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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece national soccer team coach Fernando Santos plans to leave after the World Cup.

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FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil (AP) — FIFA, soccer's governing body, is set to decide whether a delayed stadium in Brazil will still host matches during this year's World Cup.

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Here are the groups for the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

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SAO PAULO (AP) — Part of the stadium that will host the World Cup opener in Brazil next year collapsed on Wednesday, causing significant damage and killing three people, authorities said.

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Mexico qualified for the World Cup after defeating New Zealand 4-2 in Wellington.  It was the second leg of an inter-continental playoff.

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CAIRO (AP) — Egypt will host the second leg of its World Cup playoff against Ghana at a military stadium in Cairo in November, the first time the national team will play in the violence-hit capital in two years.

The Egyptian Football Association said Wednesday that fans would be allowed in to the Nov. 19 game. The EFA says the decision was made after discussions among the association, sports minister and state authorities.

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Sometime in the mid 2000s, the programming brass at ESPN became determined to turn the world's most popular sport into a ratings bonanza.  I'll be the first to admit that I didn't even know the European Championships existed until four years ago

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Englishman Ian Darke's "Go-Go, USA!" goal call of Landon Donovan's stoppage time winner that lifted the US over Algeria in World Cup 2010 will live forever as one of the classic calls in American sports. But if US Soccer ever starts looking for some American excitement, look no further than Gus Johnson and Bill Raftery.

Two words..."Major onions!"

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