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| Kandji will boost a shallow Dynamo forward line looking to recover from the loss of Brian Ching to the Montreal Impact in the Expansion Draft. |
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| Houston Dynamo goalie Tyler Deric has been charged with assault in an alleged scuffle with an off-duty officer working security at a Houston bar. A team statement Tuesday says the organization is aware of Saturday night's incident and the issue is being taken seriously. Another player, Warren Creavalle, was charged with misdemeanor interfering with public duties. |
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| The union representing professional soccer players said Tuesday its members are mistreated financially by clubs in Eastern Europe, which can lead to the greater risk of match-fixing. In a study of thousands of players in a dozen nations, FIFPro said clubs from Greece to Russia show a "terrifying lack of respect" for the fundamental rights of professionals, ranging from withholding wages... |
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| The union representing professional soccer players says its members are being mistreated by clubs in Eastern Europe, in some cases leading to the greater risk of match-fixing. In a wide-ranging statistical study of thousands of players in a dozen nations, FIFPro says clubs in Eastern Europe show a "terrifying lack of respect" for fundamental rights of professionals, ranging from... |
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| The union representing professional footballers says players are being mistreated by clubs in Eastern Europe, in some cases leading to the greater risk of match-fixing. In a wide-ranging statistical study of thousands of players in a dozen nations, FIFPro says clubs in Eastern Europe show a "terrifying lack of respect" for fundamental rights of professionals, ranging from withholding... |
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| Staging a World Cup or European
championship is a huge undertaking where host nations are
expected to build state-of-the-art stadiums and provide hotels
and transport for hundreds of thousands of visitors.
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| Big deals collapsed in the final hours, an unknown Korean was plucked from obscurity and some big names were put on the unwanted list, completing a tumultuous time for Asian footballers during Europe's January transfer window. The most eagerly anticipated move never happened as the transfer of Keisuke Honda, Japan's most famous player, from CSKA Moscow to Italian powerhouse Lazio failed to... |
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| Equatorial Guinea's
lower-league footballers and little-known journeymen will try
and upset a side containing household names like Didier Drogba
and Yaya Toure at the African Nations Cup on Saturday.
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| Egyptian police have fired tear gas at thousands of demonstrators outside the Interior Ministry protesting the security forces' failure to prevent a soccer riot that killed more than 70 people. Nearly 10,000 protesters, including sports fans, rallied Thursday demanding retribution for the bloody violence, which most blamed on police inaction. |
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| Thousands of football fans are attending a rock concert and fireworks display Sunday to celebrate the opening of Poland's new National Stadium where the 2012 European Championship will kick off in June. The 58,000-capacity Warsaw stadium was built specially for Euro 2012. Its opening -- originally planned for last June -- had been repeatedly put off because construction experts and firefighters... |
