World Cup News
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Neymar, Brazil’s most marketable soccer player, is on the verge of leaving for Europe after his team Santos last night accepted two offers for the striker.
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New Zealand forward Ali Williams retired from international rugby after playing 77 Tests in a decade-long career for the All Blacks.
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Hungary charged 45 people for taking part in a global soccer match-fixing crime ring, chief investigating prosecutor Imre Keresztes said in a statement.
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Bayern Munich versus Borussia Dortmund isn’t the only all-German contest on the hallowed turf of London’s Wembley Stadium this weekend.
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Australia soccer coach Holger Osieck named the following 26-man squad for next month’s 2014 World Cup qualifying matches against Japan, Jordan and Iraq:
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The Champions League final, the biggest soccer match of the year -- and, for that matter, the most watched sporting event on the planet -- will be played this weekend at Wembley Stadium in London. In a sense, though, the winner has already been declared: Germany.
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Brazil’s government has frozen 28 billion reais ($13.7 billion) in its 2013 budget as it tries to meet its primary surplus target, Finance Minister Guido Mantega said.
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Former U.S. men’s national team captain Claudio Reyna has been named the first employee of the New York City Football Club, the Major League Soccer expansion team controlled by Manchester City Football Club.
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Qatar’s central bank governor said his country hasn’t changed its support for pegging the riyal to the U.S. dollar after Reuters reported that the bank’s director of research urged a more flexible exchange rate.
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Australia rugby center Pat McCabe may recover from a knee injury for a three-Test series against the British and Irish Lions, while his ACT Brumbies teammate George Smith is out until July.
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