Rene Simoes was fired Thursday as coach of Jamaica's soccer team following a slow start in the semifinal round of World Cup qualifying. Jamaica tied Canada 1-1, lost to Mexico and dropped a 2-0 decision at Honduras on Wednesday, although the Reggae Boyz play their final three games at home. Simoes was nine months into a three-year contract. -- read full article
Struggling Everton will not rush influential Australian midfielder Tim Cahill back into action, the English Premier League club's manager David Moyes said. -- read full article
A verdict on whether FIFA was
wrong not to sanction Qatar for fielding an ineligible player
in a World Cup qualifier could take several weeks, according to
the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
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With seven Premier League clubs in the hands of foreign owners, a senior British government official urged the Football Association on Thursday to tighten regulations over who can buy clubs. Culture secretary Andy Burnham said the FA should ensure that future buyers have the club's interests at heart. -- read full article
Gianfranco Zola promised to give West Ham's players "all of my experience and knowledge" after becoming the east London club's first foreign manager here Thursday. -- read full article
Gianfranco Zola has promised to give the West Ham squad the full benefit of his 20 years in soccer after being named as the club's new manager on Thursday. -- read full article
Brazilian striker Dodo on Thursday received a two-year suspension after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld his original suspension for doping. -- read full article
The Court of Arbitration for Sport said Thursday it had suspended Brazilian striker Dodo for two years for testing positive for amphetamines. -- read full article
Argentina's talent-laden
team remained inexplicably stuck in a rut after Wednesday's 1-1
stalemate in Peru, their fourth successive World Cup qualifying
draw and their fifth match without a win.
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Brazilian superstar Robinho is relishing the prospect of facing Chelsea in Saturday's "clash of the cash", Manchester City manager Mark Hughes revealed Thursday. -- read full article
