ESPN reports that Luis Suarez’s ban for biting could be appealed in the wake of FIFA’s crisis, according to the Uruguayan Soccer Player’s Union (MUFP). Uruguay internationalSuarez was banned for four months by FIFA after biting Italy’s Giorgio Chiellini at last summer’s World Cup in Brazil. The Barcelona striker, who returned to training on Thursday […]
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FIFA's Indictments: More Deja Vu?
Off The Post couldn’t help but be overcome by déjà vu after waking up to news of In a nutshell, here’s what happened: nine current and former soccer officialsfrom North, Central and South America and the Caribbean were indicted by U.S. authorities alongside six sports marketing executives for alleged racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering, […]
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Three networks win Sports Emmys for soccer work
ESPN, NBC and Univision were singled out for their soccer coverage, winning awards at the 36th annual Sports Emmy awards in ceremonies Tuesday night at Lincoln Center’s Rose Hall in New York. ESPN was recognized for its Outstanding Camera Work at the 2014 World Cup and Outstanding Sports Promotional Announcement ahead of the tournament. NBC […]
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Tijuana's Arango Receives Two-Game Ban for Biting
The Mexican soccer federation on Tuesday handed Tijuana midfielder Juan Arango a two-game suspension for biting defender Jesus Zavala on the shoulder during the final minutes ofTijuana’s 4-3 home defeat to Monterrey. Though Zavala went down holding his left shoulder, the referee, who failed to see the incident took no action. Arango’s two-gamesuspension is interesting considering […]
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Ribery, Schweinsteiger Returns Uncertain for Bayern
Bayern Munich will be without Bastian Schweinsteiger and Franck Ribery for its DFB Pokal (German Cup) quarterfinal at Bayer Leverkusen on Wednesday night. Ribery, who suffered anankle injury nearly a month ago, also remains a doubt for the Bavarian giant’s upcoming UEFA Champions League quarterfinal series against FC Porto. Meanwhile, Schweinsteiger, 31, has beenstruggling with […]
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Who's to Blame for Brazil's White Elephants?
Though its national soccer teamseems to have recovered from the humiliating exit suffered last summer from its own World Cup, Brazil has seen its GDP growth all but slow to a standstill in the past year. And by several accounts, the world’s seventh-largesteconomy looks to be headed back into recession in 2015. Since politics and […]
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Brazil Looking Like Copa America Favorite
Following friendly wins against France (3-1) and Chile (1-0), Brazil has now reeled off eight straight victories since Dunga took charge of the national team following itsdisappointing World Cup campaign. Though the Seleccao will head to Chile for this summer’s Copa America as one of the favorites, Dunga says the priority will still be qualifying […]
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Guus Hiddink, For Whom the Bell Tolls
When the European championships contained just 16 teams, it was widely regarded as the hardest international tournament to qualify for, let alone win. Thanks to the expanded format introduced forEuro 2016, eight more nations will be represented at next year’s finals in France. Naturally, some, including Off The Post, expressed concern that the expanded format […]
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Suarez: Playing for Barca Harder Than Liverpool
In an interview with German sports daily kicker, Luis Suarez admits it is more difficult playing for Barcelona than it was at Liverpool, his previous employer, because he is affordedmuch less space in Spain than he was in the English Premier League. Despite a tough start to life in La Liga, the Uruguayan has eight […]
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An Economist's View of the Ronaldo-Messi Debate
The Economist, the highly-regarded British pub covering politics, finance and anything else it thinks smart people (or in the case of Off The Post, people who use its opinions as proxies fortheir own when they want to sound smart at cocktail parties) should know about, thinks it has definitely solved the case through a very […]