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Iraqis Celebrate Olympic Soccer Quarterfinal Win

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Outstanding practice, everyone, said Gillian. Were in good shape for the game with the Bears tomorrow afternoon. Go home and get some rest now. Gillian slid her coachs clipboard into her gear bag, slung her bag over her shoulder, and walked to her ca

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Catch it, Watch! shouted Benny. He kicked the ball toward Watch. Watch ran after it and pushed it with his nose. Watch, Benny, and Soo Lee were practicing soccer in front of the Aldens house. They were playing keep-away, trying to keep Watch from get

儿童英语读物 The Soccer Mystery CHAPTER 5 A Missing Soccer Player

The Silver City Rockets look like a good soccer team, said Violet. Good. They will be fun to play against, said Jessie cheerfully. And look. Theres even a locker room where we can change into our new shirts. All the soccer teams had gotten new shirts

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Soo Lee looked over her shoulder as they walked across the field toward Gillian. Stan was still standing where they had left him, glaring after them. Uh-oh, she said to Henry in a low voice. Stan looks really angry. Then Im even more glad that were n

新目标初中英语初一上--Unit 5 Do you have a soccer b

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Oh, Benny, what are you doing to Watch? Violet Alden asked her six-year-old brother. Benny Alden grinned. He had tied a bandanna around Watchs head with a leaf tucked under one side to make an eye patch. Im a pirate, he said. And I am making Watch wa

地道英语在线听-Soccer Mom 开车带孩子参加体育运动的妈妈

Vicki: This is Real English from BBC Learning English. Im Vicki. Lilly: 大家好，我是杨莉莉. Vicki: Today were going to look at words and phrases that have recently become part of the English language. Lilly: 在 Real English，也就是《地道英语》节目中

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By Efam Dovi Accra 28 June 2006 It has been very anxious moments for fans in Ghana as they watched the Black Stars on television lose to Brazil 3 to 0. Ghana was the last African country to be eliminated from the World Cup. Despite the somber mood a

China bans former soccer chiefs for life, slaps heavy fines on clubs

By Sportswriters Cao Jianjie and Gong Bing BEIJING, Feb. 18 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese soccer body on Monday banned two former soccer chiefs for life and meted out heavy punishments on match-fixing clubs, concluding a three-year-long drive to clean up C

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By Brian Wagner Miami 13 March 2008 As many as seven members of a Cuban national soccer team are reported to have defected in the United States shortly after playing a match in the U.S. state of Florida. VOA's Brian Wagner has more from Miami. Five o

2007年VOA标准英语-US Teenage Soccer Team Plays in South Korea

By Kurt Achin Seoul 05 September 2007 South Korea is hosting a tournament of the world's best teenage football teams. The Under 17 World Cup is a chance for global sports fans to catch a glimpse of the Beckhams and Ronaldos of the future in a make-or

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By Jim Stevenson Washington 14 November 2007 The U.S. Soccer Federation has announced the hiring of Sweden's Pia Sundhage to coach the American women's national team through the 2008 Beijing Olympics. VOA's Jim Stevenson reports. Sundhage, who starre

Second-Division Soccer Makes a Return in US

Second-division soccer in the United States is set to make a return. The on-again, off-again Division 2 North American Soccer League (NASL) has been provisionally sanctioned by the U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) for the 2011 season. The league will be

Yearender: Chinese soccer breaks hearts, again

BEIJING, Dec. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese soccer fans witnessed another year of fiascos, but this time, they accept it more peacefully as both players and fans feel nothing unusual for they've tasted so many failures in recent years and some of them even

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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi, Kenya 06 December 2007 Kenya's capital, Nairobi, is home to one of Africa's largest dumpsites. A recent United Nations study found that nearly half of the children surveyed who live near the dumpsite suffer from serious med

Italian soccer new season threatened by strike

ROME, Aug. 22 (Xinhua) -- The Italian first division soccer league new season may face a strike if players and clubs do not reach a compromise over a new collective labour agreement. If we do not sign the new labour agreement, the first round of fixt

Bob Bradley Out as US Soccer Coach

The U.S. Soccer Federation has announced that Bob Bradley has been relieved of his duties as the head coach of the U.S. Mens National Team. U.S. Soccer said it will have a further announcement on Friday. Federation president Sunil Gulati said in a pr

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By Mohamed Elshinnawi Washington 03 September 2007 Forty years ago soccer promoters in the United States relied heavily on bringing foreign superstars to play in the North American Soccer League. They introduced the best in soccer through Brazilian l