[ENGLAND] David Beckham will miss the 2010 World Cup and his status for the 2010 Los Angeles Galaxy season is in doubtafter tearing his Achilles tendon playing for AC Milan Sunday. Beckham, 34, injured himself while turning with no one on him in the middle of midfield during Milan’s game against ChievoVerona. Beckham immediately thought […]
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Beckham admits his England hopes are in doubt
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] With his playing time at AC Milan shrinking, David Beckham admitted that he is not banking onmaking England’s World Cup squad. “I am not guaranteed to go to South Africa,” he said. “I have to work hard and hopefully win my place. There are a good few months left and plenty ofgames […]
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Hiddink turns down Ivory Coast deal
[WORLD CUP COUNTDOWN] Guus Hiddink won’t being coaching Ivory Coast at the World Cup. The Dutchman, who has coached theNetherlands (1998 semifinals), South Korea (2002 semifinals) and Australia (2006 second round) at the last three World Cups, says he’ll finish up his contract with Russia in June, then take his newjob with Turkey. “I must […]
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A tiebreaker solution from hockey?
With two of the last four World Cup finals settled by penalty-kick shootouts , Christopher Clarey revisits the tiebreaker debate. First, he recalls whatIan Thomsen of the International Herald Tribune said after Brazil won the 1994 World Cup on penalty kicks over Italy. Thomsen called it “the equivalent of taking JackNicklaus and Tom Watson off […]
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Capello targets semis for England
England coach Fabio Capello has set the semifinals as England’s at this summer’s World Cup. England has twice reached the final four — when it won the title on home soil in 1966and when it finished fourth in 1990. “My job when I was manager of Milan, Juventus, Roma or Madrid was always to try […]
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Protests in South Africa
With less than 100 days before the World Cup kickoff, South African township residents barricaded roads in Soweto, the latest in a series of protests over living conditions that have hit thecountry. Police said about 1,000 people demanding housing demonstrated in the township near Johannesburg, blocking roads with large rocks close to the venue for […]
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Dempsey appears to be recovering on schedule
U.S. midfielder Clint Dempsey‘s recovery from knee ligament damage appears to be right on schedule. Dempsey, who suffered the injury while playing for Fulham against Blackburn onJan. 17, had predicted he would return in mid-March. He reportedly accompanied the team to Torino, Italy, for Fulham’s Europa League match against Juventus on Thursday. Although he won’t […]
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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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Capello's England team meeting recorded by spies
An England team meeting at its hotel before last Wednesday’s 3-1 win over Egypt was recorded by spies and the English FA is launching an investigation into how the bug was planted in the room. The”spies” are believed to have a six-hour recording and FA lawyers have moved to block any publication of the material, […]
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England's injury woes mount
England’s injury woes on its backline are reaching the crisis point. Its first choices at right back (Glen Johnson) and left back (Ashley Cole) are injured. One of its two center backs (Rio Ferdinand) is sidelined. Its No. 2 choice at left back (Wayne Bridge) quit in the aftermath of revelations that John Terry — […]