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Euro 2008 |
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Spain are European champions after defeating Germany in Vienna to the score
of a 1-0 and come away with their second all-time European championship.
After breezing through the group stage, Spain had to contend with their
nemesis Italy in the quarter-finals, whom they barely defeated on penalties.
Upstarts Russia were up next, who has taken care of world-beaters the
Netherlands in the quarter-finals. Just as in the group stage though,
Spain handled them easily.
Germany had a fairly straightforward path out of the group stage, setting
up a thrilling quarter-final with high powered Portugal, followed by an
amazing semi-final against the Turks.
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2008 Copa Libertadores |
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LDU Quito are the first Ecuadorian club to be Copa Libertadores Champions after having
defeated Fluminense in the final. The Brazilians defeated last year's champions Boca
Juniors in the semi-finals.
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European Cups 2007-2008 |
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Manchester United are European champions for the third time, their other two
triumphs coming in 1999 and 1968. Fellow Britons Chelsea were the finalist, their first.
2007 champions AC Milan were knocked out in the round of 16 by Arsenal.
Meanwhile, the UEFA Cup was taken by the Russian side Zenit St. Petersburg at the
expense of Glasgow Rangers in the final, becoming the second Russian team to win
the UEFA Cup, the other being CSKA Moscow in 2005.
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2007-2008 Domestic European Leagues |
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Olympique Lyon have made it a stunning seven French championships in
a row, taking the 2007-2008 crown. In England, Manchester United made it
two in a row by holding off Chelsea, whom they also went on to beat in
the final of the European Champion's League. Bayern
Munich regained their winning ways after a one season hiatus from the top
in Germany, while in Belgium Standard Liege gave Anderlecht a year off from
the top. Inter Milan made it three in a row in Italy, as did FC Porto
in Portugal along with Celtic Glasgow who also made it three in Scotland.
PSV Eindhoven bested the Dutch league for the fourth consecutive season,
while Real Madrid made it two in a row over Barcelona in Spain.
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2008 African Cup of Nations |
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Egypt have retained their African championship crown, their sixth title
in the history of the tournament, the most of
any nation. Hosts Ghana fell in the semi-finals to Cameroon, who in
turn lost to Egypt in the final. Egypt Defeated powerhouse Ivory Coast
in their semi-final.
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2007 Copa America |
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Brazil are once again the champions of South America having won the 2007
Copa America. Just as in 2004, Argentina fell short to the Brazilians in
the final. This is the eigth Copa
America championship for Brazil, to go along with their five World
Cup titles. Hosts Venezuela did well to reach the quarter finals before
bowing out to Uruguay.
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2007 Brazilian Championship |
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Sao Paulo are Brazilian champions for 2007, the fifth title
for the club and second in a row.
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2007 Argentina Apertura |
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Lanus has won the first of two seasonal tournaments in Argentina,
the Apertura. Last seasons winners were Estudiantes for the Apertura
and Boca Juniors for the Clausura
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World Cup 2006 |
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Italy are world champions after defeating France in the final on penalty kicks,
the match having ended in a 1-1 draw. This was Italy's fourth title, the other
three coming in 1930, 1934, and 1982. France came close to winning their second
title, but failed in the final's shootout in spite of being the better team.
Italy's path to the final saw them breeze through their group, crushing the
Czech Republic and Ghana, and drawing against the USA. Italy then faced
Australia in the round of 16, needing a dubious injury time penalty to win,
then faced surprise quarter-finalist Ukraine, and finally knocking out the home
side Germany in extra time of the semi-finals. France struggled in their group,
settling for draws against Switzerland and South Korea, and finally defeating
Togo to advance. France then defeated high-flying Spain in the round-of-16,
shocked Brazil in the quarters, and got by Portugal in the semis. Germany took
third place, having knocked out Argentina in the quarter-finals.
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