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OSLO, Norway — Nearly 100 of Norway's topflight football players went on strike Friday demanding
the right to choose their own boots and other equipment. The strike, affecting nine of the league's
teams including leader Tromsoe, forced the Norwegian football association to postpone matches
scheduled for Sunday and Monday.
EDMONTON, Alberta — Canada has a 50-50 chance of hosting the FIFA Women's World Cup in 2015.
Canadian Soccer Association General Secretary Peter Montopoli confirmed only Canada and Zimbabwe
are left in the bid process. A decision is expected March 3. The FIFA Women's World Cup is FIFA's
second biggest property, behind only the men's [.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands Johan Cruyff has returned to Ajax on an advisory basis after agreeing to
become a member of one of three "sounding board groups". A meeting on Thursday night between
general manager Rik van den Boog, Ajax's board of directors and Cruyff confirmed the former Holland
playmaker's willingness to advise on technical issues.
LONG BEACH, Cal. The Seventh Annual Cal South Soccer Nation Expo will be taking place on Saturday
and Sunday at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center — its first year in the city.
According to organizers, the expo is the country's largest free soccer expo. To back up that point,
it was announced [.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina The president of the Argentina Football Association says Carlos Tevez has
been dropped from the national team as a punishment for missing the previous friendly match. Tevez
was not in the team to face Portugal in Switzerland on Wednesday. Argentina FA president Julio
Grondona said in a radio interview in Buenos [.
SANTIAGO, Chile -Marcelo Bielsa resigned as Chile's national team coach on Friday, ending a
three-month saga over his future. Bielsa stepped down at a news conference despite his overwhelming
popularity in Chile and attempts by new Chilean football association president Sergio Jadue to
persuade him to stay.
CAIRO, Egypt Egyptian soccer authorities indefinitely suspended all soccer in the country Friday
until there is a "return of stability" to a nation convulsed by protests and violence. The Egyptian
Football Association said in a statement it was postponing league games across all four of its
professional divisions, as well as youth and junior [.
SANTIAGO, Chile Santiago The popular Argentine coach of Chile's national football team, Marcelo
Bielsa, will remain in his position, the Chilean football association said Wednesday. Bielsa missed
a deadline to turn in a notice of resignation and his contract would remain in effect, said the
association's president Sergio Jadue.
LONDON, England The Advocate General of the European Court of Justice has put forward the view that
it is against EU law to stop broadcasters across the continent from showing football matches using
foreign decoder cards. Juliane Kokott gave her thoughts to judges at the ECJ, who are expected to
deliver their verdict on [.
LUBUMSASHI, DR Congo Morocco and South africa will host the 2015 and 2017 editions of the Nations
Cup respectively Morocco have won the right to stage the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations while South
Africa will host the 2017 edition. The decision was taken at a meeting of the executive committee
of the Confederation [.
VANCOUVER, BC Support is building for staging the 2015 women's World Cup of soccer in Vancouver. At
a meeting on Feb. 3, city council will vote on a parks board recommendation to endorse the Canadian
Soccer Association's bid to bring the big event to Canada. The bid includes Vancouver as one of the
six [.
MANCHESTER, England Manchester United defender Rafael has been charged with improper conduct by the
Football Association. The Brazilian was sent off by referee Mike Dean during United's 0-0 draw with
Tottenham on Sunday. The youngster was furious at being shown a second yell card following a coming
together with Benoit Assou-Ekotto and voiced his [.
NEW YORK, NY CONCACAF wants FIFA to award them an extra place at the next World Cup, giving the
region four guaranteed places for the 2014 tournament in Brazil. Under the previous qualifying
format used for the 2006 and 2010 World Cups, the Confederation of North, Central American and
Caribbean Association Football was awarded [.
LIVERPOOL, England Liverpool forward Ryan Babel has been fined £10,000 ($15,800) and warned about
his future conduct by the Football Association after admitting a charge of improper conduct
relating to comments and images posted on Twitter concerning referee Howard Webb. Babel incurred
the wrath of the governing body when tweeting a doctored photo of [.
LONDON — Liverpool midfielder Ryan Babel was charged with improper conduct by the Football
Association (FA) on Monday after posting a mocked-up photo of referee Howard Webb wearing a
Manchester United shirt on social networking site Twitter. The picture appeared on the Dutch
forward's official page on Twitter just hours after United beat Liverpool 1-0 [.
