Argentina's decision to play their four world class forwards was fully justified in a crushing 4-0 win over Ecuador that put them top of the South American World Cup qualifiers on Saturday.
The football World Cup will not be halted by fears of bird flu in Germany, FIFA vice-president Julio Grondona said.
The Argentine was banned for eight years after testing positive banned stimulant etilefrine
"But if you need a reminder of who he is, just look at his career stats and grand slams that he won."
Ronaldinho converted two first-half penalties as Brazil beat Paraguay 4-1 on Sunday to close in on a place at the 2006 World Cup.
The tournament assumes great significance in light of the disputes in world chess for more than a decade and half now.
The Argentine striker was so unhappy he almost quit soccer last year before a renaissance at AC Milan.
While an official in the Commerce Department indicated a trade war was in the offing, till now the government has been in wait-and-watch mode.
Maradona, 44, is deciding whether to have surgery in the picturesque port city of Cartagena on Colombia's Caribbean coast.
Diego Maradona insisted that his visit to the Caribbean city of Cartagena was for nothing more than a holiday.
According to the report, Mumbai with 18.3 million people is fourth, Delhi with 15.3 million is fifth and Kolkata with 14.3 million is sixth. Mumbai shared its fourth place with Sao Paulo and Brazil each recording 18.3 million people.
The claycourt specialist won 6-4 6-4 as he followed up last week's win in Vina del Mar, Chile with another title, his first on home soil.
Gaston Gaudio beat Alberto Martin in straight sets to set up an all-Argentine final against wildcard Mariano Puerta in the Buenos Aires Open.
The Argentine midfielder signed a new four-year deal with Real Madrid.
Argentina striker Carlos Tevez has immediately walked into a potential storm after arriving in Brazil.
A relaxed and lucid Diego Maradona said on Monday he was waiting for doctors' approval to permanently bolt the Cuban drug rehabilitation clinic.
Diego Maradona plans to interrupt his cocaine-addiction therapy in Cuba to spend Christmas at home with his family.
Judge Norberto Garcia Vedia said the 43-year-old could continue treatment "at the clinic of his choice".
The 43-year-old wants Argentine President Nestor Kirchner to help free him from a psychiatric clinic where he is being held against his will.
The 17-year-old midfielder, also called Diego Maradona, is currently at his father's former club Napoli in Italy's Serie B.
The Argentine beat compatriot and French Open champion Gaston Gaudio in the final.
Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic suffered a rare defeat when he and Serb doubles partner Nenad Zimonjic lost 6-4, 7-6, (7/5) 7-5 to Simon Aspelin and Robert Lindstedt as Sweden hit back in the Davis Cup quarter-finals.
Argentina cruised into the semi-finals of the Davis Cup and looked poised for a clash with defending champions Serbia who moved into a 2-0 first-day lead away to Sweden on Friday.
He also said he would like to tour the world to thank those who prayed for his health.
The 43-year-old is now breathing without the aid of an artificial respirator and continues to be stable.
'He is a little better than yesterday,' family doctor Alfredo Cahe said at the private Buenos Aires clinic where Maradona was taken on Sunday.
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