"I can say the concept of a 'Beckham High' resonates quite strongly with me."

-- Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Miami-Dade County Public Schools, on David Beckham considering a proposal to build a sports high school at a new soccer stadium in Miami in his quest to bring an MLS team to the Miami. (Reuters)

"Today, I have the sense of being a knight from the Middle Ages, in front of a castle. I am trying to get in to bring football back, but instead I'm having boiling oil poured on my head."

-- UEFA president Michel Platini, who is suspended from campaigning for the FIFA presidency -- indeed, from all soccer activities -- by FIFA's ethics committee but is appealing the ban for his part in a $2 million payment from FIFA. (Daily Telegraph)

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