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...Crimson, ranked No. 35 nationally at season’s end, hopes to improve upon its 15-6 record and crack into the top 30. With the first tourney, the Notre Dame Invitational, still over a week away, the team has yet to determine the singles lineup and doubles pairings...
...display on a drizzly August day in the small town of Lacanau, on France's Atlantic coast, where Alex Naturel and his girlfriend Julie Marson, both 17, were among the hundreds of spectators watching 64 women compete in the Orange Lacanau Trophy, a qualifying event for the W.C.T. The tourney lasts five days, with heats beginning at 8 or 9 a.m. and wrapping up by 6 p.m. It's an elimination tournament, with the finals a contest among the four remaining riders. A panel of judges awards a score of 1 to 10 for each ride. "Surfing...
...arenas. Yet, each co-host was determined to outdo the other, every architectural wonder spurring on its long-standing rivalry. South Korea and Japan spent $2.7 billion and $4.6 billion on infrastructure, respectively. The Korean city of Daegu blew its entire annual budget in the lead-up to the tourney, constructing Korea's largest Cup stadium even though this town, too, has no football club. "It's a nice place, but there's no real reason to ever come back again," says sales clerk Nam Soo Ri, standing in the 65,857-capacity arena. "It feels like such a waste...
...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 of host countries Japan and Korea, both of whom went further than anyone imagined. Maybe all these...
...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 of host countries Japan and Korea, both of whom went further than anyone imagined. Maybe all these...