points ahead of second-place Bayern. |
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| The Manchester United manager slammed the Uruguayan's behavior before kick-off, insisting that he "could have caused a riot" given the tensions between the two clubs |
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| Striker Olivier Giroud scored his league leading 16th goal as Montpellier beat Ajaccio 3-0 to take the provisional lead in the French league on Saturday. Morocco playmaker Younes Belhanda converted a penalty in the 53rd minute before midfielder Remy Cabella doubled the lead with a diagonal shot in the 64th. |
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| Francois Zahoui at one point doubted if he was good enough to be coach of the star-studded Ivory Coast team. The reserved Zahoui prefers to watch his team with arms crossed near the dugout, showing little emotion. His opponent in Sunday's African Cup of Nations final, Zambia tactician Herve Renard, is accused of being bigheaded and his flamboyant and frenzied touchline antics have been a... |
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| A 15-minute goal blitz gave
Montpellier a 3-0 home win against AC Ajaccio and provisional
top spot in Ligue 1 on Saturday.
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