Arsenal’s Theo Walcott has entered the Guinness World Records by controlling a ball dropped from 111 feet — roughly equal to a 10-story building. He succeeded where teammatesLaurent Koscielny, Nacho Monreal and Francis Coquelin failed.
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Gareth Southgate takes on 'onerous task'
By Mike Woitalla@MikeWoitalla Although England is known as the birthplace of soccer, its national team has wononly one major championship, the 1966 World Cup it hosted. And thus expectations are low for Gareth Southgate, promoted from interim to permanent head coach on Wednesday. Martyn Herman of Reuters led his article on the appointment with:“Gareth Southgate […]
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Ibrahimovic strikes twice in Man United win
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Anthony Martial each scored twice as Manchester United beat West Ham, 4-1, to advance to the semifinals of the English League Cup three daysafter the teams tied, 1-1, in English Premier League play.
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Southampton ousts Arsenal from League Cup
Southampton reached the semifinals of the English League Cup for the first time since 1987 thanks to a 2-0 win over a below-par and under-strength Arsenal, which made 10 changes to the team that beatBournemouth 3-1 in the Premier League on Sunday.
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Video Pick: Keeper scores bicycle kick winner
The Orlando Pirates had a 1-0 lead over Baroka FC in South Africa’s Premier League five minutes into stoppage time when Baroka goalkeeper Oscarine Masuluke ventured to the otherend and scored the equalizer with a bicycle kick.
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Soccer plane in Colombia crash was running out of fuel
The pilot of the plane that crashed in Colombia virtually wiping out a Brazilian team Chapecoense had radioed he was running out of fuel and in an emergency, according to a recording of his finalcommunications. Monday night’s disaster killed 71 people and sent shock waves round the global soccer world.
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Video Pick: Goalkeeper saves seagull
Sydney FC goalkeeper Danny Vukovic acted fast when he noticed a seagull was hurt when struck by a pass. He alerted the referee to stop the game and carried the bruised bird tothe sideline to set up a happy ending.
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Video Pick: Brilliant bicycle golazo gamewinner
From the Russian Premier League, FC Krasnodar’s 24-year-old Georgian midfielder Tornike Okriashvili scored the gamewinner four minutes into stoppage time in a 2-1 victory overZenit with a beautiful long-distance overhead kick.
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U.S. Abroad: Gooch stretchered off with ankle injury
Sunderland’s Lynden Gooch, who made his English Premier League debut in August and U.S. national team debut two months later, was stretchered off with an ankle injury requiring X-rays. Theinjury to the 20-year-old winger came in a game with Sunderland U-23s against Tottenham in the Premier League 2. Gooch, who was born and raises in […]
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Video Pick: Chapecoense Tribute
The Chapecoense soccer club has posted a video of its players in a locker room celebration with the caption: “Let this be the last image of our warriors.” The team’s plane crashed en routeto the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana in Colombia.