Articles filed under Soccer
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Busquets on Barca bench as Valverde shakes up hierarchyOct 07, 2019 7:00 am - BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Coach Ernesto Valverde has shaken up the player hierarchy at Barcelona by daring to leave Sergio Busquets on the bench. Busquets has been a seemi...
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FIFA bans indicted El Salvador official for taking bribesOct 07, 2019 7:00 am - ZURICH (AP) - A former president of the El Salvador soccer federation has been banned for life by FIFA for taking bribes from commercial deals for World Cup qualifying g...
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Marco Silva on shaky ground again at EvertonOct 07, 2019 7:00 am - The second international break of the Premier League campaign is a chance for clubs to take stock of the season, assess what is going right or wrong after the opening ei...
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US women counter soccer federation's assertions on payOct 07, 2019 7:00 am - U.S. Soccer was misleading when it asserted some players for the women's national team made more money than their male counterparts, the women's team players said in co...
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Gradi retires 3 years after suspension during abuse scandalOct 07, 2019 7:00 am - CREWE, England (AP) - One of the longest-serving managers in English soccer has announced his retirement, three years after he was suspended by the Football Association ...
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Platini plans comeback, legal fight after 4-year FIFA banOct 07, 2019 7:00 am - NYON, Switzerland (AP) - Four years after a ban for financial wrongdoing thwarted his chances of becoming FIFA president, Michel Platini is free to work in soccer again ...
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Juventus winning and entertaining by playing 'Sarriball'Oct 07, 2019 7:00 am - MILAN (AP) - Juventus has a new coach and a new style of play. There might have been a feeling of déjà vu in Sunday's Derby d'Italia, which saw Juventus win 2-1 at Int...
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Germany calls up Koch, Rudy amid slew of injuriesOct 07, 2019 7:00 am - DORTMUND, Germany (AP) - Germany coach Joachim Löw has responded to a slew of injuries by calling up Freiburg defender Robin Koch and Hoffenheim midfielder Sebastian Ru...
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Injured Lloris out until 2020, says France coachOct 07, 2019 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - France and Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris is unlikely to play again this year. Lloris sustained a dislocated left elbow early in Tottenham's 3-0 loss at B...
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Zimmerman to miss US Nations League gamesOct 07, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Defender Walker Zimmerman will miss the United States' Nations League games against Cuba and Canada after getting hurt. Zimmerman left Los Angeles' regul...