Portsmouth manager Harry Redknapp has rejected a Monaco bid of 12 million pounds (15 million euros) for Croatia midfielder Niko Kranjcar. -- read full article
Football's world governing body FIFA is in talks with authorities in Brazil about staging the 2010 World Cup there should South Africa be unable to host the event, a Spanish sports newspaper claimed on Thursday. -- read full article
Robert Hoyzer, the German referee at the centre of the worst match-fixing scandal to hit the Bundesliga, is due out of prison on Friday after serving half of his two year and five month sentence. -- read full article
Gunmen released the kidnapped younger brother of Joseph Yobo, the Nigerian soccer star who played for Everton in England's Premier League last season. Norum Yobo was seized July 6 in the oil hub town of Port Harcourt and was reunited with his family Wednesday, police said Thursday. Rivers State police spokeswoman Rita Inoma-Abbey had no details about the release or if a ransom had been paid. -- read full article
Ante Razov scored the game's lone goal in the second half to lead Chivas USA to a 1-0 triumph over Club Santos Laguna on Wednesday in Group B SuperLiga action. -- read full article
Ante Razov scored in the 73rd minute as Chivas USA beat Santos Laguna 1-0 in a SuperLiga match Wednesday. The winner was a header past goalkeeper Oswaldo Sanchez. As the match moved into its final stages, Sacha Kljestan picked up an errant pass from a Santos defender and sent a cross to the front of the goal and Razov knocked the ball into the back of the net. -- read full article
You're a billionaire with a
fortune built on soaring commodity prices and can buy anything
your heart desires. So what's it to be?
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Commodities billionaires have bought
into several English soccer clubs and sky-high oil and metals
prices point to further possible acquisitions.
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Luis Gabriel Rey scored two goals to lead Atlante to a 3-2 victory over D.C. United in the teams' second match in the 2008 SuperLiga tournament Tuesday night at RFK Stadium. Rey's goals gave Atlante a 1-0 lead in the 15th minute and made it 2-1 in the 44th minute. Gabriel Pereyra and Giancarlo Maldonado assisted on the goals. -- read full article
Former Manchester United
goalkeeper Mark Bosnich has been given a two-week trial by
Australian A-League club the Central Coast Mariners, the club
said on Wednesday.
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