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Daily Mail
While AC Milan broke the story Wednesday about taking David Beckham on loan in January, and MLS Commissioner Don Garber confirmed that talks were afoot, it seems that only the L.A. Galaxy was kept in the dark. No wonder Galaxy coach Bruce Arena described the whole affair as "odd." "The ...
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L.A. Times
David Beckham should leave MLS right now if he seriously wants to play for England at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, writes Graham L. Jones. "Not on loan, not for just a short training spell with AC Milan or any other European club that comes calling, but for ...
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Washington Post
Jaime Moreno retired from international soccer Wednesday with a cameo appearance for Bolivia in an exhibition game against El Salvador at RFK Stadium. In the stadium where Moreno's scored so many goals for D.C. United, however, it was a former United player, Eliseo Quintanilla, who scored the goal of the ...
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Bild Zeitung (Germany)
FIFA President Sepp Blatter is often labeled the "Teflon boss" for his ability to avoid questions and accusations about bribery and corruption involving soccer's world governing body. His charmed professional life seems to extend to his personal life too -- at the weekend he escaped unhurt from a high-speed car ...
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Thenews.pl (Poland)
Former Polish national team coach Janusz Wojcik was detained Wednesday in Warsaw and will "most likely" be charged with active and passive corruption, according to Polish Justice Minister and Attorney General Zbigniew Cwiakalski. The former player and member of parliament for the Self Defence Party is accused of taking "large ...
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Goal.com
"I'm sick of losing. It's a chance to finish on a high note." Landon Donovan tells Goal.com's newly installed U.S. editor Andrea Canales that he aims to take the Galaxy's dead rubber game against FC Dallas dead serious. But he does he mean final game of the season, or final ...
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Associated Press
The Mexican Soccer Federation (FMF) has expelled a third division team for its alleged ties to drug traffickers. The FMF's national council voted Tuesday to expel the Mapaches (Raccoons) of Nueva Italia and the team's president, Fidel Ortega Vargas, two weeks after seven members of the team were detained by ...
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Fifa.com
"It's insane, an unbelievable achievement for the club and the boys." Adelaide United defender Sasa Ognenovski hails his side's progress to the final of the Asian Champions League after beating Bunyodkor of Uzebkistan 3-1 on aggregate. Adelaide will meet Japan's Gamba Osaka, and is guaranteed a place at the 2008 ...
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Houston Chronicle
"They were the more alert team tonight. We were second-best at everything." Houston Dynamo coach Dominic Kinnear after his mostly reserve side's 3-1 home defeat to UNAM Pumas in the Concacaf Champions League.
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Daily Mail
Setanta Sports TV cameras homed in on a Welsh fan holding a cuddly toy sheep in front of a big flag during Wales' U-21 game against its English counterparts. The problem? Written on the flag was the Welsh slogan, "Twll Din Bob Sais," which translates as "A***holes to the English."
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