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Deals of the Hour / June 12, 2010, 7:11 am

60 years later, US and England meet again

When they emerged victorious the last time, they wound up calling it "The Game of Their Lives." Once-unknown players have spent a lifetime reliving memories of that unexpected night in Belo Horizonte, when the United ... (Source: San Francisco Gate 2010-06-12T13:56:04Z)

Kameni and Song likely to be dropped by Cameroon

DURBAN (Reuters) - Regular goalkeeper Idriss Carlos Kameni and midfielder Alexandre Song are likely to be left out of Cameroon's team for their opening World Cup game against Japan in Bloemfontein on Monday, coach Paul ... (Source: FOX News 2010-06-12T13:48:55Z)

Updated simulated odds from SPI

Throughout the tournament, we will be using the Soccer Power Index to update the odds each of the 32 teams has of advancing from the group stages, as well as winning the World Cup. These are based on a series of 5,000 to ... (Source: ESPN Soccernet 2010-06-12T13:13:07Z)

A Gitmo Detainee Beats President Obama ... Again

When a Judge writes an opinion and uses phrases like "distort the evidence" and "ignores the facts" and then calls the logic of one party's argument a "leap" you can pretty much guess the ending. In an opinion dated May ... (Source: Huffingtonpost.com 2010-06-12T13:56:04Z)

South Korea get off to flying start

South Korea's Yeom Ki-hun (L) fights for the ball with Greece's Kostas Katsouranis during their 2010 World Cup Group B soccer match at Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth June 12, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (Source: Reuters 2010-06-12T13:34:36Z)

Spirit Airlines Cancels Flights as Pilots Strike

Spirit Airlines pilots went on strike Saturday in a dispute over pay, and the discount carrier immediately canceled all of its flights for the day. Spirit Airlines canceled flights are shown at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood ... (Source: ABC News 2010-06-12T13:48:55Z)

Weekend Wake Up: It's All Just Prelude to USA-England

I'm going to be honest: I don't care about Francisco Liriano's stellar performance on Friday night, the one that helped the Twins to a 2-1 win over the Braves. I'm done caring about Nebraska to the Big Ten and Boise ... (Source: Sporting News 2010-06-12T13:48:55Z)

Brazilian-born Trio Lends Portugal A Latin Tempo

(AP) MAGALIESBURG, South Africa (AP) - The samba beat has caught on in Portugal. The fluid passing and neat ball skills of the Portuguese have earned their players the tag "Brazilians of Europe." A trio of Brazilian-born ... (Source: CBS News 2010-06-12T12:30:11Z)

South Korea eases to 2-0 win over Greece

PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa (AP) -- Lee Jung-soo and Park Ji-sung each scored and South Korea cruised to a 2-0 win over lackluster Greece in Saturday's first Group B match of the World Cup. Lee tapped in a free kick ... (Source: CNN Sports Illustrated 2010-06-12T13:56:04Z)

South Korea takes early lead vs. Greece

(AP) — PORT ELIZABETH, South Africa - Lee Jung-soo has scored in the seventh minute to give South Korea a 1-0 lead over Greece in their opening Group B match at the World Cup. Ki Sung-yong's free kick went over the ... (Source: Syracuse Post-Standard 2010-06-12T12:51:39Z)

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