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| Botafogo defender Andre
Luis was sent off for grabbing the referee's yellow card as the
Brazilian side were knocked out of the Copa Sudamericana by
Argentina's Estudiantes on Wednesday.
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| Midfielder Juan Sebastian
Veron was on target as Estudiantes beat Botafogo 2-0 in the
first leg of their Copa Sudamericana quarter-final on Tuesday
despite having a player sent off early in the game.
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| Former Brazil striker Dodo was suspended for two years Thursday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport over a failed doping test. The 34-year-old Dodo tested positive for the stimulant fenproporex after his club, Botafogo, beat Vasco 4-0 in a Brazilian league game June 14, 2007. He initially was suspended for 30 days and, after passing two other doping tests, was exonerated by Brazil's highest... |
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| Brazilian police were
criticised for their eagerness to intervene in incidents on the
football pitch on Monday after a Botafogo player was arrested on
the field and his team mates squirted with pepper spray.
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| (adds Botafogo president comments)
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| European champion Spain remained No. 1 in FIFA's rankings Wednesday, followed by Germany, Italy and the Netherlands. The United States dropped to No. 24, tops in its regional group. England advanced to No. 10 among the world's soccer elite, moving up four places. Coach Fabio Capello's team fell from the top 10 in July after failing to qualify for the European Championship. |
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| As the New York Red Bulls charter flight landed at Long Beach Airport on late Thursday afternoon, Gordon Kljestan looked out the window and thought, "I'm home. Indeed, Kljestan, who grew up in nearby Huntington Beach, is the local product on this Red Bulls team and, as such, has the most ticket requests for Sunday's MLS Cup Final at The Home Depot Center. |
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| Gino Padula doesn't see Sunday's MLS Cup against New York as a chance for payback on the one blemish to his season. The Argentinean defender, signed by the Crew on March 24, struggled through early injuries to appear in 17 regular and postseason matches. |
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| The happiest person running around the sun-splashed practice fields at The Home Depot Center was Columbus Crew equipment manager Rusty Wummel. No longer would he have to spend a few more hours each day washing the cold-weather gear that Crew had donned for the better part of a week. |
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| Statistics such as 19 assists -- tied for the second-most in league history -- and contributing to 10 consecutive goals are impressive, but what made Guillermo Barros Schelotto the 2008 MLS Volkswagen Most Valuable Player was his role off the field. |
