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Spiegel
The city of Sialkot in Pakistan produces as many as 60 million hand-stitched soccer balls in a year -- and the firms here are running out of new workers since child labor was abolished. Western buyers may have a clear conscience, but the children of Sialkot now toil in the ...
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Wall Street Journal
Paid for without a loan, the new Red Bull Arena represents the biggest and most visible foreign investment ever made in professional soccer in the USA.
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Washington Post Soccer Insider
Steven Goff reports that MLS labor talks in Washington, D.C., went deep into stoppage time Thursday night/Friday morning. The last he heard, the sides had entered a 14th hour. "Can't they just settle it with penalty kicks? Cannon in goal, Garber steps to the spot ..." jokes Goff.
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AP
A 38-year-old fan Paris Saint-Germain fan, who had spent weeks in a coma following an attack by rival PSG supporters, has died. The attack took place during street clashes following a Feb. 28 game. PSG president Robin Leproux called it "a terrible death" and pledged to bring in "heavy, new ...
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Reuters
Players from Italian amateur club San Luca wore black armbands during a game in mourning at the death of a Calabrian Mafia boss Antonio Pelle. The 16 players who made the gesture have been suspended for two games and fined, while the eight-tier team was docked points. The Italian soccer ...
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