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Lionel Messi Inspires Inter Miami To Another Final With Stunning Fightback
The US Open Cup is American soccer's oldest and most important knockout competition, dating back more than a century to 1914 and is similar to England's FA Cup or Spain's Copa del Rey.
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Messi And Busquets Not Moving To Miami For a Holiday, Says Martino
Martino, former coach of Messi with Barcelona and Argentina, said he had spoken to the seven-times Ballon d'Or winner and former Spain midfielder Busquets about their impending move to the Major League Soccer club
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"Football" Or "Soccer"? US President, Dutch PM Banter On Twitter
The perennial question of whether it's "soccer" (as Americans call it) or "football" prompted Twitter wisecracks between President Joe Biden and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte this weekend.
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Binance Pens Exclusive NFT Partnerships With Cristiano Ronaldo: Here's What You Need to Know
Football superstar and six-time Ballon d’Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo, has signed an exclusive multi-year nonfungible token (NFT) partnership with the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by market volume, Binance. The collaboration aims to introduce soccer fans to the Web3 ecosystem through global NFT campaigns.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic Announces Departure From Paris Saint-Germain
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of this season. He might join an English Premier League or a Major League Soccer club
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Weeping South Africans Say Goodbye to Slain Captain Senzo Meyiwa
Thousands of weeping South Africans wearing red or black soccer jerseys said farewell to murdered national team goalkeeper and captain Senzo Meyiwa at a packed stadium in the Indian Ocean city of Durban on Saturday.
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Success for Brazil, Just Not on the Field
It might have seemed an odd sight, Brazilian fans celebrating another team inside their own cathedral of soccer, the Maracana stadium. But after two demoralizing losses brought national embarrassment, solace finally came Sunday as Germany defeated Argentina, 1-0, to become the first European team to win a World Cup played in North or South America.
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Don't Call it Luck: The Divine Powers of the Soccer Fan
If superstition decided soccer matches, all matches would end in a tie. Still, that has never kept fans from turning to rituals, magic, prayer or just odd practices to give a helping hand to the Brazil national soccer team.
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Brazil's Other Team, Or So Portugal Thinks
The Portuguese national soccer team, including the great Cristiano Ronaldo, has been set up in Brazil for several days, pursuing fortunes as its forebears did here centuries ago, but not doing nearly as well.
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ISRO's Mission to Mars Pulls Off Tricky Manoeuvre
In this season of soccer, the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO played a bit of football of its own -- albeit of the celestial variety -- with its Mars mission Mangalayaan.
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World Cup Tourists, Get Ready to Pay Sky-High Prices for Food & More
World Cup visitors, welcome to Brazil, land of soccer, sun and sky-high prices.Unlike nearby Latin American nations where a tourist's U.S. dollar or European Union euro seemingly stretches forever, Brazil is astoundingly expensive. If one's budget isn't...
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Soccer friendly: India won't go Dutch with Palestine
The Indian players have been training hard under the watchful gaze of their 52-year-old coach. While Sunil Chhetri had earlier said that a packed home stadium will help them in the match against Palestine, the team is not leaving much to chance or the vocal abilities of the local supporters.
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Trading soccer for wickets in Nigeria cricket boom
"We want cricket to reach across the country," said Nigeria cricket federation president Kwesi Sagoe, whose father and grandfather both played on Nigeria's national cricket teams. "We need to get the kids right from birth to accept the culture of cricket. ... We want to get to the point where a kid is born and, at (age) two or three, they're a...
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Boycott of Ukraine during Euro 2012 carries risks
It's an ethical dilemma that has Western leaders in a bind: to boycott or not to boycott Ukraine-hosted matches in the European soccer championship over the alleged abuse of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko?
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FIFA gives last chance to bribery suspects
FIFA says it has given Caribbean soccer leaders 48 hours to explain their part in a Trinidad meeting where Mohamed bin Hammam allegedly offered them bribes or face life bans from the sport.
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Lionel Messi Inspires Inter Miami To Another Final With Stunning Fightback
The US Open Cup is American soccer's oldest and most important knockout competition, dating back more than a century to 1914 and is similar to England's FA Cup or Spain's Copa del Rey.
-
Messi And Busquets Not Moving To Miami For a Holiday, Says Martino
Martino, former coach of Messi with Barcelona and Argentina, said he had spoken to the seven-times Ballon d'Or winner and former Spain midfielder Busquets about their impending move to the Major League Soccer club
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"Football" Or "Soccer"? US President, Dutch PM Banter On Twitter
The perennial question of whether it's "soccer" (as Americans call it) or "football" prompted Twitter wisecracks between President Joe Biden and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte this weekend.
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Binance Pens Exclusive NFT Partnerships With Cristiano Ronaldo: Here's What You Need to Know
Football superstar and six-time Ballon d’Or winner, Cristiano Ronaldo, has signed an exclusive multi-year nonfungible token (NFT) partnership with the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange by market volume, Binance. The collaboration aims to introduce soccer fans to the Web3 ecosystem through global NFT campaigns.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic Announces Departure From Paris Saint-Germain
Zlatan Ibrahimovic will leave Paris Saint-Germain at the end of this season. He might join an English Premier League or a Major League Soccer club
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Weeping South Africans Say Goodbye to Slain Captain Senzo Meyiwa
Thousands of weeping South Africans wearing red or black soccer jerseys said farewell to murdered national team goalkeeper and captain Senzo Meyiwa at a packed stadium in the Indian Ocean city of Durban on Saturday.
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Success for Brazil, Just Not on the Field
It might have seemed an odd sight, Brazilian fans celebrating another team inside their own cathedral of soccer, the Maracana stadium. But after two demoralizing losses brought national embarrassment, solace finally came Sunday as Germany defeated Argentina, 1-0, to become the first European team to win a World Cup played in North or South America.
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Don't Call it Luck: The Divine Powers of the Soccer Fan
If superstition decided soccer matches, all matches would end in a tie. Still, that has never kept fans from turning to rituals, magic, prayer or just odd practices to give a helping hand to the Brazil national soccer team.
-
Brazil's Other Team, Or So Portugal Thinks
The Portuguese national soccer team, including the great Cristiano Ronaldo, has been set up in Brazil for several days, pursuing fortunes as its forebears did here centuries ago, but not doing nearly as well.
-
ISRO's Mission to Mars Pulls Off Tricky Manoeuvre
In this season of soccer, the Indian Space Research Organisation or ISRO played a bit of football of its own -- albeit of the celestial variety -- with its Mars mission Mangalayaan.
-
World Cup Tourists, Get Ready to Pay Sky-High Prices for Food & More
World Cup visitors, welcome to Brazil, land of soccer, sun and sky-high prices.Unlike nearby Latin American nations where a tourist's U.S. dollar or European Union euro seemingly stretches forever, Brazil is astoundingly expensive. If one's budget isn't...
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Soccer friendly: India won't go Dutch with Palestine
The Indian players have been training hard under the watchful gaze of their 52-year-old coach. While Sunil Chhetri had earlier said that a packed home stadium will help them in the match against Palestine, the team is not leaving much to chance or the vocal abilities of the local supporters.
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Trading soccer for wickets in Nigeria cricket boom
"We want cricket to reach across the country," said Nigeria cricket federation president Kwesi Sagoe, whose father and grandfather both played on Nigeria's national cricket teams. "We need to get the kids right from birth to accept the culture of cricket. ... We want to get to the point where a kid is born and, at (age) two or three, they're a...
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Boycott of Ukraine during Euro 2012 carries risks
It's an ethical dilemma that has Western leaders in a bind: to boycott or not to boycott Ukraine-hosted matches in the European soccer championship over the alleged abuse of jailed opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko?
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FIFA gives last chance to bribery suspects
FIFA says it has given Caribbean soccer leaders 48 hours to explain their part in a Trinidad meeting where Mohamed bin Hammam allegedly offered them bribes or face life bans from the sport.
