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Kaka, Figo, Zidane hit the pitch for Haiti relief
…in a UNDP's VII Match Against Poverty friendly soccer match at Benfica's Luz Stadium in Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. Forty international football stars from teams across the world join UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) in support of Haiti, in the seventh…
Donovan pitches Mexico sports lottery
…by bwin, but the sponsorship changed to a local beer brand in 2008 after a dispute with other gambling interests in Portugal.FIFA spells out its rules on betting in Article 13 of its Code of Ethics:”Officials are forbidden from taking part, either directly…
SKoreans named world texting champs
…U.S. National Texting Champion, and 14-year-old Morgan Dynda of Pooler, Ga., the 2009 runner-up. An Argentinian team came in third and the Brazilians took fourth.With many languages at play, English was the texting language of the U.S. competitors and those…
Chicago, San Francisco get World Cup boot
…”It says there are some new facilities needed on the West Coast.”England, Netherlands-Belgium, Russia, Spain-Portugal, Australia and Japan also are bidding to host both World Cups. Indonesia, Qatar and South Korea are bidding for 2022 only.England is viewed…
Atlanta included in World Cup bid
…host any of those games.However, the city has taken a keen interest in soccer recently. The Georgia Dome hosted an international friendly between Mexico and Venezuela last summer in which 55,000 fans attended. A month later it hosted a game between two of…
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Soccer Shorts
…move to Madrid last summer for a world record fee of ¤91 million. Madrid had long been pursuing the Portugal international and the relationship between the two clubs had rapidly disintegrated with United manager Alex Ferguson famously claiming he would not…
Tip of the Day
…claiming top spot. Wales is inconsistent and Montenegro will do no more than make up the numbers here.Group H sees Portugal and Denmark drawn together again after the Danes qualified ahead of the Portuguese for the World Cup. One of the two should definitely…
CALDERON: RONALDO REJECTED BARCA
…about move to Madrid last summer for a world record fee of £80million. Madrid had long been pursuing the Portugal international and the relationship between the two clubs had rapidly disintegrated with United manager Sir Alex Ferguson famously claiming he…
Calderon reveals Ronaldo snub
Former Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon claims Cristiano Ronaldo rejected a move to Barcelona in order to join their bitter rivals. Ronaldo finally completed his much talked about move to Madrid last summer for a world record fee of £80million ($A14
Back so soon Robinho set for return to England in March for Brazil v Ireland
Robinho is set to return to England as part of the Brazil to face the Republic of Ireland at the Emirates Stadium next month. The Manchester City forward cited fears over his place in the national team when he forced a six-month loan move to Santos at
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Just spotted Rafael van der Vaart outside Goodison Park… have I got the right day?
I'm in Copenhagen with a German, a Spaniard and of course some Danes. All watching with interest. Why the hell have you started the live updates five hours before it starts?
I'd love England to get France and then stuff them so badly that Platini's hair falls out… can you tell I'm Irish?
It's important that we just get behind our national team. The team hasn't changed much, it's still the same players - I think the commitment has just changed
I'm excited, but I'm also a little bit scared. In the last World Cup, we faced Argentina, Holland and Serbia, so it was really difficult.
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