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AP
Frechman Eric Cantona, the former Manchester United forward who retired from playing in 1997, has been named director of soccer by the New York Cosmos, which hopes to field an MLS team. He will have overall responsibility for "the proposed first team" and the Cosmos hope he will attract world-class ...
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Reuters
Paul the Octopus, who correctly predicted the outcome of each of Germany's 2010 World Cup matches and the 2010 final between Spain and the Netherlands, will have his own memorial corner unveiled on Thursday at the Sea Life aquarium, where he lived in Oberhausen, Germany.
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USA Today
The U.S. team in training camp to face Chile in a friendly on Saturday includes four players who are is eligible to play for the USA despite being born or raised outside the country: midfielder Mikkel Diskerud and forwards Juan Agudelo, Teal Bunbury and Eugene Starikov. Bunbury and Diskerud have ...
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Reuters
Ruud Gullit, whose last coaching stint was a short, unsuccessful one with the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2008, has been named coach Chechen club Terek Grozny of the of Russian Premier League.
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AP
Nearly a year after Paraguayan international Salvador Cabanas suffered near-fatal wounds in a shooting, officials in Mexico City have arrested a suspect in the case. At a news conference Tuesday Federal Public Safety Department Anti-Drug Division chief Ramon Eduardo Pequeno said Jose Jorge Balderas was arrested during a police operation ...
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MirrorFootball.com
Manchester United's Wayne Rooney, who has scored only three goals (two from the penalty spot) this season was on the receiving end of a swipe from Manchester City's outspoken Italian striker Mario Balotelli, who has struck eight times in 11 appearances.
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