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| Iraqi, Italian soccer players to honor slain journalist Iraqi and Italian soccer players planned to wear black armbands on their uniforms during their Olympic bronze medal game Friday in honor of an Italian journalist killed in Iraq. |
| Reversal of fortunes Everyone is rooting for the Iraqi soccer team, while Team USA is the one people want to lose. |
| Iraqi soccer team continues improbable run The Iraqi soccer team is one victory away from an improbable trip to the podium. |
| Last hurrah: Hamm wants to leave sport on top Now that she's decided to retire, Mia Hamm's last international game could be days away. |
| Soccernet: Chastain still cheering So whatever happened to Brandi Chastain? Michael Lewis, in Greece, has the answer. |
| Mia who? Wambach is the next-generation star Abby Wambach's on fire on the U.S. team's forward line, netting 16 goals in her last 17 games. |
| Blood, sweat and cheers: Let freedom ring There have been bigger upsets in Olympic history, but there have been few as important as this one. |
| Iraq upsets Portugal 4-2 in men's soccer In its first Olympic competition since its country was shattered by war, Iraq upset Portugal 4-2 on Thursday in a gritty, come-from-behind victory as about 200 chanting fans cheered and jumped wildly. |
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| FIFA changes yellow card rule, but Abby still out The president of the world soccer body said Monday that the yellow-card suspension rule has been changed for the Olympic women's tournament. |
| Red card gets Portugal's Boa Morte two-game ban Portugal striker Luis Boa Morte has been banned for his country's two remaining group matches in the Olympic soccer tournament after being ejected from their opening 4-2 defeat by Iraq. |
| Chat wrap: Chastain, Mitts U.S. national team members Brandi Chatain and Heather Mitts stopped by ESPN.com to chat on July 30. |
Athens Insider: No kidding  Brian Church, our Athens Insider, offers a little slice of what life's like in the host city. And he swears all of it is true. |
| Ratto: Greece is for ... With the Games barely weeks away, the Greek Olympic Committee must market this puppy as never before. |
| Hamm set for final appearance Mia Hamm, soccer's most prolific all-time scorer, is leaving the game in high spirits both personally and professionally. |
| U.S. women look to regain glory The Athens Games are the last hurrah for at least three players who have defined U.S. women's soccer. |
| Poll: Greeks confident Olympics will go well Greece's victory at the European soccer championship last week has united Greeks and they are now confident the Olympic Games will be a success, according to a nationwide poll published Sunday. |
| Milbrett discusses break from women's soccer Tiffeny Milbrett has quit the U.S. national women's soccer team, saying she can no longer play for coach April Heinrichs. |
| 'Crazy joy': Iraq qualifies for Olympics in soccer Iraq's soccer team qualified for the Athens Olympics on Wednesday, less than three months after the country was reinstated by the International Olympic Committee. |
