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...Mexicans to play a qualifier in Columbus, Ohio, in frigid temperatures?far from the warmth of Los Angeles, the usual site, where 90,000 fans, most of them Mexican, would turn a U.S. home game into an away contest. The U.S. rocked the chilly Mexicans, 2-0. In the knockout round of the Cup, the Yanks repeated the performance, absorbing Mexican pressure and executing two crisp counterattacks for goals...
...This World Cup has been full of surprises, but none more startling than the ascendance of Team Japan. It isn't just that the unfancied squad won its group?going undefeated against Russia, Belgium and Tunisia?thereby qualifying for the knockout stage of the tournament for the first time. It's the way they've succeeded, with an aggressive Day-Glo style that has commanded the spotlight at the world's premier sporting event, instantly lifting a dispirited nation. "Winning these games, the team gives us Japanese the power to be brave," says 18-year-old college student Hiroki Sakaue...
...humiliation of the holders, the South American champions and fancied Portugal certainly marks the end of certainties. Not since Brazil in 1966 has the reigning champion been eliminated in the first round. Not since 1962 has Argentina failed to progress to the knockout stage. And when was the last time three possible semifinalists went home this early? Try never. After last week, only a reckless fool would predict safe passage for the big names in future tournaments...
...Bang Kwang was ruled out, says Siwa, because of the lack of a decent pitch and a paucity of expatriate inmates. Klong Prem is different. When the knockout tournament began (the final is on June 18), the prison boasted 1,158 foreigners?out of a total of 7,218 prisoners?from 56 countries. And while some of them are serving sentences of up to 30 years for crimes like armed robbery and murder, there aren't nearly as many hard cases and unregenerate desperados as you would find in Bang Kwang...
...Nike, do not even sponsor the competition. Adidas, an official sponsor, is the leader in the soccer goods market and happily promotes the familiar values of teamwork in its advertising. Nike's campaign, condemned by the governing body FIFA as "ambush marketing," is trying instead to reinvent soccer. Scorpion Knockout is the futuristic, pared-down game played by 24 stars like Thierry Henry, Luis Figo and Fredrik Ljungberg in an expensive - reportedly $14.5 million - three-minute commercial that has been airing since April. In the ad, to a thumping remix of Elvis Presley's A Little Less Conversation (A Little...