Faryd Mondragon's out-of-the-blue transfer saga may be at an end, according to a Colombian media outlet.

The 40-year-old has signed a contract with Deportivo Cali, Nuevo Estadio reports. Mondragon began his career with the Liga Postobon club in 1990-1991, before moving to Real Cartagena, another Colombian team.

The Webb City school board is being pushed once again to add Girls Soccer to the activities offered by the school. You may recall in the Summer of 2008 when the School Board said no

Superintendent Ron Lankford said the R-7 Board of Education voted June 10 not to add girls soccer and golf programs this fall based on his recommendation.

There are many things that differentiate football in the United States – economics, cultural and sports market, to name just a few. However, one of the more unique factors in the significant role of college sports in the development of professional athletes. It is no different with football, as universities play a prominent role in preparing soccer players for a possible professional career.

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Forget TV rights and stadium deals: this is no time to betray the Hillsborough 96

The ghosts in the public gallery of the House of Commons will listen intently tomorrow. Their stories will be told in a scandalously overdue ­parliamentary debate on the Hillsborough disaster.

According to pure economics, Manchester United will reclaim the Premiership championship this season to land a record 20th league title. But does science completely rule or does romance remain in the beautiful game?

As many of you have already read, club executive Ivan Gazidis recently made quite a few statements about our financial position and transfer activity. In particular, he made some statements that most Gunner fans would like to see as a great sign of hope. While he had a lot to say, let me quote the most important stuff right here:

"We still will be active in this window.

What we learned this week... Arsene Wenger needs to be stripped of his economics degree if he hangs on to Samir Nasri

Letting the Frenchman go for nothing would be mad, while Pepe Reina might be feeling a bit miffed about Liverpool's "big summer", as Villas-Boas needs to call up the Ghostbuster

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What we learned this week... Arsene Wenger needs to be stripped of his economics degree if he hangs on to Samir Nasri

Letting the Frenchman go for nothing would be mad, while Pepe Reina might be feeling a bit miffed about Liverpool's "big summer", as Villas-Boas needs to call up the Ghostbuster

View the full story here: Goal

A news article on 2011-07-15 08:38:00 from: Goal

This news item has been reproduced from today's media.

What we learned this week... Arsene Wenger needs to be stripped of his economics degree if he hangs on to Samir Nasri

Letting the Frenchman go for nothing would be mad, while Pepe Reina might be feeling a bit miffed about Liverpool's "big summer", as Villas-Boas needs to call up the Ghostbuster

View the full story here: Goal

A news article on 2011-07-15 08:38:00 from: Goal

This news item has been reproduced from today's media.

What we learned this week... Arsene Wenger needs to be stripped of his economics degree if he hangs on to Samir Nasri

Letting the Frenchman go for nothing would be mad, while Pepe Reina might be feeling a bit miffed about Liverpool's "big summer", as Villas-Boas needs to call up the Ghostbuster

View the full story here: Goal

A news article on 2011-07-15 08:38:00 from: Goal

This news item has been reproduced from today's media.

What we learned this week... Arsene Wenger needs to be stripped of his economics degree if he hangs on to Samir Nasri

Letting the Frenchman go for nothing would be mad, while Pepe Reina might be feeling a bit miffed about Liverpool's "big summer", as Villas-Boas needs to call up the Ghostbuster

View the full story here: Goal

A news article on 2011-07-15 08:38:00 from: Goal

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Liverpool have been told they will have to repay £8.2 million of European funding if they do not go ahead with plans to build a 60,000 capacity stadium at Stanley Park.
Although the club's American owner, John W Henry, has hinted he would prefer to keep Liverpool at an expanded Anfield, preparatory work has already been carried out at the adjacent Stanley Park site using money from a European Objective One grant, which will have to be paid back if Liverpool stay put.

Two things on today's agenda:

Thing No. 1, an explainer on some stadium rakings that caused a stir.

Thing No. 2, A few words about what makes Livestrong Sporting Park such a great place – and it may not be what you think.

A few folks got their undies in a bunch over my Power Rankings of MLS stadiums (they are at the bottom of my weekly Five Things to Know about the MLS piece at SI.

My biggest complaint with the economics of football is actually not the level of disparity. It's how contracts are not honored by the players, and the bigger clubs act like despots in choosing any player they wish regardless of anything. Take Phil Jones and Manchester United (this from wikipedia):

• Jones signed a new five-year contract with Blackburn Rovers on 4 May 2010.

A timely reminder from Ozark Technical Community College for all parents and students!

For those students planning to attend OTC or their parents, it is a good idea to keep your just-completed income tax returns out for a day or two before you file them away.

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, is the form students must complete in order to determine how much financial aid he or she is eligible to receive.

RefWatch Arsenal v Wigan Athletic (22/01/2011 15:00) By DogFace Today's RefWatch is dedicated to Phil Gregory (although Dogface hasn't approved this because we didn't have time to tell him). Phil writes on economics and does our match previews, and today joins the refereeing clan by taking his first match.

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The Houston Dynamo held a press conference today to introduce four new players to the media. Houston's two MLS SuperDraft picks, Kofi Sarkodie and Will Bruin were in attendance, along with Academy signees Josue Soto and Alex Dixon.

Team president Chris Canetti and head coach Dominic Kinnear both made brief comments and answered questions from the media.

Uber-creep Sepp is back to his old tricks, offering up his weekly soundbite that is both confusing and probably a little bit offense.

This week's target: economically-challenged housewives. A group that, according to his Seppness, deserves to be randomly fired under the bus from time to time.

By Eric Beard, writing from Boston

Though Brazil will develop into the decade's epicenter of South American sport thanks to the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Rio de Janeiro summer olympics, this summer the spotlight will be on Argentina at Copa América 2011, the continent's prestigious quadrennial international tournament.