A leading Mexican footballdirector said that a dressing-room row rather than tiredness mayhave been behind the decision of three top players to miss theCopa America.
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Benfica captain Simao Sabrosa, who had been targeted by Liverpool, was officially unveiled on Friday as a player of Spanish Primera Liga side Atletico Madrid for the next four seasons.
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Debate: No - Yes
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UEFA has launched aninvestigation into allegations of possible match-fixing duringan Intertoto Cup match between Estonia’s TVMK Talinn andFinland’s FC Honka.
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Brazil, the onlycandidate bidding to host the 2014 World Cup, will make theirpresentation to FIFA on Tuesday, when they should unveil someconcrete plans rather than simply recall the past.
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Goalkeeper David James was the hero as Portsmouth withstood a Liverpool barrage before snatching the Asia Trophy title 4-2 on penalties here on Friday.
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Portuguese international striker Simao was expected to finalise his move from Benfica to Atletico Madrid later Thursday, the Spanish club announced.
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Partizan Belgrade was ejected from the UEFA Cup by European soccer’s governing body on Thursday following crowd trouble during its first-round qualifier at Zrinjski. Twenty-eight police officers were injured, one seriously, when Partizan’s Serbian supporters fought with Zrinjski’s Bosnian-Croat fans in a first-round qualifying match on July 19 in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
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Cristian Chivu's protracted transfer saga appears to be almost over with the Romanian international close to completing a move from Roma to Serie A rivals Inter Milan, his agent said on Thursday.
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Former Belarus goalkeeper ValeryShantolosov, charged with trying to fix two of his country’sEuro 2004 qualifying matches, denied any wrongdoing on Thursday.
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