A violent clash between soccer fans and police has left one man dead and dozens injured in Venezuela. Fire department official Giovanny Moreno says the violence erupted outside a stadium in the western city of San Cristobal. Hundreds of fans who were waiting to buy tickets for Saturday’s second leg of the league final between Caracas FC and Deportivo Tachira fought with police and National Guard…
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FIFA could decide the hosts of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups at the same time, with a decision to be made by June 2011. The United States has said it will bid for the 2018 tournament. Australia, China, England, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Qatar and Russia have expressed interest, and FIFA president Sepp Blatter has encouraged Spain to bid.
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The Czech Republic ran out comfortable 3-1 winners over Scotland here on Friday, but big question marks still remain over the home side's midfield ahead of next week's Euro 2008 finals.
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Brazil's former international forward Edmundo revealed Friday that he has decided to retire a year earlier than expected after missing a vital penalty for club side Vasco de Gama.
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Sampdoria have agreed terms with Real Madrid to secure the signature of on-loan striker Antonio Cassano, according to the club's website on Friday.
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(adds quotes, Liverani transfer)
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Croatia face a perfect test awayto in-form Hungary in their final Euro 2008 warm-up on Saturday,assistant manager Aljosa Asanovic said on Friday.
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Looking for a place to stay during Euro 2008, and a five-star hotel strains the budget? Try the railway station. The Swiss rail operator CFF hopes its offer will help ease the problem of a national shortage of hotel rooms and camping sites during the June 7-29 tournament. “As trains will run until late on our network to allow spectators to return home, we said that we could make a gesture of…
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Dynamo Moscow striker Alexander Kerzhakov said Friday he was ready to replace injured forward Pavel Pogrebnyak in the Russian national side if necessary.
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(Updates after medical examination)
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