Hamburg SV’s U.S. striker Bobby Wood was handed a three-game suspension after the DFB reviewed his red card for elbowing Cologne’s Dominique Heintz in thestomach in Sunday’s 3-0 loss to Cologne. Wood has scored last-place HSV’s only two goals in Bundesliga play this season. HSV, which the 23-year-old Wood joined last summer on $4.4 milliontransfer, […]
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Klose to join Germany coaching staff
Miroslav Klose, the top scorer in World Cup history and Germany’s all-time leading scorer with 71 goals, is ending his playing career and will join Joachim Loew‘sGerman national team coaching staff as he studies for his pro license. Klose’s contract with Italy’s Lazio expired after last season. “I celebrated my greatest successes in thenational team […]
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Video Pick: Own Goal of the Week is gamewinner
In minor league English soccer, Wealdstone’s Elliott Godfrey heads home from close range — into his own goal in stoppage time to hand Wellington United a 1-0 win.
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Video Pick: How Arsenal scored 3 goals in 7 minutes
Tied 1-1 with Sunderland in the 72nd minute, Arsenal scored three goals within seven minutes for a 4-1 win — two from Olivier Giroud and one by Alexis Sanchez.
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Video Pick: Patrice Evra does dancing panda
Juventus’ French star Patrice Evra dances and raps in a panda suit to send the “Say no to racism” message. The 35-year-old defender shows off his move to Desiigner’s song’Panda’ before taking off the head of his costume to speak into the camera. His message: “Be like a panda. I am black, I am white, […]
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Video Pick: Sublime scissor kick by Nacho
Real Madrid’s 26-year-old Nacho scored the goal of the week, a 17-yard scissor kick, on Wednesday in a 7-1 Copa del Rey win over Cultural Leonesa.
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Leverkusen stunned by third division Lotte
Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen was knocked out of the German Cup by third division Sportfreunde Lotte, which came back twice in a 2-2 tie, played 40 minutes with 10 men, and prevailed, 4-3, in thepenalty kick tiebreaker. Lotte already downed one Bundesliga foe, knocking out Werder Bremen in the first round.
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Sturridge strikes twice as Liverpool downs Spurs
Daniel Sturridge, who has struggled to impress Coach Juergen Klopp, sent Liverpool into the English League Cup quarterfinals with both goals in a 2-1 win overTottenham Hotspur. Klopp made 11 changes to the lineup that beat West Bromwich Albion 2-1 in the Premier League on Saturday. Arsenal, Newcastle United, Leeds and Hull City also reached […]
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Video Pick: Carlos Alberto's wonder goal
Carlos Alberto, who died at age 72 on Tuesday, scored one of the greatest World Cup goals ever, finishing off a brilliant sequence and a Pele pass to capBrazil’s 4-1 win over Italy in the 1970 World Cup final.
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Brazil legend Carlos Alberto dies at age 72
Carlos Alberto, captain of Brazil’s brilliant 1970 World Cup-winning team who also played for the New York Cosmos, died of a heart attack at age 72. The attack-minded defender scoredthe goal that defined the 1970 World Cup in the final against Italy — a flowing move that involved all but one of Brazil’s outfield players […]