Article: Football: ASH THE WAY TO DO IT!; EXCLUSIVE: ENGLAND FUTURE'S BRIGHT FOR YOUNG ARSENAL STAR; Kid Cole's Albanian supershow guarantees place against Greece.(Sport)

Article: Football: World Cup 2002: No, you can't have your game back; The power shift No team will ever be able to approach a World Cup again living on reputation and presuming easy scalps
The Independent - London;  June 23, 2002 ;     700+ words ......of this dotty World Cup has been that...mentioned the Champions' League or the Premiership...approached the World Cup as if it was just another Champions' League match. By the...finals of the World Cup. No Italian club...stages of the Champions' ...

Article: Football: WORLD CUP? IT IS UNBEATABLE EXCLUSIVE; SAYS MARCEL DESAILLY.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England);  September 20, 2001 ;     649 words ......claim that the Champions League is more important...players than the World Cup. Speaking ahead of last night's Champions League group match against...prestige than the World Cup, won by Arsenal...ever won the Champions League, while Chelsea...is winning ...

Article: THEY'RE STILL WORLDS APART; Champions League? You're having a laugh: Brown has starred in Europe for Celtic (below) but he insists reaching the World Cup with Scotland would be the pinnacle of his career.
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......global event. Champions League? You're having...laugh. The World Cup is still...asked if the Champions League had overtaken...think the World Cup is still...reaching the World Cup Finals can give this group Champions League high ac

Article: Ferguson: Champions League better than World Cup
Xinhua News Agency;  September 9, 2005 ;     291 words ...Ferguson: Champions League better than World Cup LONDON, Sept...that the UEFA Champions League is of a higher standard than the World Cup. Ferguson has...I think the Champions League is better than the World Cup. "I think people...

Article: European Football: The trophy that is bigger than ever; As the accountants become king the Champions' League has usurped the World Cup as the tournament to win.(Sport)
The Independent (London, England);  August 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ......standing bewildered and covered in sweat on a World Cup field as Denmark over-ran his belief that...football but it is unavoidable now. The World Cup is no longer the most important tournament...Moore and Beckenbauer. It is not that the World Cup no longer has the power to beguile ...

Article: European Football: The trophy that is bigger than ever As the accountants become king the Champions' League has usurped the World Cup as the tournament to win
The Independent - London;  August 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ......standing bewildered and covered in sweat on a World Cup field as Denmark over- ran his belief that...football but it is unavoidable now. The World Cup is no longer the most important tournament...Moore and Beckenbauer. It is not that the World Cup no longer has the power to beguile ...

Article: Barry ambitions lie beyond World Cup; WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS England not the be-all and end-all for Villa midfielder.(Sport)
The Birmingham Post (England);  March 31, 2009 ;     564 words ......has hinted that Champions League football would...playing in the World Cup for England, even...that a lack of Champions League football has not...for next year's World Cup finals in South...playing in the Champions League but it does help coming into the ...

Article: Zidane wonder goal 'simply slammed in'; CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL ANALYSIS: Winning comes first for Real hero . . .; but Leverkusen skipper can't believe their bad luck
Evening Times;  May 16, 2002 ;     430 words ......Madrid the Champions League title. The French World Cup star netted...final of the Champions League twice before...Korea with World Cup holders and...fans. "The World Cup is obviously...final. "The Champions League is a coveted...

Article: FOOTBALL: CHAMPIONS LEAGUE v WORLD CUP: THE FACTS.(Sport)
The Mirror (London, England);  September 19, 2001 ;     117 words ......Manchester United's epic Champions League Final win over...Brazil in the 1998 World Cup final. PLAYER PROFILE...to a standstill. Champions League? There is no competition. The World Cup TV audience is...DESCHAMPS with the 1998 World Cup

Article: FOOTBALL: Gilberto gunning for glory; CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ROUND-UP.(Sport)
Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  September 14, 2004 ;     407 words ......difficult to win the Champions League than the World Cup, he added...game of the Champions League against Paris...Porto to the Champions League trophy last...Catalan giants in Champions League Group F. 'Despite...

Article: Mourinho says Champions League trophy has no equal
AP Worldstream;  September 13, 2004 ;     389 words ......PARIS Forget the World Cup and European Championships...Mourinho says the Champions League is the competition...superior to the World Cup and the European...Having won the Champions League last season with...sought-after coaches in world soccer. "When...last ...

Article: Ferguson values Champions League more than World Cup
Xinhua News Agency;  April 8, 2003 ;     182 words ...Ferguson values Champions League more than World Cup MADRID, Apr...the European Champions League is superior than the World Cup. "If you look...in the last World Cup it doesn't come close to the Champions League in terms of...

Article: Carrick quietly craves role on the big stage Spurs midfielder wants to test his ability in the Champions League and the World Cup finals
The Sunday Telegraph London;  February 12, 2006 ;     700+ words ......bloom at this summer's World Cup in Germany. But he and...prizes, including the World Cup, the Champions League and the Premiership...be his only shot at World Cup glory. He says: "I would...if I didn't make the World Cup squad. There are a ...

Article: It's not just cricket: having acquired global telecast and production rights for the ICC, Cricket Australia, England and Wales Cricket Board and the Champions League Twenty20, ESPN STAR Sports has no shortage of cricket coverage with which to fill its schedules.(programming)
Television Asia;  January 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ......historic 1983 World Cup victory in England to the Twenty20 World Cup win last year...start of the Champions League T20 in India...edition of the Champions League 2020, a decision...decided upon by the Champions League 2020 governing...partner of the ...