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Soccer 1998 World Cup Tournament Semifinals

7/7 Marseille (54,000) Brazil 1, Netherlands 1 (SO)* 7/8 St. Denis (76,000) France 2, Croatia 1 *Brazil won shootout, 4-2.   Quarterfinals 1998 World Cup Tournament Third…

Kérkira

(Encyclopedia) KérkiraKérkirakĕrˈkērä [key] or CorfuCorfukôrˈf&oomacr; [key], Lat. Corcyra, island (1991 pop. 104,781), 229 sq mi (593 sq km), NW Greece, in the Ionian Sea, the second largest of…

Zeljko Raznatovic 2000 Deaths

Zeljko Raznatovic(Arkan)Age: 47 Serbian paramilitary leader whose followers, the Tigers, allegedly murdered hundreds of Bosnian Croats in a 1992 attempt to ethnically cleanse northern and…

Winter Olympics: 2010 Competing Countries

92 countries are participating in the Vancouver Winter Olympics Related Links 2010 Winter OlympicsMemorable Olympic MomentsBirth of the Modern OlympicsEncyclopedia: Ancient OlympicsWinter…

Winter Olympics: 2014 Competing Countries

So far 88 countries have qualified at least one athlete for the Sochi Winter Olympics. Six nations are making their Winter Olympic debut: East Timor, Malta, Paraguay, Togo, Tonga and…

Underclassmen in 1998-1999 NBA Draft

Sixteen Division I players (7 juniors, 8 sophomores and 1 freshman), 2 high school seniors, 4 players from overseas, 3 junior college players, 1 Division II junior and 1 Division II sophomore…

World Cup Preview: 2010

An African nation hosts soccer's biggest event for the first time by Catherine McNiff Related Links World Cup Through the Years World Cup Winners All-Time World Cup LeadersAll-…

European Union (EU) Expands to 28 Nations

Ten countries formally joined the European Union (EU) on May 2, 2004, bringing the number of member nations to 25. The European Union promotes the political, economic, and social cooperation…