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by Soccer America
[REFEREE WATCH] FIFA President Sepp Blatter says he apologized to England and Mexico for blown calls and said FIFA will reconsider using goal-line technology after this World Cup. "I deplore the obvious refereeing mistakes we have seen," said Blatter, who has a record of strongly resisting the use of video ...
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by Soccer America
"We know that there was a burglary at the FIFA offices where they took seven replicas of the World Cup." -- South Africa police commissioner Bheki Cele says that World Cup replica trophies, about 6 inches tall and worth $256 apiece, were stolen from a storage room at FIFA's headquarters ...
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by Paul Kennedy
[PARAGUAY-JAPAN] Paraguay reached the quarterfinals of the World Cup for the first time when it beat Japan on penalties after their game in Pretoria ended in a 0-0 tie.
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by Soccer America
[USA] Should Bob Bradley's contract as U.S. national team coach be renewed for another four years through the 2014 World Cup?
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by Soccer America
[OFF THE POST] Prepared for either eventuality, Brazil national team sponsor Extra, a supermarket chain, made two versions of a thank-you ad. Small problem: the Folha de Sao Paulo newspaper ran the wrong one.
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by Soccer America
[SCOREBOARD] The 2010 World Cup finished with an average of 2.27 goals a game, the second lowest in history. Spain's eight goals in seven games were the fewest of any team to win the World Cup. For all the World Cup results and leading scorers ...
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by Soccer America
[WORLD CUP VIEWING] Soccer America's list of soccer viewing establishments where you might be able to catch the World Cup games now numbers in the hundreds. Please be sure to check for opening times.
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