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Soccer's guardians mistakenly prefer human error to workable technology - The Canadian Press
March 9, 2010 BBC Sport | Soccer's guardians mistakenly prefer human error to workable technology The Canadian Press Let's hope now that a similar mistake mars the final of the World Cup on July 11. FIFA and the other IFAB members who refuse goal-line technology would have ... IFAB decides against goal-line technology FIFA officially rules out using goal line technology at this year's World Cup ... Goalline technology back on IFAB agenda |
Soccer: England step up security after 'bugging' incident - New Zealand Herald
March 9, 2010 BBC Sport | Soccer: England step up security after 'bugging' incident New Zealand Herald It has been suggested that the bugging exercise might lead to the betrayal of crucial tactical nuggets to England's World Cup opponents. ... Security Breach Has England National Team Preparations Taped, Shopped England - done and done... |
Holden has surgery for broken leg - USA Today
March 9, 2010 Houston Chronicle | Holden has surgery for broken leg USA Today The timetable would allow Holden to return before the end of the Premier League season and be ready for the start of the Americans' pre-World Cup training ... SUCCESSFUL SURGERY Holden has broken right leg repaired |
Women’s Soccer League Stays Optimistic (New York Times)
March 9, 2010Women’s Professional Soccer, which added two teams but lost another during a busy winter, is back for a second season.
Buehler helps U.S. women's soccer win Algarve Cup (Palo Alto Weekly)
March 9, 2010==BI Wiggins named to U.S. national team== The world's top-ranked United States national women's soccer team, with Stanford grad Rachel Buehler leading the defense, beat world No. 2 Germany, 3-2, Wednesday to win its seventh Algarve Cup and its first in two years. U.S. coach Pia Sundhage praised the Americans' defense. The U.S. outscored its opponents by a 9-3 margin in the four contests. by ...
U.S. women win soccer's Algarve Cup for 7th time (Honolulu Advertiser)
March 9, 2010The United States beat Germany, 3-2, yesterday at Faro, Portugal to capture the women's Algarve Cup for the seventh time. Germany goalkeeper Nadine Angerer fumbled the ball in the 70th minute and Lauren Cheney tapped it in for a 3-1 lead.
Soccer-Four referees arrested in China match-fixing scandal (Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News)
March 9, 2010Four top Chinese referees, including one former World Cup and one current international official, have been taken for questioning by police investigating match-fixing in Chinese soccer, state media reported on Monday.
South Africa : Community Fears World Cup Will Cause Homelessness (AllAfrica.com)
March 9, 2010Cape Town — While South African parliamentarians attended a swanky pre-International Women's Day celebration at Cape Town's International Convention Centre, a group of destitute women in decaying Kewtown, just seven miles away, worried about looming homelessness.
ESPN goes British for World Cup (AP via Yahoo! Sports)
March 9, 2010ESPN's World Cup telecasts will have a British accent. Adrian Healey, Derek Rae and Ian Darke have been hired by ESPN for its U.S. broadcasts at this year's World Cup and will join Martin Tyler to give the network British play-by-play announcers for all 64 games beginning June 11. Healey, who is English, called matches for ESPN at the 2006 World Cup and 2007 Women's World Cup, and has...
World Cup to draw 40 000 hookers to SA (The Star)
March 9, 2010As many as 40 000 women are expected to arrive in South Africa ahead of the World Cup to work as prostitutes, according to the Central Drug Authority (CDA).
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