Soccer Watch
The latest on Stoke City, Aztex tryouts, and more
By Nick Barbaro, Fri., Feb. 15, 2008
Champions League knockout stages get under way next week, Feb. 19-20, and ESPN2 has a great pair of England-Italy matchups for your viewing pleasure: Inter Milan at Liverpool Tuesday and AC Milan at Arsenal Wednesday, both at 1:30pm.
Egypt repeated as African Nations Cup champions Sunday, edging Cameroon, 1-0, in the final.
North and South Korea, officially at war for 57 years now, are at an impasse on what flags and national anthems to use when they meet March 23 in a key World Cup qualifier in Pyongyang. They may ask FIFA to step in and mediate; God help them.