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| The Dutch football association says winger Arjen Robben has been ruled out of the Netherlands' next two European Championship qualifiers by a groin injury. The team announced late Wednesday that the injury-prone Bayern Munich star would not play Friday against Moldova in Rotterdam or four days later against Sweden in Solna. |
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| Swedish prosecutors have charged three people after claims that bribes were paid in the construction of a new 50,000-seat stadium for the national football team. A city official in Solna, a Stockholm suburb, is accused of accepting bribes from a company involved in the construction project. Anti-corruption prosecutors on Wednesday said another Solna city official and a representative of the company... |
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| A quartet of center backs were chosen by Sweden coach Erik Hamren to replace injured Celtic defender Daniel Majstorovic and suspended Olof Mellberg against Moldova in 2012 European Championship qualifying. Hamren picked Michael Almeback, Mikael Antonsson, Andreas Granqvist and Jonas Olsson in a 20-man squad on Tuesday for the March 29 game in Solna. |
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| AIK Solna's abrasive Scottish
coach Alex Miller has publicly criticised his players, sold two
fan favourites and introduced a tough disciplinary regime in the
few short weeks since he took over the Swedish champions.
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| AIK's remarkable season finished on a high, with goals from Obolo and Antonio Flavio enough to dispatch IFK Goteborg over the weekend... |
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| The Stockholm side proved to be too strong for IFK in the decisive game... |
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| The Swedish league will be decided on Sunday... |
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| A retired goalkeeper who played in two World Cups for Sweden was convicted of doping Tuesday after police tests revealed traces of anabolic steroids in his blood. Magnus Hedman was fined $757 by the Solna district. Using anabolic steroids for nonmedical purposes is illegal in Sweden. He has denied deliberately taking steroids. |
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| PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) A local sports hero, a New York real estate developer and a well-known architect are teaming up to build a soccer stadium in Haiti's notorious Cite Soleil, hoping to revive the seaside shantytown known throughout the hemisphere for its extreme poverty and gang battles. |
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| The teams with the two worst records meet, Philadelphia looking to keep in touch with the Eastern Conference pack, Toronto for some dignity. |
