Liga MX will limit the number of foreign-born players in each game-day squad to 10. The previous rule allowed each team to field five foreigners and an unlimited number of naturalized Mexicans, butthe prevalence of players gaining fast-track Mexican citizenship — just two years for people from Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula — caused […]
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Germany: Eintracht Frankfurt stays up
A goal by Haris Seferovic gave Eintracht Frankfurt a 1-0 win at Nuremberg in the second leg of their Bundesliga promotion-relegation playoff that will keep it in the top flight of Germansoccer. Frankfurt, 16th in the 18-team Bundesliga, dominated the second leg with a 17-7 edge in shots.
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Van Gaal 'very disappointed' not to finish Man United plan
Two days after Manchester United won the English FA Cup, Louis van Gaal was fired as United manager, paving the way for former Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho to take over at Old Trafford.The Dutchman had one year remaining on a three-year contract. Van Gaal said he was “very disappointed” not to see out his “intended […]
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FIFA fires deputy secretary general Kattner
FIFA deputy secretary general Markus Kattner, who has been acting secretary general since September after Jerome Valcke was dismissed from the post, was himself fired on Mondayafter an internal investigation “uncovered breaches of his fiduciary responsibilities in connection with his employment contact.” They are believed to concern certain bonus payments. The45-year-old Kattner has not been charged […]
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Copa Centenario: Luis Suarez might play for Uruguay after all
Despite confirmation of the hamstring injury he suffered in Sunday’s Copa del Rey final, Barcelona star Luis Suarez will join Uruguay’s national team on June 1 ahead of the Copa Centenario.Barca issued a statement that Suarez will begin his rehabilitation in Barcelona, then join Uruguay in the United States, where a final decision on his […]
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Copa Centenario: Argentina omits Tevez and Dybala
Argentina coach Gerardo Martino announced his final roster for the Copa Centenario, and it doesn’t include 32-year-old striker Carlos Tevez and Paulo Dybala, who replaced Tevez atJuventus and scored 23 goals in 45 matches overall while helping it win a fifth straight Italian league title. Argentina is for its first major tournament title since 1993. […]
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Ban on Catalan flag from King's Cup final lifted
A ban on the Estelada, a Catalan flag that has become a symbol of Catalonia’s pro-independence movement, from Sunday’s King’s Cup final between Barcelona and Sevilla in Madrid wasoverruled by a Spanish judge on Friday, defusing an issue that raised political tensions into Spanish soccer. Prosecutors had argued that waving the politically charged Catalan flag […]
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Brendan Rodgers hired as Celtic manager
Celtic named former Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers as its new manager to replace Ronny Deila. “Brendan is a highly sought after manager and we are pleased we have been able to bringsuch a high calibre individual to Celtic,” said chief executive Peter Lawwell. “I know Brendan feels privileged to be named Celtic manager and he […]
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Eintracht Frankfurt captain scores own goal day after tumor diagnosis
One day after being diagnosed with a tumor revealed after he failed a drug test, Eintracht Frankfurt captain Marco Russ gave up an own goal that earned Nuremberg a 1-1 draw in the first leg ofthe Bundesliga promotion-relegation playoff. Russ, who also received a yellow card that will keep him out of the second leg […]
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French intelligence chief: Islamic State plans Euro 2016 attacks
Patrick Calvar, the head of France’s DGSI internal intelligence agency, told the French parliament’s defense committee that the Islamic State would likely try to target Euro 2016 and wasplanning “a new form of attack … characterized by placing explosive devices in places where there are large crowds and repeating this type of action to create […]