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| Mario Mendez and Chilean Hector Mancilla scored either side of halftime as reigning champion Toluca defeated Queretaro 2-0 for its second consecutive win Sunday in the sixth round of the Mexican Apertura football championship. Also Sunday, America could only muster a 1-1 home draw with Necaxa and Puebla rallied for a 3-1 win over Pachuca. |
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| Argentine forward Juan Cuevas scored two goals in the first 10 minutes to lead defending Mexican champion Toluca to a 4-0 victory over Honduran club Olimpia in Group D of the CONCACAF Champions League on Thursday. Hector Mancilla of Chile made it 3-0 in the 63rd minute and an own-goal by Jose Arevalo in the 85th capped the scoring. |
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| Defending Brazilian champion Flamengo has extended Chilean defensive midfielder Claudio Maldonado's contract until the end of 2012. The 30-year-old Maldonado's contract was about to expire but he reached an agreement to stay with the club for two more seasons. Maldonado said Wednesday the "support from Flamengo fans" helped him make his decision. |
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| Midfielder Miroslav Karhan has been included in the Slovakia squad for next month's 2012 European Championship qualifiers against Macedonia and Russia. The 34-year-old playmaker, who is the team's most capped player, missed the World Cup in South Africa with an Achilles' tendon injury. Marek Cech also was named in the 23-man squad announced Wednesday by coach Vladimir Weiss, though the... |
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| Czech Republic goalkeeper Petr Cech and striker Milan Baros have been included in the 18-man squad for the team's opening 2012 European Championship qualifier against Lithuania in Olomouc on Sept. 7. Key players Cech (calf) and Baros (Achilles tendon) missed the team's 4-1 friendly win over Latvia two weeks ago with injuries but returned to the squad announced Tuesday by Czech coach Michal... |
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| A FIFA delegation has met deputy prime minister Nick Clegg at the start of a four-day visit scrutinizing England's bid to host the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. The inspection team led by Chilean football federation president Harold Mayne-Nicholls was received at Downing Street before heading to Wembley Stadium. |
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| FIFA inspectors will visit London, Manchester, Sunderland and Newcastle next week as they scrutinize England's bid for the 2018 or 2022 World Cup. The delegation led by Chilean Football Federation president Harold Mayne-Nicholls begins its four-day visit to England on Monday. While the inspectors are visiting only four of the 12 candidate cities in England, they will see presentations from the... |
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| Stoke City forward Mamady Sidibe
could be sidelined for the rest of the season after appearing to
snap his Achilles tendon, manager Tony Pulis said on Saturday.
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| Wales has recalled defenders James Collins and Danny Gabbidon for next month's European Championship qualifier against Montenegro. Aston Villa's Collins sat out Wales' last match because of a calf injury and missed the previous game to attend the birth of his child. Gabbidon has not played since April but had groin surgery after the end of last season and was an unused substitute in the... |
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| The president of South America's football confederation said Wednesday he would support changing the 2015 Copa America venue from Brazil to Chile if the nations agree on it. CONMEBOL president Nicolas Leoz said the two countries are negotiating to make the change and the confederation would allow it to happen. |
