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CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday, July 9
At Berlin
Italy 1, France 1, Italy won 5-3 on penalty kicks
THIRD PLACE
Saturday, July 8
At Stuttgart, Germany
Germany 3, Portugal 1
SEMIFINALS
Tuesday, July 4
At Dortmund, Germany
Italy 2, Germany 0
Wednesday, July 5
At Munich, Germany
France 1, Portugal 0
QUARTERFINALS
Friday, June 30
Quarterfinal A
Germany 1 Argentina 1 (Germany wins 4-2 in shootout)
At Hamburg, Germany
Italy 3, Ukraine 0
Saturday, July 1
At Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Portugal 0, England 0 (Portgual wins 3-1 in shootout)
At Frankfurt, Germany
France, 1, Brazil 0
SECOND ROUND
Saturday, June 24
At Munich, Germany
Germany 2, Sweden 0
At Leipzig, Germany
Argentina 2, Mexico 1, extra time
Sunday, June 25
At Stuttgart, Germany
England 1, Ecuador 0
At Nuremberg, Germany
Portugal 1, Netherlands 0
Monday, June 26
At Kaiserslautern, Germany
Italy 1, Australia 0
At Cologne, Germany
Ukraine 0, Switzerland 0 (Ukraine wins 3-0 in shootout)
Tuesday, June 27
At Dortmund, Germany
Brazil 3, Ghana 0
At Hanover, Germany
France 3, Spain 1
FIRST ROUND
All times ET
Friday, June 9
At Munich, Germany
Germany 4, Costa Rica 2 (Group A)
At Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Ecuador 2, Poland 0 (Group A)
Saturday, June 10
At Frankfurt, Germany
England 1, Paraguay 0 (Group B)
At Dortmund, Germany
Trinidad and Tobago 0, Sweden 0 (Group B)
At Hamburg, Germany
Argentina 2, Ivory Coast 1 (Group C)
Sunday, June 11
At Leipzig, Germany
Netherlands 1, Serbia-Montenegra 0 (Group C)
At Nuremberg, Germany
Mexico 3, Iran 1 (Group D)
At Cologne, Germany
Portugal 1, Angola 0 (Group D)
Monday, June 12
At Kaiserslautern, Germany
Australia 3, Japan 1 (Group F)
At Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Czech Republic 3, United States 0 (Group E)
At Hanover, Germany
Italy 2, Ghana 0 (Group E)
Tuesday, June 13
At Frankfurt, Germany
South Korea 2, Togo 1
At Stuttgart, Germany
France 0, Switzerland 0
At Berlin
Brazil 1, Croatia 0 (Group F)
Wednesday, June 14
At Leipzig, Germany
Spain 4, Ukraine 0 (Group H)
At Munich, Germany
Tunisia 2, Saudi Arabia 2 (Group H)
At Dortmund, Germany
Germany 1, Poland 0 (Group A)
Thursday, June 15
At Hamburg, Germany
Ecuador 3, Costa Rica 0 (Group A)
At Nuremberg, Germany
England 2, Trinidad and Tobago 0 (Group B)
At Berlin
Sweden 1, Paraguay 0 (Group B)
Friday, June 16
At Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Argentina 6, Serbia-Montenegro 0 (Group C)
At Stuttgart, Germany
Netherlands 2, Ivory Coast 1 (Group C)
At Hanover, Germany
Mexico 0, Angola 0 (Group D)
Saturday, June 17
At Frankfurt, Germany
Portugal 2, Iran 0 (Group D)
At Cologne, Germany
Ghana 2, Czech Republic 0 (Group E)
At Kaiserslautern, Germany
Italy 1, United States 1 (Group E)
Sunday, June 18
At Nuremberg, Germany
Japan 0, Croatia 0 (Group F)
At Leipzig, Germany
France 1, South Korea 1 (Group G)
At Munich, Germany
Brazil 2, Australia 0 (Group F)
Monday, June 19
At Dortmund, Germany
Switzerland 2, Togo 0 (Group G)
At Hamburg, Germany
Ukraine 4, Saudi Arabia 0 (Group H)
At Stuttgart, Germany
Spain 3, Tunisia 1 (Group H)
Tuesday, June 20
At Berlin
Germany 3, Ecuador 0 (Germany wins Group A)
At Hanover, Germany
Poland 2, Costa Rica 1 (Group A)
At Cologne, Germany
England 1, Sweden 1 (Group B)
At Kaiserslautern, Germany
Paraguay 2, Trinidad and Tobago 0 (Group B)
Wednesday, June 21
At Gelsenkirchen, Germany
Portugal 2, Mexico 1 (Group D)
At Leipzig, Germany
Iran 1, Angola 1 (Group D)
At Frankfurt, Germany
Netherlands 0, Argentina 0 (Group C)
At Munich, Germany
Ivory Coast 3, Serbia-Montenegro 2 (Group C)
Thursday, June 22
At Hamburg, Germany
Italy 2, Czech Republic 0 (Group E)
At Nuremberg, Germany
Ghana 2, United States 1 (Group E)
At Dortmund, Germany
Brazil 4, Japan 1 (Group F)
At Stuttgart, Germany
Croatia 2, Australia 2 (Group F)
Friday, June 23
At Berlin
Ukraine 1, Tunisia 0 (Group H)
At Kaiserslautern, Germany
Spain 1, Saudi Arabia 0 (Group H)
At Cologne, Germany
France 2, Togo 0 (Group G)
At Hanover, Germany
Switzerland 2, South Korea 0 (Group G)
BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) -England defender Joleon Lescott preserved Manchester City's two-point lead in the Premier League by scoring a second-half winner in a 1-0 victory at Aston Villa on Sunday.
Alex Morgan's 2 goals, including the winner in stoppage time, lift the U.S. past New Zealand 2-1.
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Jeremy Lin hit a free throw with 4.9 seconds left to overcome a dreadful second half and lift the New York Knicks to their fifth straight victory, 100-98, over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Saturday night.
Wesseling: Each NFL team enters the offseason with a series of pressing needs. Sometimes a team can address them all, sometimes they ignore them all. But if a team's smart, they'll listen to us. These are the most crucial aspects for AFC teams.
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