[WORLD CUP 2014 FRIENDLIES] New York Red Bulls star
Tim Cahill added to his Australia record with his 32nd international
goal to give the Socceroos a 1-1 tie with South Africa to open its final preparations for the World Cup. The match drew 50,000 fans at Sydney's Olympic Stadium.
Cahill, playing as a lone
striker, scored on a header a minute after
Ayanda Patosi put the Bafana Bafana ahead.
--
Romelu Lukaku,
expected to start up front in place of injured
Christian Benteke, had a hat trick to lead Belgium to a 5-1 win over Luxembourg.
-- Starting a
close-to-full-strength team, Russia edged Slovakia, 1-0, on substitute
Alexander Kerzhakov's goal eight minutes from time.
PRE-WORLD CUP, Results: May 26 in Kufstein
Cameroon 2 Macedonia 0
May 26 in Hartberg
Iran 0 Montenegro 0
May 26 in St. Petersburg Russia 1 Slovakia 0
May 26 in Sydney Australia 1 South Africa 1
May 26 in Genk Belgium 5 Luxembourg 1
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May 18 in Kapfenberg
Iran 0 Belarus 0
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May 17 in Amsterdam
Netherlands 1 Ecuador 1.
May 13 in Hamburg
Germany 0 Poland 0.
PRE-WORLD CUP, Schedule: May
27 in San Francisco USA vs. Azerbaijan
May 27 in Saitama Japan vs. Cyprus
May 27 in St.
Denis France vs. Norway
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May 28 in Mexico City Mexico
vs. Israel
May 28 in Seoul South Korea vs. Tunisia
May 28 in London Nigeria vs. Scotland
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May 29 in Kufstein
Cameroon vs. Paraguay
May 29 in Washington, D.C.
Honduras vs. Turkey
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May 30 in St. Louis Bosnia & Herzegovina vs. Ivory Coast
May 30 in Montevideo Uruguay vs.
Northern Ireland
May 30 in Hartberg
Iran vs.
Angola
May 30 in
Santiago Chile vs. Egypt
May 30 in Seville Spain vs. Bolivia
May 30 in London
England vs. Peru
May 30 in Lucerne Switzerland vs. Jamaica
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May 31 in Arlington, Texas Mexico vs. Ecuador
May 31 in Osijek Croatia vs. Mali
May 31 in Oslo Norway vs. Russia
May 31 in Sion Algeria vs. Armenia
May 31 in Lisbon Portugal vs. Greece
May 31 in London Italy vs. Ireland
May 31 in Rotterdam Netherlands vs. Ghana
May 31 in Buenos Aires Colombia vs. Senegal
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June 1 in Harrison, N.J. USA vs. Turkey
June 1 in Stockholm Sweden vs. Belgium
June 1 in Houston Honduras vs. Israel
June 1 in
Moenchengladbach Germany vs. Cameroon
June 1 in Nice France vs. Paraguay
June 2 in Tampa, Fla. Costa Rica vs. Japan
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June 3 in Goiania
Brazil vs. Panama
June 3 in Chester, Pa. Greece vs. Nigeria
June 3 in Chicago Mexico vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina
June 3 in Lucerne Switzerland vs. Peru
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June 4 in Frisco, Texas Ivory Coast vs. El Salvador
June 4 in Miami Gardens, Fla. England vs. Ecuador
June 4 in La Plata Argentina vs. Trinidad & Tobago
June 4 in Montevideo Uruguay vs. Slovenia
June 4 in Valparaiso Chile vs. Northern Ireland
June 4 in Verona Italy vs. Luxembourg
June 4 in Amsterdam Netherlands vs. Wales
June 4 in Geneva Algeria vs. Romania
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June 6 in Foxboro, Mass. Portugal vs. Mexico
June 6 in Harrison, N.J. Greece vs. Bolivia
June 6 in Salvador Croatia vs. Australia
June 6 in Sao Paulo Brazil vs. Serbia
June 6 in
Moscow Russia vs. Morocco
June 6 in Tampa, Fla. Japan vs. Zambia
June 6 in Mainz
Germany vs. Armenia
June 6 in Buenos Aires Colombia vs. Jordan
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June 7 in Jacksonville, Fla. USA vs. Nigeria
June 7 in Buenos Aires Argentina vs. Slovenia
June 7 in Brussels Belgium vs. Tunisia
June 7 in Miami Gardens, Fla. England vs. Honduras
June 7 in Landover, Md. Spain vs. El Salvador
June 7 in Foxboro, Mass. Costa Rica vs. Ireland
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June 8 in Sao Paulo
Iran vs. Trinidad & Tobago
June 8 in Lille France vs. Jamaica
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June 9 in Miami Gardens, Fla. Ghana vs. South Korea
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June 10
in East Rutherford, N.J. Portugal vs. Ireland