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EARTHtimes.org - Mon Nov 16, 5:58 pm ET
Sarajevo - Bosnian health authorities on Monday reported the country's first swine flu fatality, a 40-year-old man who succumbed to the illness, local media reported. The man was admitted to a hospital in Mostar town with severe pneumonia. His condit...
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WCPO Cincinnati - Tue Nov 17, 3:56 pm ET
A desperate little boy from Bosnia gets a modern miracle courtesy of an ancient order of knights, powered by some of Cincinnati's most powerful movers and shakers.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 14, 6:12 pm ET
France closed in on the World Cup finals on Saturday as fellow star-studded giants Portugal struggled for a 1-0 home victory over Bosnia-Herzegovina on a night of tense, first-leg play-off ties.
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USA Today - Sat Nov 14, 6:10 pm ET
Nicolas Anelka's deflected winner over Ireland put France in sight of the 2010 World Cup on Saturday and Portugal took a slender 1-0 first-leg advantage over Bosnia-Herzegovina without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo. Meanwhile, Russia edged Slovenia 2-1 in another playoff and Greece was held 0-0 at home by Ukraine.
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Sat Nov 14, 5:47 pm ET
Portugal, playing without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo, were clinging to their World Cup dreams on Saturday after only managing a 1-0 win over Bosnia Herzegovina in their play-off first leg.
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EARTHtimes.org - Sun Nov 15, 4:43 am ET
Sarajevo - See you in Zenica, a front page headline said Sunday following Bosnia's unfortunate 1-0 defeat in Portugal in the first leg off World Cup qualifications play-off. I never saw more misfortune, the national team coach, Croat Miroslav B...
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US National Soccer Players - Tue Nov 17, 5:14 pm ET
USA - Denmark starts on ESPN Classic at 2:30pm and picking up on ESPN2 when their coverage of Ukraine - Greece (starts at 1pm) ends. ESPN Classic will show the entire game uninterrupted. GolTV has Italy - Sweden at 2:30pm. Setanta has Bosnia - Portugal at 2:40pm and Slovenia - Russia on Xtra at the same time (5pm on Setanta). Copa Sudamericana semifinals on Fox Sports en Espanol: Fluminense ...
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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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Fox Sports - Sat Nov 14, 6:07 pm ET
Nicolas Anelka's deflected winner over Ireland put France in sight of the 2010 World Cup on Saturday and Portugal took a slender 1-0 first-leg advantage over Bosnia-Herzegovina without the injured Cristiano Ronaldo. Meanwhile, Russia edged Slovenia 2-1 in another playoff and Greece was held 0-0 at home by Ukraine. With nine European teams already in next year's finals in South Africa, eight more ...
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International Crisis Group - Thu Nov 12, 11:00 am ET
The international community should take a firm decision to reinforce and transform its engagement in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) at the 18-19 November meeting of the Peace Implementation Council (PIC) or risk growing instability. Since the end of the war in 1995, Bosnia's leaders, supervised by the Office of the High Representative (OHR), have made slow progress towards creation of a functional ...
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Goal.com via Yahoo! Sports - Wed Nov 11, 3:11 am ET
In the build-up to their World Cup qualifying play-off double-header against Portugal, Goal.com's Marcus Haydon charts the growth of the nations' faith in the coach that got them this far.
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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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San Francisco Chronicle - Sun Nov 15, 3:41 am ET
Gregory Chew, San Francisco I went because: I've gone to Asia and Western Europe too many times. Something new and adventurous. Don't miss: Dubrovnik, totally renovated after the 1991-95 homeland wars. Don't bother: Renting a car and driving, as there are... Slovenia - Croatia - Montenegro - Western Europe - San Francisco
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Sports Illustrated - Fri Nov 13, 1:34 am ET
LISBON, Portugal (AP) -- Cristiano Ronaldo will be watching from the stands Saturday when his Portugal teammates open their playoff bid to reach the World Cup against Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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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.