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Fox Sports - Sat Nov 14, 5:37 pm ET
Bruno Alves' goal gave Portugal a 1-0 win over Bosnia-Herzegovina in a World Cup playoff Saturday and a slender advantage going into the return leg. Alves headed in Nani's cross from the right flank in the 31st minute for his fifth international goal. Portugal was without injured Cristiano Ronaldo but outplayed the visitors for long periods. Bosnia almost snatched a late draw when Edin Dzeko hit ...
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Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Sat Nov 14, 3:09 pm ET
Teams for Saturday's first leg of the World Cup European qualifying playoff between Portugal and Bosnia at the Stadium of Light.
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The Daily Reflector - Sat Nov 14, 2:05 pm ET
Another berth was to be determined later Saturday when Algeria (4-1) played Egypt (3-1-1) in Cairo. In the first leg of European playoffs, Russia beat Slovenia 2-1, France was at Ireland, Bosnia-Herzegovina at Portugal and Ukraine at Greece.
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Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Sat Nov 14, 2:03 pm ET
Midfielder Haris Medunjanin has been cleared by FIFA to play for Bosnia in their World Cup two-legged playoff against Portugal, the Bosnian Football Association (NFSBIH) said on Saturday.
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Reuters via Yahoo! Sports - Fri Nov 13, 5:06 pm ET
Portugal are favourites to win their World Cup playoff and will not be weakened by Ronaldo's absence through injury because they have the world's most talented squad, said Bosnia coach Miroslav Blazevic.
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ESPN Soccernet.com - Fri Nov 13, 11:38 am ET
Cristiano Ronaldo's absence through injury cannot be an excuse for Portugal to fail in its World Cup play-off against Bosnia, winger Simao Sabrosa said on Friday.
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Fox Sports - Fri Nov 13, 8:52 am ET
Cristiano Ronaldo will be watching from the stands when Portugal open their WC playoff bid against Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Hartford Courant - Fri Nov 13, 7:42 am ET
Once a week at the Hartford Public Library, women from war-torn Burma, Somalia, Bosnia and Iraq meet to sew slippers and handbags, lace and traditional clothing.
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Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise - Thu Dec 10, 1:39 am ET
First Baptist Church of Copan will be having their annual Christmas fellowship dinner today, immediately following the morning service. Church members have also been busy packing a box of goodies to be sent to their partnership mission team in Bosnia.
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AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 3:46 pm ET
A U.S. citizen who served as Bosnian ambassador to the United Nations cannot be extradited even though he is accused of embezzling more than $610,000 from the government of the war-torn Balkan nation, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday.
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Journal Gazette & Times-Courier - Wed Dec 9, 12:59 am ET
CHARLESTON -- By the time Bosnia-Herzegovina native Edin Suljic had arrived at Eastern Illinois last year, he had long ago gotten used to most language and culture barriers.
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 9:38 am ET
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- NATO took another step toward expanding in southeastern Europe by putting Montenegro on the path to membership, while saying the time isn’t yet ripe for Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 9:30 am ET
Dec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- NATO took another step toward expanding in southeastern Europe by putting Montenegro on the path to membership, while saying the time isn’t yet ripe for Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 4, 8:31 am ET
Brussels - NATO foreign ministers on Friday decided to offer Montenegro a plan for how to join the alliance, but agreed that it was too early to offer the same privilege to Bosnia-Herzegovina, the alliance's secretary general said. The decision is a ...
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Rolling Good Times - Mon Nov 23, 4:12 pm ET
GERMANY -- 200 games may have been compromised in Europe's biggest ever match-fixing scandal, according to a report in The Guardian. The scandal concerns games in nine countries: Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, Croatia, Slovenia, Turkey, Hungary, Bosnia and Austria.
