User:Ealturner
Aims
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Rescued
[edit]Politics
[edit]Business
[edit]Science
[edit]Arts and Entertainment
[edit]Sport
[edit]Final
[edit]Third place playoff
[edit]Semi-finals
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- 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