France just beat Ireland in extra time thanks to a blatant Thierry Henry handball pass to William Gallas in the 104th minute. Henry touched the ball not once, but twice with his hand, directing the ball right to the…

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Algeria has traveled to Egypt for a match on Saturday with a spot in the 2010 World Cup on the line. Tensions were expected to run high during the game, but what happened to the Algerian team on the way to their hotel shows that this will be no normal match. Egyptian fans armed with bricks bombarded…

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Iran took on South Korea in a World Cup 2010 Qualifier today, and several players were spotted wearing green wristbands during the match. Green is the color used by supporters of Mir-Hossein Mousavi, the opposition candidate most people believe was robbed in the recent election in Iran. Since the match was watched by millions of people in Iran, their statement of…

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Peruvian soccer player Hernan Rengifo is livid with the management of Peru's national team. He's got a pretty good reason. Following Peru's 1-0 loss in Colombia, the team left Rengifo behind, only realizing that he was still in Medellin when they had arrived back in Lima. Of all of the places in the world that you'd not want to be left…

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In most places, if you run across the field, your reward might be a quick but gentle escorting from the field by security, plus a light charge and a small fine. In Kazakhstan, they do things a bit differently. Kazakhstan faced England in a World Cup qualifier this weekend, and as the score became worse and worse…

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