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Your support makes all the difference.A is for... Argentina. Still favourite despite the long-since departure of Maradona.
cbs.sportsline.com/u/soccer/ worldcup98/teams/argentina/
B is for... BBC. Auntie's television coverage of these events is one of life's great certainties. But how will its online coverage measure up?
news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sport/
C is for... Cups Pictures of the Jules Rimet trophy, retired in 1970, and today's replacement.
www.cyberworld-online.com/ trogal.html
D is for... Denmark A rundown on Schmeichel's international colleagues.
www.geocities.com/Colosseum/ Loge/8240/landshold.htm
E is for... England Or rather the unofficial England web page; self-styled by fans for fans and replete with top trivia.
www.englandfc.com/
F is for... Fifa. The mother of all football websites. The place to go for background straight from the horse's mouth. A self-evident must.
www.fifa.com
G is for...Gascoigne An analysis of the best and worst of the Great Nearly Man's movements in the historic 1996 Euro '96 semi-final; an attempt to show how analytical approaches can yield some sort of insight in to the game.
www.soccered.co.uk/analysis
H is for... Hoddle Genius or lunatic? We'll all know soon. In the meantime, what you need to know about the man.
www.isfa.com/server/web/ v-soccer/hoddle.html
I is for... Ince A brief-but- cheerful Paul page
www.conwayuk.demon.co.uk/ razornet/players/ince.htm
J is for... Jokes More a collection of strange-but-true football stories. Ever hear the one, for example, where the crowd managed to overule the ref?
worldsoccer.miningco.com/ msub12.htm
K is for... Klinsmann Devoted to one of the game's great mavericks
www.eecs.uic.edu/vmoghada/wcklins.html
L is for... Last time A chance to indulge in a spot of nostalgia, and, believe it or not, one of the few USA 94 sites still in existence.
src.doc.ic.ac.uk/wc94
M... Maradona Somebody has put pictures from the great man's life online.
www.spl.co.il/eli/maradona.htm
N is for... Nigeria Pele once said that an African team would win the World Cup before 2000. Could this be the one?
espn.sportszone.com/soccer/ worldcup98/nigeriaindex.html
O is for... Official France '98 Website. The original and one of the best.
www.france98.com/
P is for... Paris Fifa's website takes a surprisingly well-rounded snapshot of the French capital.
www.fifa2.com/france98/venues/ paris.html
Q is for... Quarter Finals (and beyond) An analysis of how the surviving nations will face off.
www.sportsweb.com/world_cup/fixtures/fixtures-playoffs.htm
R is for... Romania Quarter-finalists in USA 94, who are still possible wildcards for France 98
espn.sportszone.com/soccer/ worldcup98/romaniaindex.html
S is for... Sportsweb
Reuters football website. My colleagues on the sports desk rate it above all others. www.sportsweb.com
T is for... Time Magazine Another major media institution plots out its World Cup coverage.
www.time.com/worldcup
U is for... Underdogs
The Scottish team will be overjoyed if they make it through to the next round. This is their story.
www.scottishfa.co.uk
V is for... Very long shot
If you're looking for that real 24-carat outsider, you don't have to look further than our Middle-Eastern friends - Iran.
cbs.sportsline.com/u/soccer/ worldcup98/teams/iran
W is for... World Team of the Century The greatest team of the century. Due to be announced the day before Brazil and Scotland kick off the tournament finals.
www.sportsweb.com/world_cup/stories/century.htm
X,Y Xtra time; Yellow Cards
Fifa's official rulebook, including the procedures in the event of a tie, and discipline codes for (God forbid) naughty players.
www.fifa.com/fifa/handbook/wc98/ index.regulations.wc98.html
Z is for... Zzzzzzz Planning to snooze your way through it all? Everything you ever wanted to know about sleep.
www.healthanswers.com/ health_answers/search_get_ answer/forums/sleep/info.htm
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