Ethiopia remained under suspension from world soccer’s governing body Tuesday after talks collapsed at FIFA headquarters. Two rival groups are vying for control of Ethiopia’s national federation. The country was suspended in July and later kicked out of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. FIFA said representatives of a faction led by Ahmed Yassin could not accept that Ashebir Woldegiorgis was…
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Boca Juniors striker LucasViatri, one of the revelations of the Argentine season, is toface court proceedings over allegations that he robbed ahairdressers, his lawyer said on Tuesday.
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Arsenal winger Theo Walcott hasbeen ruled out of England’s friendly against Germany afterdislocating his shoulder, the FA said on Tuesday.
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Players who are injured theweekend before an international will have to report for checksby an England team doctor before pulling out, manager FabioCapello said on Tuesday.
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Uruguay suspended soccer in all divisions until further notice Monday, a day after more than 100 fans fought with sticks and metal on the field. The violence came after a game between top-division teams Danubio and Nacional. The fight at Danubio’s stadium lasted several minutes before riot police intervened.
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Brazil will try and scoretheir first goal at home since last November when they facePortugal in Wednesday’s friendly in Brasilia.
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Spain coach Vicente del Bosque islikely to find his selections influenced by injury before theEuropean champions host Chile in a friendly on Wednesday (2100GMT).
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Few national team coachesface such an apparently thankless task as Uruguay’s OscarWashington Tabarez, whose country is the smallest to have wonthe World Cup.
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First-choice strikers KlaasJan Huntelaar and Zlatan Ibrahimovic will be absent whenNetherlands and Sweden meet in a friendly on Wednesday (1945GMT).
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