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Brazil clinches Confederation Cup

Luis Fabiano
Johannesburg, Jun 29: Brazil on Sunday, Jun 28 became the record winners of the FIFA Confederations Cup by defeating United States in the finals by a score of 3-2.

It was the third victory for Brazil after its victory in 1997 and 2005. That enabled Brazil to surpass the record of two Confederations Cup champion titles shared by France and itself.

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For the US, it was also a historic mark as it was the first time for the country to sail into a world final.

Brazil dominated the game, but trailed the United States until the final minutes of the game because of two early U.S. goals - the first by Clint Dempsey in the 10th minute and the second by Landon Donovan in the 37th.

But the Brazilians came out strongly in the second half and equalized with two goals by Luis Fabiano in the 46th and 74th minutes of the game.

With only six minutes left in regulation time, Lucio headed a corner kick into the goal and Brazil took the lead.

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Brazil women's team lifts the soccer gold

Rio De Janeiro (Brazil) July 26: FIFA World Player of the Year Marta and Cristiane scored two goals each as Brazil women's soccer team thrashed the US 5-0 today to successfully defend their Panamerican Games title. With the men crashing out in the group phase of the Panam tournament the women were left to carry the torch for Brazilian football and did not disappoint, delighting a crowd of nearly 70,000, the biggest to watch a women's match in Brazil. They avenged an.....
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kanchha 29 Jun 2009 07:06 pm
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