"The silver medal has inspired us to try even harder in the International Cup final, " said off-spinning all-rounder Mohammad Nabi.
Brazil is expected to receive about 600, 000 international visitors for the World Cup.
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The forward also announced his retirement from international football after the World Cup, having scored 51 goals for France in 123 appearances.
Olonga retired from international cricket after the World Cup, and said he could not return to Zimbabwe because he feared for his safety.
It's a significant milestone in English soccer where the regular season is 38 games, with cup competitions and international games adding up to 30 more.
In December, he won the Hong Kong Cup, an international showcase race with a hefty purse, for the second year in a row atop the same gray gelding, California Memory.
The Dubliner played for England in the 2007 World Cup and under International Cricket Council rules he should be unable to switch allegiance back to the country of his birth until April 2011.
Then the team plays in the Gold Cup, a tournament important to U.S. international hopes (the winner gets a spot in the Confederations Cup, a World Cup warm-up).
They often represented Spain in international tennis competitions like the Davis Cup and Fed Cup.
The injury-prone 33-year-old Roma captain retired from international play after lifting the world Cup in Germany.
Paterson first pulled on an international shirt in the 1999 World Cup against Spain at Murrayfield.
Morientes hit three goals for Spain during the World Cup to take his international strike rate to 17 in 28 games.
Senior retired from international rugby after the 2008 World Cup and McClennan believes that decision will benefit both the player and Leeds.
Cameroon offered Lauren an international career before the 1998 World Cup finals.
Despite this, die hard fans have stuck with it and continued to compete, some at an international level for the Subbuteo World Cup.
He became an expert on policing football hooligans and worked at international tournaments including the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan.
Mulonga said the lack of suitable infrastructure in Zambia is a result of the country's failure to stage international events like the African Nations Cup.
Poll was pointedly not selected to referee in the second round of matches, and tendered his own resignation from international football soon after the World Cup.
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The tour was to take place in February and March but was rescheduled mutually after the International Cricket Council switched the World Cup start to March.
On a match day, be it an FA Cup final, a European Cup final or an international, Wembley used to be home to a heaving mass of humanity.
He has been capped 11 times since his 2007 international debut, including four World Cup qualifiers in 2008, and is scheduled to return home in time for the USA's friendly with Sweden on 24 January.
Even Clint Dempsey, who scored 23 goals for English Premier League Club Fulham last year, will have to work harder to truly impress his national coach, a former international star who won a World Cup for Germany in 1990.
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The 32-year-old will play his 200th one-day international innings in Wednesday's Asia Cup final in Dhaka against Sri Lanka.
"I like it, " said Patrick Vieira, the former French international whose side lost the 2006 World Cup final to Italy on penalty kicks.
The Cecafa Challenge Cup, including its predecessor the Gossage Cup, is the oldest international competition on the African continent, having first been played in 1926.
Muralitharan retired from Test cricket last year but remained in the limited-overs set-up although he announced in January that the World Cup would be his final international tournament.
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Up to 27 Primera Liga players could miss the final league match of the season because of international call-ups for the Nations Cup qualifiers, the Copa America and the European Under-21 championships.
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According to Europol, match-fixing is suspected in games including qualifiers for the sport's two biggest international tournaments the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship as well as Europe's top club competition, the UEFA Champions League.
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