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The USA will face its toughest test of the group stage in the Olympic women's soccer competition when it plays France on Saturday in … Read the whole story
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"This came to our attention on the 20th anniversary of the Nigerian football team's win at the Atlanta Games. Everyone was happy to help them with another miracle by getting them to Manaus."
-- Delta spokesperson Betsy Talton on the airline stepping in to fly Nigeria's men's soccer team -- free of charge -- from Atlanta to Manaus after learning the team was stranded in Atlanta. Nigeria arrived six hours before the opening game and beat Japan, 5-4. (AP) -
U.S. striker Alex Morgan reveals a secret she kept from her dad during her time at UC Berkeley in "Big Chief & Ruby," part … Read the whole story
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"He jumped out of his bed and saw all these Mexicans on his bed! He was terrified! Once we saw he was awake, we started doing the Mexican Wave and had a party. And we won! We won against Brazil! Gold medal for Mexico!"
-- Mexican actress Salma Hayek on watching the 2012 Olympic men's soccer gold-medal game Mexico won. Members of her family and house keepers huddled in her bedroom to watch the game while her husband, French billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault, jet-lagged and exhausted after a business trip, slept until Mexico's Oribe Peralta scored, setting off wild cheers. (Eonline.com) -
Stranded in Atlanta, Nigeria didn't arrive in Manaus for its opening game of the Olympic men's soccer competition until six hours before kickoff. Its … Read the whole story
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Youth Soccer InsiderThirteen of the USA's 18-woman squad at the Olympic Games in Rio played in a U-20 Women's World Cup, as did 15 members of … Read the whole story
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NBCSN averaged 1.3 million viewers for the U.S. women's national team's 2-0 victory over New Zealand in their Rio Olympics opener, more than double … Read the whole story
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Off The Post
As a young engineer when I learned that the best product was the one that sold the best -- hence marketed well -- and … Read the whole story
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The on-again, off-again Fabian Castillo-to-Trabzonspor deal is done. Castillo, 24, left FC Dallas apparently without permission from the club and waited several days until … Read the whole story
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The Boston College buddies are back. In Philly. A series of aggressive moves has brought former Eagles Charlie Davies and Alejandro Bedoya, who initially … Read the whole story
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FC Dallas needed a goal by Honduran Maynor Figueroa in the 84th minute to give the MLS Supporters' Shield leader a 2-1 win over … Read the whole story
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Expansion franchise Rayo OKC's coach Alen Marcina resigned on Thursday and the Oklahoma club's operating management group, Sold Out Strategies, has pulled out, reports … Read the whole story
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The International Champions Cup finished its 2016 edition on U.S. soil with crowds of 82,012 in East Rutherford, New Jersey, for Real Madrid-Bayern Munich … Read the whole story
