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Hayes leads US women to 4-0 win over Ghana
Maya Hayes, center, of the U.S. celebrates after scoring a goal against Ghana during their soccer match at the Women's U20 World Cup at Hiroshima Big Arch stadium in Hiroshima, Japan, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The U.S. won 4-0. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Hayes leads US women to 4-0 win over Ghana
Chioma Ubogagu, left, of the U.S. fights for the ball with Ghana's Alice Danso during their soccer match at the Women's U20 World Cup at Hiroshima Big Arch stadium in Hiroshima, Japan, Monday, Aug. 20, 2012. The U.S. won 4-0. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi)

Croatia give Modric cold shoulder ahead of World Cup ties
ZAGREB (Reuters) – Unsettled Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Luka Modric is unlikely to start for Croatia in their opening two World Cup qualifiers next month, his international coach Igor Stimac said on Thursday. Modric is in the middle of a protracted move to Real Madrid and Stimac, who took over from Slaven Bilic after the team’s early Euro 2012 exit, said “time was running out” for the player ahead of the ties against Macedonia on September 7 and Belgium four days later. …

Motorcycling-Stoner ruled out of Czech GP
Aug 23 (Reuters) – Honda’s Casey Stoner has been ruled outof this weekend’s Czech MotoGP because he needs surgery on hisdamaged left ankle, organisers said in a statement on Thursday. The Australian, third behind leader Jorge Lorenzo in theoverall standings, was hurt in Sunday’s Indianapolis Grand Prixand is running out of races before he quits the sport at the endof the season. Ducati’s Nicky Hayden will also miss Sunday’s race in Brnoafter suffering a hand injury during qualifying last weekend. (Writing by Mark Meadows; editing by Tony Jimenez)

Soccer-Croatia give Modric cold shoulder ahead of World Cup ties
ZAGREB, Aug 23 (Reuters) – Unsettled Tottenham Hotspurmidfielder Luka Modric is unlikely to start for Croatia in theiropening two World Cup qualifiers next month, his internationalcoach Igor Stimac said on Thursday. Modric is in the middle of a protracted move to Real Madridand Stimac, who took over from Slaven Bilic after the team’searly Euro 2012 exit, said “time was running out” for the playerahead of the ties against Macedonia on Sept. 7 and Belgium fourdays later. …

Brazil strike delays jobless rate data for 2nd month in row
SAO PAULO, Aug 23 (Reuters) – The release of Brazil’smonthly unemployment rate was postponed for thesecond month in a row due to a civil servants’ strike,statistics agency IBGE said on Thursday.The IBGE …

Canada falls to Norway at U-20 Women's World Cup
Andrine Hegerberg’s goal in the 79th minute turned out to be the winner as Norway rallied to beat Canada 2-1 at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup in Kobe, Japan, on Thursday.