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Football in US - development goes on

Halfway through a 50-year project to raise football's profile in America – and on the day David Beckham plays in the MLS Cup final – the men in charge are delighted The American investors who are investing abroad should invest...

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Rio-style Trabzonspor formed in Brazil in honor of Jefferson

A group of young people from the neighborhood of Vila da Penha in Rio De Janeiro have formed a soccer team named Trabzon VP out of their love for Trabzonspor, which they learned about after goalkeeper Jefferson de Oliveira...

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Turkish soccer market loses value in line with drop in quality

The elimination of all Turkish teams from the major European competition -- the Champions League -- and the country’s poor results in the UEFA cup qualifying rounds this year have dragged down the market value of the teams and...

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Chilean Association refuses to compensate Flamengo

SANTIAGO, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The National Association of Professional Soccer of Chile (ANFP) rejected on Friday the possibility of compensating Brazilian soccer club Flamengo after its Chilean forward Claudio Maldonado...

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Tanzania: Fifa World Cup Trophy Lands in Dar

The Coca-Cola and FIFA World Cup Trophy arrived in Tanzania yesterday where it was received by President Jakaya Kikwete in the capital, Dar es Salaam. Speaking after unveiling and receiving the trophy at the National Stadium...

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Unlikely marriage brings success for Chile

By Brian Homewood ZILINA, Slovakia, Nov 20 (Reuters) - It hardly seemed to be a marriage made in heaven when Argentine coach Marcelo Bielsa tied the knot with Chile's national soccer team two years ago. Chile were a rudderless...

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Now for the luck of the draw

Four years ago, the euphoria surrounding the Socceroos' qualification for the World Cup finals was temporarily replaced by the realisation of the enormous task facing them. There on a big electronic board in the Leipzig...

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Piennar voted Bafana Bafana Player of the Year

By Proffesor Ndawonde Pretoria - Bafana Bafana midfielder Steven Pienaar has been voted the 2009 Senior National Team Player of the Year by local football supporters. This follows the player's outstanding performance in his...

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Ukraine's national football team 24th in FIFA ranking

Ukraine's national football team has lost two positions in the FIFA world ranking for November 2009 and is currently in 24th place, according to the official Web site of FIFA. Spain still tops the table. Brazil is 2nd, the...

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The Friday Five: Footballing Heartbreakers

In the wake of Ireland’s heartbreaking aggregate defeat to France, where Thierry Henry’s handballed assist for William Gallas to score an equaliser in extra time denied a team who had performed magnificently to haul themselves...

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