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France v Portugal
Yellow alert at Munich
Zinedine Zidane will be walking a disciplinary tightrope as he attempts to inspire France to victory in their World Cup semifinal against Portugal here Wednesday.

Portugal seek revenge
Portugal are determined to beat France in their World Cup semifinal on Wednesday to avenge a defeat at the same stage of Euro 2000.

Carlos calls time on Brazil
Brazilian Roberto Carlos has quit international soccer following Brazil's 1-0 quarterfinal defeat to France in which he was widely blamed for failing to mark goalscorer Thierry Henry.

WC Briefs
Brazil and Argentina's defeats to France and Germany in the World Cup has left distraught the team's many supporters in poverty-wracked Haiti.

Last galacticos standing
Zinedine Zidane and Luis Figo go into battle on Wednesday not only to try and propel France or Portugal respectively into the World Cup final but also to have the honour of being the last of the galacticos

Pele blames Parreira
Carlos Alberto Parreira was mainly to blame for Brazil's failure to justify their favourites tag at the World Cup finals said Brazilian legend Pele on Monday.

Ronaldinho statue set ablaze
Angry Brazilian football fans have destroyed a seven-metre tall statue of World Player of the Year Ronaldinho following the national team's World Cup quarterfinal exit at the hands of France.

English shun Portugal as holiday resort
England fans seeking solace from their World Cup woe were shunning Portugal as a holiday destination after the national squad knocked England out of the tournament, travel agents said Tuesday.

Uruguayan handed whistle
Uruguayan Jorge Larrondia has been appointed referee for the potentially explosive World Cup semifinal between 1998 world champions France and Euro 2004 finalists Portugal in Munich, it was announcedon

It's Hot Out There

Wimbledon
Belgians on a roll
Justine Henin-Hardenne won the battle of Wimbledon wives with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over French qualifier Severine Bremond to move into semi-finals at the All England Club here on Tuesday.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Miguel wants to make people happy
Portugal must repay the faith of their people and reach their first ever World Cup finals said defender Miguel on Monday.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Thuram calls for focus
Lilian Thuram has warned France of the danger of approaching Wednesday's semifinal with Portugal believing they've already reached the World Cup summit with their heroics in Frankfurt against Brazil.

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Mysterious phrase from French
Gloria Gaynor's iconic disco classic "I Will Survive" was used by France as their anthem on the march to the 1998 World Cup title - eight years on it's a phrase rather than a song that's inspiring Zinedine

FIFA World Cup
Germany 2006
Platini disappointed at quality of play
Former French star Michel Platini has said he is disappointed with the standard of football shown at the World Cup.

U-17 to play in Malaysia
The Bangladesh Under-17 team will leave on Friday for Malaysia to participate in the Under-17 Golden Hope International Cricket Challenge competition to be held from July 9.

Lady luck smiles on locals
Draw of The Daily Star-Rangs Toshiba World Cup Quiz Round 4
It took four rounds for The Daily Star-Rangs Toshiba World Cup Quiz to find a local winner as Sumon of Chittagong ran away with the first prize of a 21-inch Toshiba Bomba Flat TV.

SL break ODI record
Sri Lanka broke the world record for the highest one-day international total in their match against Netherlands at Amstelveen on Tuesday.

Maria's eyes on prize
Not even the appearance of a streaker on Centre Court could distract Maria Sharapova from her task as she brushed aside fellow Russian Elena Dementieva in her Wimbledon quarterfinal.

Baggy green inspires Aussies
Australia will be seen in a "revolutionary" new green and gold uniform when the new season starts in 2007, Cricket Australia announced today.

Corporate World Cup!
Although the World Cup final is still days away and the outcome anything but certain, leading makers of sportswear and equipment such as Nike, Adidas and Puma were already claiming Tuesday to be the winners

Capello resigns as Juve face relegation
Juventus coach Fabio Capello resigned on Tuesday in the wake of the Italian match-fixing scandal after the club was set to be relegated at least two divisions.

Cubans want WC participation
Football is suffering in Cuba because it comes low on the priority list way behind the Caribbean island's top sport of baseball, according to respected coach Roberto Hernandez.

Germany favourites in Britain
In the absence of England in the World Cup semifinals, Germany were the favourites to win the tournament at British betting shops on Tuesday.

Neo-Nazi group banned
A German state on Tuesday banned a neo-Nazi group that made nationwide headlines for a flyer in which it targeted racist slurs against a Ghanaian-born football player for Germany's national side.

USA line up Klinsmann
The United States are in talks with Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann to lead their national team to the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, it was reported here on Tuesday.

All white for French
They are known as 'Les Bleus' but for the third time in a row they will play in white. France will be the only team not wearing their home colours in tonight's semifinal, FIFA said on Tuesday.

For the final in the 1958 World Cup, the superstitious Brazilian's decided to forsake their traditional yellow strip for a blue one. Sweden, on the other hand, played in yellow.

Hidetoshi Nakata
(Japanese midfielder)
"Coming into the World Cup, I thought the Japanese team has very good potential. Each player's individual skills are very well and speedy. The only disappointment was that we couldn't play our 100 per cent."