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Soccer-Nigeria charges fired soccer chiefs with corruption
September 9, 2010Four former top Nigerian soccer officials were charged with corruption on Tuesday, two months after being sacked following the national team's poor showing at the World Cup in South Africa.
2006 World Cup Soccer Ticket Database Reportedly Stolen
September 9, 2010There was a story a few days ago in the London Mail on Sunday reporting that the personal details of some 250,000 fans who bought tickets to the 2006 World Cup in Germany through official Fédération Internationale de Football Association ( FIFA ) ticket outlets have been stolen and then sold off for some £500,000.
Soccer Capsules: FIFA inspectors visit White House
September 9, 2010WASHINGTON (AP) — FIFA's World Cup inspectors have had breakfast at the White House, meeting with aides to President Barack Obama.
FIFA World Cup Selection Team Continues Visit: United States Looking Good
September 9, 2010As of last check over 1,007,987 soccer fans had cast their vote on the Bid City Leader board, at gousabid.com, this in an effort to help lure either World Cup 2018 or 2022 here to the United States. Soccer fans in Houston, Texas, led the crusade with over 72,000 votes. Is your city in the Top 10? Rank City Supporters 1 Houston 72,714 2 Miami 69,125 3 Tampa Bay 62,517 4 Los Angeles 62,051 5 ...
US Soccer chief Gulati explains FIFA inspection process
September 9, 2010World Cup US Soccer president Sunil Gulati gave more of an insight in to the process that FIFA delegates will undertake whilst on tour to inspect the country ahead of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. The USA have bid for both tournaments and are currently under inspection as the sport’s world governing body goes about putting all the pieces together as to who will win the rights to the future World ...
Justice: Soccer not second class in this city
September 9, 2010FIFA's six-member World Cup inspection group will see our facilities and meet some of our people during a brief stop today, but they won't understand how important the event would be to our city.
French amateur soccer club accused of homophobia
September 9, 2010A French amateur soccer club has refused to register a homosexual player, leading a gay soccer organization to ask the French Football Federation to impose sanctions. The organization, Paris Foot Gay, said Wednesday that club FC Chooz should be punished "to help the football world to realize that homophobia is as bad as racism and anti-Semitism." Yoann Lemaire has played at Chooz for 14...
Soccer: Bertos insists there's no World Cup hangover
September 9, 2010All Whites and Wellington Phoenix winger Leo Bertos insists he is not feeling any effects of a World Cup hangover and is determined to prove just that against Sydney FC in their A-League soccer match here on Saturday night.Bertos...
Soccer: War of Sports Brands
September 9, 2010Soccer battles on the national and especially international arena are not just bouts of sports teams. Sport number 1 has long been the engine of commerce for the leading apparel manufacturers in the world.
Soccer-Passion the key to 2018 World Cup bid, says U.S. head
September 9, 2010The United States bid for the 2018 World Cup could hinge on whether the country's passion for the sport is fully appreciated by the rest of the world, U.S. Soccer president Sunil Gulati said on Tuesday.
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