North Korea's soccer team returned home to a rapturous official welcome on Saturday after having qualified for the World Cup for the first time since its memorable 1966 campaign. Players and coaches were greeted at Pyongyang's airport with a brass band, handed flowers by the waiting crowd, and received congratulations from officials of the isolated communist regime. -- read full article
Sat, 20 Jun 2009 09:39:37 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
UEFA should take a tougher
stance against racism and discrimination in soccer, Tokyo
Sexwale, a senior member of South Africa's 2010 World Cup
organising committee, said on Saturday.
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Sat, 20 Jun 2009 10:45:03 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Carlos Tevez will leave Manchester United after the club said Saturday he rejected a five-year contract that would have made him one of the highest paid players on the Premier League champions. The Argentina forward's exit will leave manager Alex Ferguson searching for another attacking player to complement Wayne Rooney and Dimitar Berbatov while still seeking a replacement for Cristiano... -- read full article
Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:03:51 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Racing Santander have agreed to
release coach Juan Ramon Lopez Muniz from his contract, the
Primera Liga club said on their website
(www.realracingclub.com).
-- read full article
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:54:53 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
The Kansas City Wizards will be looking to keep the consistency which has benefited them in MLS as the team approaches its first SuperLiga tournament. -- read full article
Sat, 20 Jun 2009 00:36:17 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
Brazilian defender Maicon has
again raised doubts about his future at Inter Milan, saying the
Serie A champions must assemble a side capable of winning the
Champions League.
-- read full article
Sat, 20 Jun 2009 01:05:24 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
The future of international sports broadcaster Setanta was thrown into doubt Friday after a potential American investor withdrew his interest and it failed to meet a payment deadline with the Premier League, leading to its British rights being canceled. New York-based Access Industries had been looking to take control of Setanta after submitting a proposal to refinance the company, but a rescue... -- read full article
Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:23:39 PDT - Yahoo! Sports - World Soccer News
