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by Paul Kennedy
[USA-AUSTRALIA] As the clock ticks down to the start of the World Cup, injuries -- or the possibility of injuries -- are of primary concern for all 32 finalists. U.S. forward Jozy Altidore (ankle sprain) was held out of field training on the even of Saturday's friendly against Australia in ...
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by Soccer America
[ENGLAND] England's first full training session at its base on the Royal Bafokeng sports campus produced its first casualty. Captain Rio Ferdinand is out of the World Cup with a knee injury suffered in training on Friday. England coach Fabio Capello was quick to say the turf was not to ...
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by Soccer America
"The talent's there. There's no reason Robert Green can't win and be exceptional. There's no reason David James can't win and have six brilliant games. But you're not sure, and that's the problem. On past form, there have been mistakes every two or three games, and that's why we're in ...
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by Soccer America
[IVORY COAST] Didier Drogba, the popular Ivory Coast striker, is possibly out of the World Cup with a broken arm suffered during the Elephants' game against Japan on Friday.
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by Soccer America
[FRANCE] World Cup 2006 runner-up France lost to China, 1-0, on the Indian Ocean island of Reunion in its final World Cup 2010 warmup, but Coach Raymond Domenech insisted he has time to fix things. But time is running out for France, which opens play against Uruguay on Friday.
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by Ridge Mahoney
[MY VIEW] A week before the start of the world's greatest sporting spectacle, which the grand lords at FIFA have again decreed will not be fouled by video replay or additional officials, two other major sports - at least in North America - give perspective on the current stage of ...
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by Soccer America
[TELEVISION WATCH] Englishman Martin Tyler, selected as ESPN's lead play-by-play man for the World Cup, was selected to make his ESPN debut in the U.S. Saturday on ESPN2's live telecast of the USA-Australia match from Roodepoort, South Africa.
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] In the last weekend before MLS takes a break for the World Cup, the Los Angeles Galaxy puts its unbeaten record on the line when it hosts the Houston Dynamo Saturday in a rematch of their 2009 Western Conference final. For all the weekend schedule ...
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