Darren Fletcher will lead Scotland into battle with Norway on Saturday after the Manchester United midfielder was handed the captain's armband for the World Cup qualifier. -- read full article
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:49:38 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
FA chairman Lord Triesman on Tuesday said English football had total debts of more than three billion pounds (3.9 billion euros) and warned of its danger to the well-being of the sport. -- read full article
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:01:47 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Real Madrid's Dutch striker Arjen Robben is doubtful for the derby against Atletico Madrid due to a thigh injury, Spanish sports daily As reported Tuesday. -- read full article
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 11:27:20 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Injuries have forced
established midfielders Mark Bresciano, Vince Grella and Harry
Kewell out of Australia's squad for their World Cup qualifying
clash with Qatar in Brisbane on Oct. 15.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:44:21 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Former goalkeeper Miguel
Angel Santoro is to take over as coach of Independiente for the
second time this year after being named as the replacement for
Claudio Borghi, who quit Sunday.
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Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:52:41 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Uzbeki giants Kuruvchi are banking on their considerable Brazilian influence to weave some samba magic in the AFC Champion's League semi-finals on Wednesday. -- read full article
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:54:56 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Canadian businessman Brett Wilson was revealed as Derby's leading investor by the international consortium that bought the English football club in January. The 51-year-old Wilson is also a panelist on Canadian TV show Dragons' Den, a program that sees entrepreneurs compete for financing. "I want to use my profile in Canada to promote the club whenever possible," Wilson said in a statement. -- read full article
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:08:03 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Ecuador striker Christian
Benitez notched his sixth goal of the campaign to give Mexican
champions Santos Laguna a 1-0 win over Morelia on Sunday.
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Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:30:23 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Joe Kinnear will have to let Newcastle's results do the talking after the interim manager admitted he is sick of defending himself against criticism from the English press. -- read full article
Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:55:17 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Poland risk suspension by
FIFA from all soccer competitions, and the loss of co-hosting
rights for Euro 2012, unless they reinstate the country's
Football Association on Monday.
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Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:00:03 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Argentina called up
uncapped San Lorenzo pair Pablo Barrientos and Gonzalo
Bergessio on Sunday for their World Cup qualifiers against
Uruguay and Chile this month.
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Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:12:32 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News