score
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After he picked up the ball in his own half, Maradona danced past two England defenders, then two more, before his short legs carried him around the goalkeeper to score Argentina’s second.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026
You can click on a game and see a basic box score, leaderboard, or the teams’ rosters.
From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026
China lost all three group games in 2002 and failed to score a goal.
From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026
In the words of Swiss coach Murat Yakin, "he has this incredible hunger to score goals that I have rarely seen".
From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026
He wanted to believe that someone omniscient—an all-knowing God—was keeping score of what happened on earth, and just maybe it was time for things to change.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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American Football, 1st Quarter
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A Soccer and a Football Special
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