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Kevin McCarra: For Fabio Capello this is not just a run-out for understudies

Tonight's game will have no enduring relevance, but it could go down as the match that made Fabio Capello vacillate. At the weekend, he was off-hand about the meeting with Germany. "I think this will be a friendly game," he...

A cutting-edge shortlist for the Costa book awards

If your first thought was that this year's Costa shortlist for best novel looks rather white, male and middle-aged, then your second should perhaps be that this is itself a novelty these days. Literary prize juries have given...

Dutch could rely on in-form Kuyt

Published Date: 19 November 2008 LIVERPOOL striker Dirk Kuyt is hoping to take his Premier League scoring form into the Netherlands side that takes on Sweden in a friendly tonight. The Dutch are without Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and...

Arbeloa to Kop a new contract

LIVERPOOL plan to open contract talks with Alvaro Arbeloa. Atletico Madrid are keen on the right-back who joined from Deportivo La Coruna for £2.6million in 2006. Kop manager Rafa Benitez wants to keep hold of Arbeloa, 25, as...

Griffey to represent U.S. as goodwill ambassador

He'll represent the values of the U.S. on a January baseball trip to Panama He joins Cal Ripken Jr., Michelle Kwan and Fran Drescher as goodwill envoys WASHINGTON (AP) -- Ken Griffey Jr. has joined a new team. The star...

Al Qaeda troubled in Pakistan under leader: expert

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Al Qaeda is struggling to boost its appeal in Pakistan following President Pervez Musharraf's resignation, a U.S. terrorism expert concludes based on comments by the militant network.

US says it fired at insurgents in Pakistan

U.S. troops in Afghanistan launched a barrage of artillery at insurgents attacking their position from inside Pakistan's volatile tribal region, in a cross-border strike coordinated with Pakistan's military, U.S. and NATO...

Spain: Judge drops civil war probe

Jurisdiction issue forces the end of alleged crime against humanity case MADRID, Spain - Spain's most famous judge abandoned a drive for a symbolic indictment of the late Gen. Francisco Franco and his regime, dropping a probe...

Maradona nicking spotlight from European stars

LONDON (AP) -- Diego Maradona is Argentina's new coach and will be on the bench for the first time to direct his team's play when it faces Scotland at Glasgow's Hampden Park. It starts a new chapter to a career that has...

Lieberman to Keep His Senate Chairmanship

Susan Davis reports on Congress. Despite some lingering hard feelings for his support of Republican presidential candidate John McCain , Joe Lieberman received the overwhelming support of his Senate Democratic colleagues today,...

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