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THIERRY HENRY, French soccer star, deflecting blame for a handball that led to the game-tying goal against Ireland and earned France a berth in next summer's World Cup finals. Irish pleas for a rematch were denied by FIFA, the sport's governing body...
...carrying the Algerian squad in Cairo triggered a series of skirmishes there and in Algiers that left fans of both teams injured. The conflict escalated after Algeria won a Nov. 18 match between the two countries in Khartoum, Sudan, earning a spot in the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa. Assaults against Egyptian fans leaving the stadium sparked riots outside the Algerian embassy in Cairo and spurred Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to recall his country's ambassador. Though the frenzy is expected to die down, the two sides could face off again at the Africa Cup of Nations...
Harvard has not won the Howe Cup, the A-division women’s squash championship, since 2001 and has lost in the finals to Princeton for the past two years. Returning all of last year’s starters and with notable freshman additions—such as Laura Gemmell, playing in the No. 1 spot—the Crimson appears set to make a real run at reclaiming the Howe Cup...
...Read "Hey Ireland, Please Drop the World Cup Do-Over...
...Masters capitalized upon this in their letter to the House. In the missive, Pertile tells the tale of a deal he made with the ghost of former University President and House namesake Charles W. Eliot: that new House Masters cannot come unless Eliot House wins the Agassiz Cup for House crew. (Pertile told House members that the former Harvard president agreed to help boost the team to victory this year...