Australia Overcome Germany To Claim World Cup

Australia has won the hockey World Cup after two decades by defeating defending champion Germany 2-1. During the last two encounters between the two sides, Australia was beaten by Germany in the final of the two World Cups in 2002 and ‘06.
Edward Ockenden was the first to score during the first half consequently Australia was in lead. Germany equalized in the 46th through Moritz Furste.
The last and the final goal of the match and tournament was scored by Luke Doerner converted a penalty corner in the 59th minute.
Earlier, the Netherlands defeated England 4-3 to claim the bronze medal.

Injured Beckham Set To Miss World Cup

David Beckham’s dream of playing in a fourth World Cup shattered after he tore an Achilles tendon in AC Milan’s 1-0 win over Chievo on Sunday.
Beckham was unchallenged when he suffered the injury and hobbled off in pain before being stretchered away. The 34-year-old was hoping to be part of England’s World Cup squad in June, but instead will fly to Finland today for specialist surgery. ‘A rupture of the Achilles tendon is suspected’, said an AC Milan statement.
Beckham, who is in his second loan stint with Milan from the Los Angeles Galaxy, will now almost certainly not be fit for the World Cup in South Africa which starts on 11 June. AC Milan team-mate Ignazio Abate said the England star was inconsolable. “He’s not doing well. He was in tears in the dressing room, he wasn’t saying a lot. This has affected us all,” said Abate.
And with Tottenham’s Aaron Lennon still suffering from a groin problem, Capello may now turn to both Theo Walcott and Shaun Wright-Phillips to cover the right side of midfield, with James Milner, Joe Cole, Stewart Downing and Adam Johnson also in the reckoning. Beckham tearfully announced he was resigning the captaincy afterwards.

LA Galaxy Book Place In MLS Cup Final After 2-0 Win Over Houston Dynamo

Full Story And Original Content.Thnewspk.comLA Galaxy Book Place In MLS Cup Final After 2-0 Win Over Houston Dynamo:David Beckham moved a step nearer to a Major League Soccer title as the Los Angeles Galaxy overcame two floodlight failures and a stubborn Houston Dynamo defence to reach the MLS Cup final. The Galaxy beat two-time MLS champions

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