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BEST GOAL Rivaldo's opener in the second-round encounter with Belgium was a stunning example of perfect footwork. The Brazilian No. 10 positioned himself at the edge of the 18-yard box for a looping cross from Ronaldinho on the right. His back to goal, Rivaldo received the ball...
In their last Cup encounter with Germany in 1998, they showed they couldn't. The Germans knocked both the ball and the Americans around the park. This time a more skilled, better coached American team took the game to the Germans from the outset, with 20-year-old Landon Donovan...
Not since Mrs. O'Leary's cow had its encounter with that lantern has the origin of a fire sparked such keen national interest. Or so many questions: Did veteran Forest Service worker Terry Barton set the Hayman wildfire by accident when her campfire surged out of control? Or did...
France, Argentina and Portugal are not the only sides to have provided insufficient entertainment. Overshadowed by the fall of the European and South American giants was the dismal showing by the principal African challengers. Cameroon and Nigeria came into the tournament fully expecting to make the last eight, and perhaps...
Khoo Thwe's education is abruptly terminated in 1987, when Burma's superstition-obsessed dictator, General Ne Win, orders the nation's bank-notes to be replaced with new denominations divisible by nine, his lucky number. The savings of millions of Burmese (Khoo Thwe's included) are wiped out overnight...