Players who are injured the
weekend before an international will have to report for checks
by an England team doctor before pulling out, manager Fabio
Capello said on Tuesday.
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Growing up on Oahu’s North Shore, Brian Ching preferred breaking waves over breakaway goals. Surfing, not soccer, held his affection. Now, the surfer dude who traded the sun and sand of Hawaii for the world’s soccer fields leads a youthful lineup against Guatemala on Wednesday night in a World Cup qualifier, a spot in next year’s regional finals already assured for the Americans.
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Boca Juniors striker Lucas
Viatri, one of the revelations of the Argentine season, is to
face court proceedings over allegations that he robbed a
hairdressers, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
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Diego Maradona’s swagger is still there. He insists he feels no pressure as he tries to reinvent himself as a world-class coach with Argentina. The Argentine soccer great is intent on turning his group of underachieving players into World Cup winners. “If I hadn’t accepted that offer, I would be a coward,” Maradona said through a translator Tuesday in his first news conference as Argentina’s coach.
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Arsenal winger Theo Walcott has
been ruled out of England’s friendly against Germany after
dislocating his shoulder, the FA said on Tuesday.
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Ethiopia remained under suspension from world soccer’s governing body Tuesday after talks collapsed at FIFA headquarters. Two rival groups are vying for control of Ethiopia’s national federation. The country was suspended in July and later kicked out of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. FIFA said representatives of a faction led by Ahmed Yassin could not accept that Ashebir Woldegiorgis was…
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There are few more evocative
fixtures in world football than Germany against England yet the
build-up to Wednesday’s friendly in Berlin has been rendered
almost meaningless by a high-profile list of absentees.
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Real Betis have held open a
three-year contract offer for unhappy Brazilian striker Edu who
will be free to leave when his current deal expires at the end
of the season, the Primera Liga club said on Saturday.
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Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United maintained their Premier League title hopes with victories Saturday while Arsenal lost at home to Aston Villa for the first time in 15 years. Arsenal defender Gael Clichy headed a ball into his own net, sending Villa on its way to a 2-0 victory. Gabriel Agbonlahor had the other goal in the 80th minute.
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