[OFF THE POST] In a Brazilian lower division game between Genus and Moto Clube, Genus’ Robson refused to leave the field after gettingred-carded for a bad tackle — until riot police entered the field and pepper-sprayed him. Robson committed the foul with his team trailing, 3-0, and along with four teammates confrontedthe referee until riot […]
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Just who were these guys?
[BRAZIL] Less than 24 hours after their poor performance against the New York Red Bulls in the Red Bull Arena opener, Santos was back action, pounding Ituano,9-1, in the Sao Paulo state championship with a completely different team. So which was which? You guessed it, the Santos team that played so miserably against the Red […]
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Red Bulls romp in stadium opener
[MLS] These weren’t the hapless Red Bulls of years past. New York celebrated the opening of Red Bull Arena with a thoroughly deserved 3-1 win over Santos ofBrazil Saturday night before a sellout crowd of 25,000 fans and finished undefeated in preseason with a 7-0-3 record. One new Red Bull Joel Lindpereand two returning Red Bulls, Mike […]
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Young stars highlight Red Bull Arena opener
[MLS] For Saturday’s opening of Red Bull Arena (TV: Fox Soccer Channel, live, 6:30 pm ET) could be the only soccer game at $200 million stadium for a while. TheNew York Red Bulls will be without star Juan Pablo Angel and their opponent, Santos of Brazil, will be missing Robinho,who is also injured, but both […]
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Will World Cup be Rooney-Messi Show?
By Paul Gardner I have not found the prospect of the upcoming World Cup overly enthralling. Quite aside from the obviously political and anything-but-soccer reasons forstaging it in South Africa, I find am finding it difficult to get excited about the soccer itself. Why would that be? Mostly, I’ll admit, because of Brazil. Yes, I feel […]
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Adriano celebrates Flamengo return with winner
Brazilian national team striker Adriano returned from his latest bout with what are believed to be alcohol problems to score the winning goal for Flamengo intheir 1-0 victory over Vasco da Gama in the Carioca championship derby. Adriano had not played since returning from London, where he played for Brazil in a friendly against Ireland […]
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Messi shares laugh with a … [VIDEO]
[OFF THE SEASON] It’s billed as Pepsi’s World Cup commercial, though Coca-Cola, not Pepsi, is a FIFA sponsor. The commercial featuring Lionel Messi, Kaka and Didier Drogba is certainly unusual. Take a look … PepsiCommercial:
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Drinking problem sidelines Adriano
Brazilian national team striker Adriano has been temporarily dropped by Flamengo because he began drinking again. After returning from London, where Brazilbeat Ireland, 2-0, he did not show up for practice on Friday and missed Flamengo’s 4-0 win over Resende on Saturday. “When he starts drinking, he can’t stop,” Flamengo director Marcos Braz told Radio […]
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Bafana Bafana head to month-long camp in Brazil
[WORLD CUP WATCH] South Africa national team coach Carlos Alberto Parreira is taking 29 players to his native Brazil fora month-long camp, the first of several World Cup training camps in preparation for the finals. Teenager Kermit Erasmus and Daylon Claasen, who both play in the Netherlands, as the only two foreign-based players in the […]
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Second surgery sidelines Andre Luiz
[MLS] The San Jose Earthquakes may seem to be stacked with midfielders, but one of its cogs in the second half of the 2009 season won’t be available for awhile. Brazilian Andre Luiz, who played seven games after signing with MLS last July, has undergone arthroscopic surgery on his left knee. Kneepain traced to an […]