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...really expect anything else? Sure, we had a month-long football festival in two countries without strong soccer traditions, and yes, it was full of surprises. There were the astonishing early eliminations - favorites Argentina and reigning champions France headed home after the first round. There were the shock victories, like Senegal's 1-0 win over the French in an opening match that set the tourney's roller-coaster tone, and the U.S.'s 3-2 defeat of Portugal that helped the Americans advance to the quarterfinals for the first time since 1930. And there were the Cinderella marches...
...high note, not like this." The real surprise of Sampras' and Agassi's defeats was that they lost on grass, a surface that has been well suited to their style of play. Few tournaments now are played on grass, so Wimbledon always throws up some shock results. By the end of the first week, 14 of the top 16 men's seeds had gone, while in the women's side of the draw six of the top 16 had been knocked out. But some things remained unchanged. World No. 1 and top seed Lleyton Hewitt of Australia powered on through...
Dramatic increases in murder and violent crime in Cambridge in recent months—including three shootings in the Area 4 neighborhood in the last month alone—has sent shock and fear through the community, several residents said last night...
...Blame Game By DONALD MACINTYRE Seoul Virtually the only person italian officials did not blame for their team's shock defeat by South Korea was Osama bin Laden. Italy, the country that invented vendetta, wasn't content merely to point fingers, either. Someone had to take the fall. The victim: Ahn Jung Hwan, who scored the golden goal for Korea that knocked Italy out of the Cup. Prior to his hometown heroics, Ahn was an unremarkable player for Perugia in Italy's Serie A league. Perugia president Luciano Gaucci last week booted Ahn off the team. "I have no intention...
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