Inside Soccer: Turning the Corner
sportsillustrated.cnn.com 9/23/2007 — SI.com: Brazil improving as South Africa 2010 qualifying begins. --- Qualifying for the World Cup is no cakewalk, even for Brazil. Luiz Felipe Scolari's side struggled to make it to Japan and South Korea in 2002 -- indeed, without a couple of strokes being pulled, Brazil may well have missed out entirely on the competition it ended up winning.

FIFA 2007 WOMEN'S WORLD CUP: Old Scores to settle in semis
fifa.com 9/24/2007 — FIFA.com: When Norway left the field in Wuhan, weary with effort but jubilant at their quarter-final victory over China, the mantra on their return to the dressing room might well have been: "Remember 2005." Similarly, three hours later as Brazil left the scene of their win over Australia in Tianjin the cry would have gone up: "Let's make up for 2004."

SI.com: Brazil advances to World Cup semis
sportsillustrated.cnn.com 9/24/2007 — Cristiane scored in the 75th minute to give Brazil a 3-2 win over Australia on Sunday and its first berth in the semifinals of the women's World Cup. Formiga and Marta also scored to set up Brazil for a semifinal with the United States in Hangzhou on Thursday.

Lilly: Win gives us fresh belief
fifa.com 9/24/2007 — FIFA.com: USA are confident they can build on their improved performance in beating England by going all the way and winning the FIFA Women's World Cup, according to captain Kristine Lilly. Speaking to FIFA.com after Saturday's quarter-final in Tianjin, the veteran American forward said the confidence gained from the 3-0 victory over England could spur Greg Ryan's side on to even better things...

Have You Heard of ‘Em?
sportsagentblog.com 9/24/2007 — I’m hoping that at least half of the sports fans and future sports business players and sports agents out there are aware that the FIFA Women’s World Cup has been going on for the past couple of weeks now...