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"The other guy was probably hungrier than Paddy." -- Sheffield United coach Neil Warnock on his goalkeeper Paddy Kenny, whose left eye brow was bitten off in a 3:00 a.m. brawl at an Indian restaurant. The Irish goalkeeper was reportedly fighting with a "pal" who boasted he'd had an affair ...
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The English Premier League hopes to convince FIFA to reconsider its stubborn stance on the use of video replay to aid officials. Keith Hackett, head of the Professional Game Match Officials Board, is charged with presenting a proposal to FIFA in January supporting the use of video technology primarily to ...
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Glasgow Celtic hosts Manchester United on Tuesday (TV: ESPN2, 2:30 pm ET). In their first Group F encounter, Man U beat the Scottish champions, 3-2. Man U leads the group after four games, but comes off an embarrassing loss to last-place FC Copenhagen. In Group E, Lyon (12 pts.) and ...
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$1.4 billion What Real Madrid will earn from selling TV rights to its games through 2013 to production company Grupo Mediapro in what is believed to be a record deal for a sports team, according to Bloomberg news. $1.3 billion What Mediapro paid Barcelona for TV rights for seven years. ...
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The U.S. under-14 boys national team will participate in the US Youth Soccer ODP Thanksgiving Interregional Nov. 23-27 at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. U.S. coach Manny Schellscheidt and his five assistant coaches will split the 36 players on the roster into two teams ...
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