A South African soccer fan was beaten to death by his family because he wanted to watch the Germany-Australia World Cup game and they wanted to watch a gospel show. David Makweya was stabbed in the back and sustained head injuries, and was pronounced dead when the police arrived on the scene in the townof […]
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World Cup performer dies suddenly
Siphiwo Ntshebe, the 34-year-old South African opera singer due to perform in the World Cup opening ceremonies, died Tuesday after a short battle withacute bacterial meningitis. Ntshebe, who was dubbed the “Black Pavarotti,” was rehearsing for the opening ceremonies at which he was scheduled to perform “Hope,” the personal message offormer president Nelson Mandela, when […]
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Colonel John McHugh, former Army goalie, remembered
Jeff Bradley, a sportswriter for ESPN The Magazine and younger brother of U.S. national team coach Bob Bradley,remembers Colonel John McHugh, who captained the 1985 Army men’s soccer team and was recently killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan. Jeff Bradley and McHughwere teammates on the same American Legion baseball team in New Jersey. McHugh […]
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OBITUARY: Walt Daggatt (1919-2010)
Walt Daggatt, founder of original Seattle Sounders, died Sunday at the age of 91 at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Daggatt was managinggeneral partner of the ownership group that formed the Sounders and brought pro soccer to Seattle in 1974. The late Lamar Hunt, owner of the NorthAmerican Soccer League’s Dallas Tornado and NFL’s […]
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OBITUARY: Bob Kap (1923-2010)
Bob Kap, who died on Sunday at the age of 87, is best known as the godfather of soccer-style kickers, but he was also an American soccer pioneer, who tookthe Dallas Tornado on the longest tour in the history of soccer — six months with games in 19 countries on five continents, including two games […]
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'Franchise player' fatally stabbed at birthday party
[AROUND THE NET] Conor Reynolds, a star soccer player at Springfield (Mass.) Cathedral High School, was fatally stabbedin the neck Saturday night outside a local restaurant that recently lost its liquor license and was hosting a birthday party that drew 250 attendees. “His life ended over little orno provocation by someone he didn’t even know, […]
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OBITUARY: Gabbo Gavric (1938-2010)
Gabbo Gavric, one of the great pioneers of American professional soccer and a placekicker ofdistinction in the NFL, died on Saturday after a long illness. Gavric was lured from hisnative Yugoslavia when pro soccer was launched in 1967. He won championships with the Oakland Clippers and Dallas Tornado and later played for and coached the […]