The World Cup-winning football team from Spain won the Prince of Asturias prize for sports on Tuesday, with the jury of the foundation named for Spain’s Crown Prince Felipe lavishing praise on the squad and calling it a model for the world’s most popular sport. “The team has the virtue of creating a technique and a playing style that are admired around the world and held up in many…
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Dirk Kuyt will be out of action for four weeks because of the left shoulder injury he sustained training with the Netherlands. The midfielder is likely to miss six matches, including meetings with Manchester United and former club FC Utrecht. Liverpool doctor Peter Brukner says Kuyt damaged the joint “between the collarbone and the shoulder.” Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk said Kuyt…
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A delegation of FIFA inspectors has arrived in the United States to assess the Americans’ bid for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Harold Mayne-Nicholls, president of the Chile Football Association, heads the FIFA group, which also includes Danny Jordaan, head of the South African organizers of this year’s World Cup.
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Real Madrid’s Lassana Diarra in on course to recover from his hamstring injury.
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