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Brazil, Germany chosen to host World Cups
Zurich, Switzerland (Sportsbooks) - Brazil was chosen as the host country
of the 2014 Men's World Cup, while Germany was given the same distinction as
the home of the 2011 Women's World Cup.
FIFA president Joseph Blatter made the ...
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Zidane, Materazzi punished by FIFA
Zurich, Switzerland (Sportsbooks) - The FIFA Disciplinary Committee fined
and suspended France captain Zinedine Zidane and Italy defender Marco
Materazzi Thursday for the incident that took place during the 2006 FIFA World
Cup fin...
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Parreira walks away from Brazil
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (Sportsbooks) - Carlos Alberto Parreira resigned as
Brazil coach on Wednesday.
The 63-year-old led Brazil into this summer's World Cup as the favorites, but
the team was bounced from the tournament by France in th...
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Larsson leaves international soccer
Solna, Sweden (Sportsbooks) - Striker Henrik Larsson announced his
retirement from international soccer on Tuesday.
The striker announced he would not play in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
with Sweden.
Larsson made his f...
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Donadoni replaces Lippi
Rome, Italy (Sportsbooks) - Just one day after Marcello Lippi resigned
as the Italian national team coach, Roberto Donadoni was named as his
successor on Thursday
The 42-year-old Donadoni was out of work after he was release...
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Klinsmann leaves Germany, replaced by assistant coach
Frankfurt, Germany (Sportsbooks) - Germany's national team coach Juergen
Klinsmann resigned his position on Wednesday citing family reasons.
"My big wish is to go back to my family, to go back to leading a normal life
with them," Kli...
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FIFA to investigate Zidane ejection
Berlin, Germany (Sportsbooks) - FIFA announced on Tuesday it will
launch an investigation into French captain Zinedine Zidane's red card in
Sunday's World Cup final between Italy and France.
"FIFA will open a disciplinary...
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Makelele walks away from international play
Paris, France (Sportsbooks) - Just one day after losing to Italy in the
World Cup final, France midfielder Claude Makelele retired from international
football.
The 33-year-old follows in the footsteps of teammate Zinedine Zidane, who...
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Zidane wins adidas Golden Ball
Berlin, Germany (Sportsbooks) - Despite receiving a red card in the
World Cup final, France captain Zinedine Zidane captured the 2006 adidas
Golden Ball award.
The 34-year-old midfielder won the vote for the best player ...
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Italy seals World Cup championship in penalties
Berlin, Germany (Sportsbooks) - France was the first to score, Italy
was eventually the last, as Fabio Grosso converted the final penalty kick
in a shootout to give Italy the tournament championship over France in
Sunday'...
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France, Italy tied at half in World Cup final
Berlin, Germany (Sportsbooks) - France and Italy scored a goal each
inside of the first 20 minutes to finish the first half tied, 1-1 in the World
Cup's final match.
Zinedine Zidane scored the first goal of the match in the seven...
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Wolfsburg eliminates Portsmouth from UEFA Cup
Wolfsburg, Germany (Sportsbooks) - Zvjezdan Misimovic stole the ball off the
feet of Portsmouth and England goalie David James to score the winning goal in
Wolfsburg's 3-2 UEFA Cup win Thursday that sent the Germans into the next round
and ...
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Udinese through to next round with win over Zagreb
Udine, Italy (Sportsbooks) - Udinese remained perfect in Group D play in
the UEFA Cup as the Italian side booked a spot in the next round with a 2-1
win over Dinamo Zagreb at the Stadio Friuli on Wednesday.
Fabio Quagliarella put ...
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Portsmouth's Kranjcar wants to make impact in Cup
Portsmouth, England (Sportsbooks) - Portsmouth midfielder Niko Kranjcar has
declared himself fit and ready to play a full 90 minutes against Wolfsburg in
the UEFA Cup.
The Croatia midfielder is hoping to start Thursday's group sta...
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City trio doubtful for UEFA Cup match
Manchester, England (Sportsbooks) - Manchester City has fitness concerns
over key trio Robinho, Micah Richards and Shaun Wright-Phillips ahead of
Wednesday's UEFA Cup visit of Paris St Germain.
The trio all started Sunday's ...
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Kinnear and Newcastle have become a good match
Philadelphia, PA (Sportsbooks) - The abrupt resignation of manager Kevin
Keegan in September left some big shoes to be filled at Newcastle, and not too
many people were thrilled that Joe Kinnear would be the one attempting to fill
them.
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Marseille faces more punishment from UEFA
Marseille, France (Sportsbooks) - Marseille has been charged by UEFA after
an object was thrown by one of its fans toward Liverpool's Steven Gerrard on
Wednesday in a Champions League clash.
The incident happened in the first half ...
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City topples Schalke; Milan rallies for draw
Gelsenkirchen, Germany (Sportsbooks) - Manchester City all but secured a
spot in the next round of the UEFA Cup on Thursday as Benjani and Stephen
Ireland scored goals in a 2-0 City win over Schalke in Group A play.
The win leav...
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Bordeaux keeps CL hopes alive with draw against Chelsea
Bordeaux, France (Sportsbooks) - Alou Diarra's header with seven minutes to
play helped Bordeaux claim a valuable 1-1 draw with Chelsea on Wednesday in
Champions League Group A play.
The goal canceled out Nicolas Anelka's opener on ...
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Liverpool's Gerrard set to play against Marseille
Liverpool, England (Sportsbooks) - Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez has given a
strong indication that Steven Gerrard will start in Wednesday's Champions
League match against Marseille.
The Reds skipper missed last weekend's goalless ...
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'Raul' Madrid bounces back to edge BATE Borisov
Borisov, Belarus (Sportsbooks) - Raul added to his record Champions League
goal total, scoring in the seventh minute of a key 1-0 win over BATE Borisov on
Tuesday that snapped a rare-two game skid for the Spanish champions and secured
a sp...
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Zenit faces tall task in Group H
St. Petersburg, Russia (Sportsbooks) - Zenit St. Petersburg has two games
to put themselves in the knockout round of the Champions League, and while the
Russian side still controls its own destiny, it will likely need wins against
Juventu...
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Knee surgery sidelines Hull's Folan
Hull, England (Sportsbooks) - Hull City striker Caleb Folan has been ruled
out of the next two games following minor surgery to cure a knee problem.
Folan has missed the last two games with the problem and will now sit out
Saturda...
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Keane resigns as Sunderland coach
Sunderland, England (Sportsbooks) - Roy Keane sensationally resigned as
Sunderland manager on Thursday after a little over two years in charge of the
Black Cats.
The 37-year-old Irishman had cast doubts over his future on Wearside...
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Newcastle won't discipline angry Martins
Newcastle, England (Sportsbooks) - Newcastle United will not discipline
Obafemi Martins following his angry reaction to being substituted at the
weekend.
The 24-year-old Nigeria international was reported to be facing disci...
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Middlesbrough auditioning two starlets
Middlesbrough, England (Sportsbooks) - Middlesbrough will run the rule over
two promising youngsters during trials ahead of the reopening of the transfer
window.
The Teessiders have confirmed that 20-year-old Serbian midfielder Nemanja...
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Liverpool's Benitez backs struggling Keane
Liverpool, England (Sportsbooks) - Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez remains
confident that striker Robbie Keane will eventually live up to his
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United's Ronaldo named Europe's best
Manchester, England (Sportsbooks) - Cristiano Ronaldo was crowned European
Footballer of the Year on Tuesday after winning the 2008 Ballon d'Or.
The 23-year-old Portugal winger won the prestigious accolade after leading
Manchester ...
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Liverpool takes over top spot despite West Ham draw
Liverpool, England (Sportsbooks) - Liverpool moved to the top of the
Premiership table on Monday despite being held to a 0-0 draw by West Ham at
Anfield.
Liverpool entered the weekend level on points with Chelsea, but after...
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Friedel has no plans on retirement after setting EPL record
Birmingham, England (Sportsbooks) - Aston Villa's veteran goalkeeper Brad
Friedel has no plans to retire just yet, having set a new record of 167
consecutive Premier League appearances at the weekend.
The 37-year-old American sur...
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Arsenal edges Chelsea; United holds off City
London, England (Sportsbooks) - Robin van Persie scored twice as Arsenal was
able to overcome an early own goal to shock Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, 2-1, in
the English Premier League on Sunday.
Arsenal, which has five losses already this...
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Bolton blasts Sunderland to claim top half spot
Sunderland, England (Sportsbooks) - Bolton moved into the top half of the
Premiership standings on Saturday after recording a 4-1 win over Sunderland at
the Stadium of Light.
Djibril Cisse put the Black Cats in front just 11 minutes i...
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Liverpool's Torres suffers hamstring strain
Liverpool, England (Sportsbooks) - Spain international Fernando Torres faces
another spell on the sidelines after picking up a hamstring strain Wednesday in
a Champions League victory against Marseille.
The 24-year-old striker has endure...
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