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A Chinese soccer commentator was fired for snoring during a live Champions...
Veteran Chinese television broadcaster Dong Lu couldn't keep his eyes open toward the end of Real Madrid's 1-0 Champions League win over PSG on Tuesday, and now he's lost his job for it. You can hear...
View ArticleCristiano Ronaldo left home at age 12 to play soccer
Cristiano Ronaldo grew up on the tiny island of Madeira. His six family members lived in a tin-roofed, three-bedroom house. At age 12, he left his family to join a team in Lisbon. He now makes $80...
View ArticleCristiano Ronaldo has some great perspective on his success
Cristiano Ronaldo grew up poor on the Portuguese island of Madeira, and left home to start his career in Lisbon at age 12. Now, he makes $79 million a year.However, Ronaldo didn't let that get to his...
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One of the most fundamental parts of soccer is being outlawed for kids
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The U.S. Soccer Federation is recommending a ban on headers for players 10 and under, limits for players between 11 and 13 and having medical professionals rather than coaches make...
View ArticleCristiano Ronaldo has an incredible bond with his son
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is super down to earth, despite making around $79 million a year. This grounded-ness extends to his son, with whom he shares an incredible bond. He's raising the...
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Germany-Netherlands game has been canceled, and the stadium is being...
A friendly soccer game between Germany and the Netherlands was canceled at short notice after the Hannover police acquired "concrete information" about a bomb threat on Tuesday.Volker Kluwe, the police...
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Video of English and French soccer fans singing the French national anthem...
Following the devastating attacks on Paris last Friday, English and French soccer fans came together in a powerful moment before an England-France soccer friendly on Tuesday.In France's first match...
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17 incredible photos of French pride in the France national team's first...
Tuesday night, the French national team had its first soccer match since the devastating attacks on Paris.In the international friendly with England, fans flooded London's Wembley Stadium in a show of...
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Chile soccer chief resigns, heads to the US as an FBI informant
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Sergio Jadue has resigned as president of Chile's ANFP national football association and gone to the United States to talk to the FBI as part of its ongoing probe into corruption...
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Crazy gust of wind changes direction of soccer ball mid-air and scores an...
Here's something you don't see every day: an improbably strong gust of wind completely rerouted a soccer ball so that a defender's clearance up the field inexplicably turned into an own goal behind...
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Spanish official: Upcoming soccer game will have the 'highest security...
The upcoming 'El Clasico' football game between Real Madrid and Barcelona will have the "highest security operation" at a sporting event in history, according to Spain's interior ministry.Following the...
View ArticleThe origins of the world’s strangest sports traditions
Have you ever wondered when players began dumping Gatorade on their coaches heads? Or why they drink milk at the Indy 500? Here, we uncover the origins of the weirdest traditions in sports. Produced by...
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Why the world's top goal scorer, Abby Wambach, gets pissed when she reflects...
For 30 years, Abby Wambach's focus was on soccer, eating right, and staying fit. Now that the leading goal scorer in the world — for both men and women — is retiring, Wambach is starting to look back...
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2 FIFA officials suspected of taking millions of dollars in bribes arrested...
ZURICH/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Law enforcement officials on Thursday arrested two more FIFA officials suspected of taking millions of dollars in bribes, Swiss authorities said, as part of an ongoing...
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Argentina's new president is creating an 'elite force' to crack down on...
Argentina's incoming security secretary has called for the creation of an "elite force" targeting hardcore soccer fans known as "barras bravas," illustrating the serious threat posed by gangs that have...
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Real Madrid kicked out of one of Europe's premier soccer tournaments for...
Real Madrid has been expelled from the Copa del Rey for fielding an ineligible player during the first leg of their tie against Cádiz, multipleoutlets have reported.On Wednesday, Russian midfielder...
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French soccer federation suspends Karim Benzema from national team amid...
PARIS (AP) — Karim Benzema has been indefinitely suspended from the French national team over his involvement in an ongoing blackmail case, throwing a major doubt over his international career.France...
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The 31 best photos of football fans going mental from 2015
Football fans are some of the most passionate supporters of any sport in the entire world. While 2015 wasn't exactly a great year for the game's global reputation thanks to the corruption scandal that...
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Player for Honduras national soccer team shot dead at mall
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — A player for the Honduran national soccer team was shot to death Thursday in a shopping mall parking lot in his hometown of La Ceiba on the country's Caribbean coast,...
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The US's investigation into FIFA keeps getting bigger
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sports marketing company that was described in a sweeping indictment this month as retaining contracts because of the "support" of corrupt soccer officials has longstanding ties...
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