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| Soccer seeped deeper into the
veins of Thai politics on Tuesday as the Democrat Party, rival
of Manchester City owner Thaksin Shinawatra, announced a deal
with English Premier League club Everton to coach young
players.
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| Adidas said the fight with Nike that produced a record financial agreement to supply Germany's national soccer team wouldn't trigger price wars in other markets. The American company's nine-month battle to move into Adidas' backyard ended Friday when the German Soccer Federation spurned its eight-year, $500 million offer to accept a deal worth half as much from Adidas. |
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| Polish club Legia
Warsaw have been granted a provisional reprieve from the
European ban they received following crowd trouble at an
Intertoto Cup match in July.
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| When it comes to logistics, the Los Angeles Galaxy just can't catch a break right now. Four of MLS' 12 stadiums are grounded with artificial turf. And the Galaxy happen to be playing on three of them in the coming days. |
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| AFP - WARSAW - European football's governing body Uefa has slapped a competition ban on Polish side Legia after a riot by its fans forced an Intertoto Cup match in Lithuania to be abandoned, the club said yesterday. |
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| UEFA have banned
Poland's Legia Warsaw from European competition for two seasons
in response to "ugly and shocking" crowd scenes during an
Intertoto Cup match.
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| Poland has apologised to
Lithuania after Legia Warsaw fans went on the rampage during an
Intertoto Cup match against Vetra Vilnius, the prime minister's
office said on Tuesday.
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| Legia Warsaw president Leszek
Miklas vowed on Monday to impose severe measures against his
club's football hooligans following Sunday's violence in the
Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.
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| A low-key Intertoto Cup match
between Vetra Vilnius of Lithuania and Legia Warsaw of Poland
was abandoned at halftime on Sunday after Polish fans attacked
police with metal bars and stones.
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