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Japan's iron ladies show struggling male footballers the way

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Manchester United beat Tottenham to reach FA Cup final

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China beats Thailand to get bronze of AFC Women's Asian Cup

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Qatar urges FIFA talks before any World Cup expansion

QatarWorldCuporganizersonSaturdaytoldFIFAitwas"important"toholdtalksbeforeanyfinaldecisionwastakentoexpandthe2022tournamentto48teams.InthefirstresponsebytheGulf

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CONMEBOL backs North American World Cup bid

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Japan draw Australia 1-1, both into semifinals of AFC Women's Asian Cup

JapanandAustraliadrew1-1onFridayandbothadvancedtotheAFCWomen'sAsianCup2018semifinalsandqualifiedfortheFIFAWomen'sWorldCup2019.MidfielderMizuhoSakaguchiscoredthe

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Messi deserves to win a World Cup, says Peru coach

Peru'sArgentiniancoachRicardoGarecahasexpressedhopethathiscompatriotLionelMessiwillonedaywintheWorldCup.Five-timeBallond'OrwinnerMessihassaidthatthisyear'sWorld

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Messi, Suarez to support South American World Cup host bid

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Eight Argentine cities to feature in 2030 World Cup bid

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China sweep Thailand 4-0 in their AFC Women's Asian Cup opener

ChinawonitsfirstmatchintheAFCWomen'sAsianCup2018hereonFriday,whitewashingThailand4-0inGroupA.Chinaopenedthescoringinthe56thminutewhenmidfielderSongDuanfiredfrom

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Iran to meet Syria in soccer friendly

AfriendlymatchbetweenIrannationalsoccerteamandSyriaaspartofpreparationforthe2018WorldCuphasbeenconfirmed,TehranTimesdailyreportedonSaturday.Thematchwilltakeplac

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Powered by Yibing, China take 2-0 lead against India

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Ways must be found so Chinese referees worth their whistles

FIFAhasunveiledthenamesoftherefereesforthe2018WorldCupthatwillbestagedinRussiafromJune14toJuly15.Itisapity,butnotasurprise,thatthereisnotasingleChineserefereeam

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Morocco confident of hosting a successful 2026 World Cup

Moroccoisconfidentofstagingthe2026WorldCupiftheNorthAfricancountryisawardedtherighttodosointheWorldCupvoteonJune13.HichamElAmrani,theChiefExecutiveOfficerofMoro

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Football | Isco hat-trick as brilliant Spain thrash Argentina

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Salah-less Egypt lose to Greece in World Cup warm-up

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World Cup hopefuls Spain crush Argentina, Brazil edge Germany

Iscoscoredahat-trickasSpainhammeredanArgentinasidewithoutLionelMessi6-1inafriendlyonTuesday,whileBrazildefeatedGermany1-0intheirfirstmeetingsincethe2014WorldCup