Chile defender Gonzalo Jara has been suspended for three matches by the Copa America disciplinary committee for provoking Uruguay’s Edinson Cavani during its 1-0 Copa Americaquarterfinal win. Jara came up behind Cavani and poked him in the backside. The Uruguay forward reacted by raising his hand toward Jara’s head and the Chilean collapsed feigning injury. Thereferee […]
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Hiddink Quits as Dutch Coach After Only 10 Months
Guus Hiddink stepped down as Dutch national head coach after just 10 months in charge. He had a contract until the end of Euro 2016, but the Oranje lost five of10 games — including a 4-3 defeat to the USA in a friendly. “I am sorry that it went this way,” said Hiddink. “I thought […]
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Cech Seals Arsenal Switch
Petr Cech on Monday completed his 10 million-pound ($15.7 million) transfer to Arsenal from Premier League champion Chelsea after 11 years and more than 400 appearances for the StamfordBridge club. The 33-year-old agreed a four-year deal. “Petr Cech is a player that I have admired for a long time and I am very pleased that […]
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Martino Doubted Tevez in Shootout Win
Argentina coach Gerardo Martino said he doubted whether Boca Juniors-bound match-winner Carlos Tevez would handle the pressure of another Copa America penalty shootout againstColombia on Friday. Martino’s men eventually reached the semifinals by winning 5-4 on penalties after a 0-0 draw in Vina del Mar, with Tevez stepping up to clinch victory with his side’s […]
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Report: Ramos Wants to go to Man United
Sources tell the Guardian that Sergio Ramos has told Real Madrid he wants to leave for Manchester United this summer. According to the report, Ramos was informed that Real received aformal bid from United valued at 40 million euros ($44.5 million) and that he told the club he wants to leave, but only for United. […]
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FIFA Denies Blatter Has Changed His Mind
FIFA said its president, Sepp Blatter, has not changed plans to leave office, in response to a report in Swiss newspaper Blick in which the 79-year-old Blatter said, “I did not resign. I put myselfand my office in the hands of the FIFA congress.” Though he previously said he would not stand again, sources had […]
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FIFA Film Director Full of Regrets
In his first interview since the disastrous U.S. opening of United Passions, the FIFA movie he directed at a cost of $30 million but which took in just $918 in its opening weekend in theU.S., French director Frederic Auburtin tells The Hollywood Reporter he was trying to strike a balance between “a Disney propaganda film [and]a Costa-Gavras/Michael Moore movie,” […]
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Guerrero Fires Peru to Copa Semis
Paolo Guerrero scored all three goals as Peru beat Bolivia 3-1 to reach the semifinals of the Copa America, where it faces host Chile on Tuesday. With his hat-trick, the Flamengo strikerjoined Chile’s Arturo Vidal at the top of the Copa America scoring charts with three goals in four games. He also pulled to within […]
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Wambach Warned Over Referee Comment
FIFA on Thursday issued a warning to U.S. women’s national team striker Abby Wambach for the comments she made about referee Stephanie Frappart’s following the USA’s2-0 win against Colombia at the Women’s World Cup in Canada. Wambach suggested that the French referee purposefully gave yellow cards to teammates Megan Rapinoe and Lauren Holiday, whowere also […]
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Report: Douglas Costa Headed to Bayern
Bayern Munich is closing in on a 35 million-euro deal for Shakhtar Donetsk forward Douglas Costa, According to German broadcaster Sport 1, the runaway Bundesliga champion has reached averbal agreement with the player and his club, with the move set to be made official soon. The attacking midfielder, 24, is currently representing Brazil at the […]