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Reuters
FIFA president Sepp Blatter plans on creating an anti-corruption committee in the wake of the allegations that shook soccer's governing body last year, when two of FIFA's 24-man executive committee, Reynald Temarii and Amos Adamu, were suspended after allegations they had offered to sell their votes in the contest to ...
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Reuters
Ralf Rangnick, who lead the tiny team from the third level of German soccer to the Bundesliga, has quit after four and a half years in charge in protest over the decision to sell Brazilian defender Luiz Gustavo to champion Bayern Munich.
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Sun
As if his training stint with Glasgow Celtic hadn't been contentious enough, Toronto FC attacker Dwayne De Rosario has not cast his boyhood home of Scarborough, Ont., in a flattering light during an interview.<
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Reuters
Xavi, who last summer celebrated the World Cup title with Spain, tied the Barcelona record for appearances when he played his 549th game for the club in its 2-1 La Liga victory over Levante on Sunday. Xavi equals the club mark set by Migueli during the 1980s.
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Wall Street Journal
"Bend It Like Beckham," the 2002 British dramedy about two high school girls playing on a club soccer team, became the first Western film shown on North Korea's state TV when it was broadcast in late December.
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