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| Australia's Melbourne Victory launched their first AFC Champions League campaign with a 2-0 win over South Korea's Chunnam Dragons here on Wednesday. |
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| MELBOURNE, Australia (Ticker) - The man reported to be behind the English Premier League's bid to stage a round of matches overseas has admitted it is "unlikely to happen" given the raft of global opposition. |
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| Coach Pim Verbeek said Sunday he will not be calling up Liverpool star Harry Kewell for Australia's opening World Cup qualifier with Qatar in Melbourne this week. |
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| Australia will begin their campaign to qualify for the 2010 World Cup in Melbourne on February 6 next year against Qatar, Football Federation Australia said Thursday. |
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| Victory's banned players to learn fate |
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| Sydney FC coach Branko Culina was fined Tuesday for disparaging comments made to a referee who was pelted with plastic bottles as he left the pitch following an ill-tempered loss to arch-rivals Melbourne. |
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| Australia 0 Argentina 1 - friendly
international result in Melbourne, Australia on Tuesday:
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| Lionel Messi has played down
comparisons with Argentina hero and compatriot Diego Maradona
ahead of his country's friendly against Australia in Melbourne
on Tuesday.
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| A-league: Adelaide hold Melbourne to 1-1 draw |
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| Australia named their squad on
Thursday for the friendly international against Argentina in
Melbourne on Sept. 11.
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