User:Ealturner

I, Deprifry, herby present this Barnstar to Ealturner for providing excellent and comprehensive coverage of the Football World Cup 2006

Aims

Currently my aims at wikinews are

• Ensure World Cup match reports exist for every game
• Edit articles for wikinews style, NPOV, spelling, grammar.
• Improve my news writing style

Articles

Here are articles I have started at wikinews.

Watched

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• Hezbollah attack Israel; Israeli forces cross over into southern Lebanon
• Israel in Gaza Strip - Invasion?
• When to use the word terrorism.
• US soldier arrested for rape and four murders in Iraq

Disasters

• Severe tropical storm Bilis devastates Fujian, Hunan and Guangdong, China

Rescued

• Daughter of Yuko Ikeda kidnapped to ransom in Tokyo; freed 13 hours later

Politics

• Gunmen with rocket-launchers massacre 60 at market in Mahmoudiya, Iraq

• Arab League, Group of Eight leaders discuss crisis in the Levant

• Sadr City suicide bomber uses fruit truck to kill 66 on market day

• Zapatero announces peace talks with Basque separatists, ETA

• Details emerge on how al-Zarqawi's location was pinned

• Abu Musab al-Zarqawi killed in airstrike

• EU_diplomat proposes deal with Iran to drop NPT Article IV.1

• British police shoot man in anti-terrorism raid

• Gunmen enter Palestine TV station in hail of bullets

• Terrorists execute 19 Turkomen and two Kurds in Diyala province, Iraq

• Sex slave auctions held at British airports

• "Metric tonne" of date rape drug was bound for US

• Iraq to investigate alleged massacre in Haditha

• East Timor: President Gusmão takes emergency powers to quell unrest

Business

• Federal Reserve chief's stagflation scare

• Oil falls $1.19 on news of al-Zarqawi death

• India to get $6 billion out of the Big Blue

Science

• "Armageddon" rock misses Earth by Moon's distance

Arts and Entertainment

• Pitt and Jolie's multi-million dollar charity baby

• £5.8m Turner watercolour a British record

Sport

Final

• Italy and France draw 1-1; Italy wins FIFA World Cup on penalties

Third place playoff

• Germany beat Portugal 3-1 to take FIFA World Cup bronze

Semi-finals

• France beat Portugal 1-0 and reach FIFA World Cup final
• Italy score two late in Extra Time to advance to finals, hosts Germany to play in third place match

Quarter-finals

• France beat Brazil 1-0 to take last semi-final spot
• Portugal taken to penalties; beat England and reach historic semi-final
• Italy brush Ukraine aside 3-0 to reach semi-final
• Germany master penalties to beat Argentina to semi-final spot

Round of sixteen

• France out-wit Spain 3-1 and clinch quarter-final spot
• Brazil knock-out Ghana 3-0 to grab quarter-final place
• Ukraine win penalty shootout; beat Switzerland for quarter-final spot
• Italy win with last kick against Australia; into quarter-finals
• Portugal overcome Netherlands 1-0 on way to quarter-final
• England do enough against Ecuador; through to quarter-final
• Argentina score in extra-time; beat Mexico, get to quarter-finals
• Germany book quarter-final spot with 2-0 win over Sweden

Third round of matches

• France qualify with 2-0 win over Togo in Group G
• Switzerland shut door on Korean Republic 2-0 in Group G
• Spain edge out Saudi Arabia 1-0 in Group H
• Ukraine advance after win against Tunisia in Group H
• Australia draws with Croatia 2-2, advances to next round in Group F
• Brazil defeat Japan 4-1 in Group F
• Italy sink Czech Republic 2-0 in Group E
• Ghana beat United States of America 2-1 in Group E
• Ivory Coast beats Serbia and Montenegro 3-2 in Group C
• Argentina and Netherlands play 0-0 stalemate in Group C
• Angola draw 1-1 with Iran in Group D
• Mexico lose 1-2 to Portugal but still qualify in Group D
• Paraguay beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 in Group B
• Sweden score late against England for 2-2 draw in Group B
• Poland win 2-1 against Costa Rica in Group A
• Germany too hot for Ecuador in Group A

Second round of matches

• Spain passes Tunisia test to win 3-1 in Group H
• Ukraine beats Saudi Arabia 4-0 in Group H
• Switzerland too much for Togo in Group G
• France held to 1-1 draw with Korea Republic in Group G
• Brazil beat Australia with two second half goals in Group F
• Croatia and Japan share point in Group F
• United States of America draw 1-1 with Italy in Group E
• Ghana surge past Czech Republic in Group E
• Portugal beat Iran 2-0 in Group D
• Angola hold Mexico to 0-0 draw in Group D
• Netherlands defeat Ivory Coast in Group C
• Argentina thrash Serbia and Montenegro in Group C !
• Sweden stuns Paraguay two minutes from time in Group B
• England beat Trinidad and Tobago 2-0 in Group B
• Ecuador make short work of Costa Rica in Group A
• Germany beat Poland and top Group A

First round of matches

• Saudi Arabia and Tunisia share dramatic draw in Group H
• Spain beat Ukraine 4-0 in Group H
• Brazil trot to 1-0 win over Croatia in Group F
• France draw with Switzerland in Group G
• Korea Republic win 2-1 against Togo in Group G
• Italy shut out Ghana for 2-0 win in Group E
• Czech Republic coast to 3-0 win over USA in Group E !
• Australian late scores down Japan 3-1 in Group F
• Portugal win against World Cup first timers in Group D
• Mexico fire three against Iran in Group D
• Netherlands ease to 1-0 win in Group C
• Argentina start with 2-1 win in Group C
• Trinidad and Tobago hold Sweden in second Group B match
• England wins first match with 1-0 victory in Group B
• Ecuador beats Poland, 2-0 in Group A
• Germany wins, 4-2 over Costa Rica in first World Cup match