The senior women's side won the 2008 Asian Cup after last year making the quarter-finals of the FIFA World Cup.
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The five-time cup winners are the only one of the Premier League's traditional top four left in the FA Cup after Arsenal followed Manchester United and Liverpool out of the competition due to their 3-1 defeat at Stoke City.
However, Togo coach Stephen Keshi remains determined to guide his side to their second World Cup qualification especially after missing out on next year's Africa Cup finals in Ghana.
They entered the Uefa Cup after going out of the Champions League group stages.
Switzerland crashed out of the World Cup after a desperately disappointing display against Honduras.
In April they became the world champions, lifting the World Cup after nearly three decades.
Yes, they won the Carling Cup after I left, but that was my team and my players.
The misery continued on Wednesday night when Reading dumped them out of the FA Cup after extra time in front of their home supporters.
This is Morocco's fourth attempt to host the World Cup after failing in previous bids to stage the 1994, 1998 and 2006 finals.
Henman was delighted with his return to the Davis Cup after three years away and confirmed he would still be avaialble for future ties.
Best Mate remains firmly at the head of the ante-post market for the Gold Cup after the Pillar Chase, usually a reliable trial, proved disappointing.
Paraguay secured their place in the second round of the World Cup after an uneventful draw against New Zealand ensured they finished top of Group F.
South Africa are considered favourites to become the first African country to host the World Cup after narrowly losing out to Germany for the 2006 event.
In 1995 he took the reins of Sri Lanka coach and a year later he took the side to their first-ever World Cup after a seven-wicket victory over Australia.
Bent was also in the frame for the 2006 World Cup after finishing the Premier League season as the top English goalscorer - but was overlooked by then manager Sven-Goran Eriksson.
He was instrumental in building the U.S. national team that qualified for the 1990 World Cup after a 40-year absence and is now vying for its seventh straight berth in football's showcase.
But it was from a through ball by the influential Fabregas that midfielder Iniesta struck making Spain the first team to win a World Cup after losing their opening game of the tournament.
And if England are to win their first World Cup after three runner-up finishes and some embarrassing failures in 1996, 1999, 2003 and 2007, then they will again have to register some shock results.
The Danes ended up in the Uefa Cup after finishing third in their Champions League group, where they had enough quality to take four points off Celtic and draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford.
Okocha, who captained the Super Eagles in the 2002 World Cup after Sunday Oliseh was left out of the squad, quit international football following Nigeria's poor showing that saw them finish bottom of their group.
When we raise the Stanley Cup after winning in our own building and then can go to the casino-hotel after to spend the night with all of our friends and family and players and their families.
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Vale made a promising start to the campaign, reaching the third round of the Carling Cup after victories over both Sheffield clubs, and producing a string of consistent displays in League Two, although without often troubling the top seven.
Gerrard, who captained England at the World Cup after Rio Ferdinand was ruled out by injury, is one of a cluster of players dubbed the "Golden Generation" who have failed to live up to their billing at major tournaments for England.
Midfielder Benjamin Huggel, meanwhile, will travel to his first World Cup after missing out in Germany because of the six-match Fifa ban he received for his part in the brawl that erupted after Switzerland's 2005 qualifying play-off victory over Turkey in Istanbul.
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Just five weeks after seeing Manchester United's Nemanja Vidic remain on the pitch in the Carling Cup final after a foul on Gabriel Agbonlahor, Villa were on the receiving end of another contentious decision - again involving a challenge on Agbonlahor.
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Ponting paid tribute to John Buchanan, who took over as coach after Australia's 1999 World Cup triumph and retires after this one.
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