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BERLIN, Germany — Germany star Bastian Schweinsteiger will play no part in a friendly against
Uruguay on May 29 or in two Euro 2012 qualifiers next month because of injury, the German football
federation (DFB) said Friday. The 26-year-old Bayern Munich midfielder, one of the stars of
Germany's strong 2010 World Cup performance, broke a [.
GUATEMALA CITY = The vice president of Deportivo Xinabajul in Guatemala has been shot to death by
unidentified gunmen after receiving threats related to the squad's poor performance. National Civil
Police spokesman Donald Gonzalez says no suspects have yet been detained in the killing of Carlos
Noe Gomez.
SAO PAULO, Brazil — Delays in getting Brazil ready to host the 2014 football World Cup could end
up with the South American nation being "red-faced" when the time comes, retired soccer legend Pele
said Friday. "We are really worried," he told a media conference in Sao Paulo, speaking for the
Brazilian Football Confederation and [.
LIMA, Peru Police in Peru say the metal bleachers at a soccer stadium have collapsed right before a
youth championship, injuring 117 people. A dozen fans suffered serious injuries. Lima Fire Chief
Alfonso Panizo tells RPP radio most of those hurt have minor injuries, but he says 12 seriously
injured people have been hospitalized.
LAS VEGAS, Nev. About 6,000 teen soccer players will be in Las Vegas for a holiday weekend
tournament featuring 332 teams from 26 states and seven foreign countries. The Las Vegas Mayor's
Cup International Showcase runs Friday through Monday for players ages 14 to 19. It's being touted
as the largest youth soccer tournament [.
MANCHESTER, England — A globe-trotting comic book character has left officials at Greek
football club Aris with faces as red as his famous sweater after popping up in a spoof photo in a
matchday program. Instead of using an official Manchester City team picture for the program for
Tuesday's Europa League match, designers at Aris [.
ZURICH, Switzerland — Soccer's ruling body has postponed Yemen's home qualifying game for the
2012 Olympics against Singapore because of anti-government protests. FIFA says it agreed with the
Asian Football Confederation to delay Wednesday's scheduled first-leg match by one week until March
2. FIFA says the game could be switched to a neutral country if [.
NEW YORK, NY — Major League Soccer and Fox Soccer Channel have extended their broadcasting deal
for one year. The league and the network said Friday that FSC will televise up to 31 regular-season
games and three playoff games, including a conference final. The network will broadcast 15 Saturday
night games and 14 Friday night [.
MANCHESTER, England Manchester United's long-serving midfielder Ryan Giggs has signed a one-year
contract extension with the Premier League giants, it was confirmed Friday. Giggs, who turned 37 in
November, had already signalled his intention to prolong his Old Trafford career into a 21st
season, and the club confirmed Friday the deal had now been [.
MANCHESTER, England Patrice Evra has committed his future to Manchester United and agreed a new
four-year contract, with an announcement expected from Old Trafford on Friday morning. Evra had
considered leaving Old Trafford, tempted by the possibility of playing in Spain, and had been
linked with a move to Real Madrid.
LONDON, England The football final of the London 2012 Olympic Games will be played at Wembley on
Saturday, August 11 next year which means the Premier League's curtain-raising Community Shield
will have to go elsewhere. The Closing Ceremony of the Games is the following day August 12 when
the Community Shield is [.
BOONTON, NJ – Danny Szetela, 23, who played for both the Columbus Crew and D.C. United, and
played internationally for Racing Santander (Spain) and Brescia (Italy) was arrested last Fridday
night after a fight outside Johnnies Tavern in Boonton, New Jersey. Szetela was charged with
disorderly conduct with his brothers, Gregory G.
MANCHESTER, England Manchester United midfielder Park Ji-sung has been ruled out for four weeks
because of a hamstring injury. The South Korea international, who recently returned from the Asian
Cup in Qatar, injured his hamstring in training on Friday. United manager Alex Ferguson says "it
was very unfortunate because it was his last kick [.
LONDON, England - West Ham United have beaten out rivals Tottenham Hotspur to take over the London
2012 Olympics stadium, according to the BBC. The decision is set to be announced later this week
after both English Prmeier League sides submitted bids to the Olympic Park Legacy Company, an
unsourced report on the BBC's website said.
PORTLAND, Ore. Portland Timbers striker Bright Dike is set to miss a significant amount of the
upcoming season after suffering a torn Achilles tendon in an exhibition match. Dike underwent
successful surgery Monday. Dike sustained the injury in the 20th minute of a preseason exhibition
against the Ventura County Fusion on Friday.
LIVE OAK, Fla. A Florida high school soccer goalkeeper has been charged with a felony count of
hitting an opposing player during a postgame brawl. The Suwannee County Sheriff's Office booked
18-year-old goalie Jared Andrew Hendry on a felony battery charge Friday, according to its website.
He was released on bond.
HOUSTON, Tx — A Houston teacher and soccer coach has died after police say he was attacked in a
shopping center parking lot. Christopher Matthews, 33, was allegedly attacked around 11 p.m.on
Friday in the parking lot of a shopping complex. Ronald Lee Newman was taken into custody by police
following the attack, and was [.
LIVERPOOL, England Luis Suarez has today completed his transfer from Ajax to Liverpool FC and
signed a 5 and a half-year-deal that will keep him at Anfield until 2016. The club agreed a fee of
up to 26.5million Euros with Ajax for the transfer of the Uruguayan international on Friday. The
deal was subject [.
PARIS, France French soccer star Zinedine Zidane launched a legal complaint on Friday against a
comedian for insulting him in a sports magazine over his support for Qatar's successful bid to host
the World Cup, his lawyer said on Friday.ac Lawyer Alberto Brusso said he was suing comedian
Christophe Aleveque and the magazine Sportmag [.
HAMBURG, Germany Substitute Mladen Petric scored in the 65th minute and Hamburg edged Eintracht,
1-0, on Friday at HSH Nordbank Arena to win its third straight Bundesliga match. Hamburg moved up
one spot to sixth and level on points with fifth-place Bayern Munich ahead of the weekend matches.
Eintracht lost for the third time [.
TORONTO, Ont. Toronto FC captain Dwayne De Rosario will not be extending his stay with the Scottish
Premier League team he's been training with since December, the club announced Friday. Reported to
be unhappy with his TFC contract, De Rosario's future with the club has been the subject of debate
and conflicting reports since [.
COLUMBUS, Ohio Columbus Crew signed forward Tom Heinemann to a multi-year contract Friday.
Heinemann joins the Crew after spending the last two years with the Charleston Battery of the
United Soccer Leagues and Carolina RailHawks of the NASL. He trained with the Crew briefly early in
the 2009 preseason.
ALGIERS, Algeria – The national soccer league in Algeria has canceled matches scheduled for
Friday and Saturday after riots in the capital and elsewhere this week. The Algerian National
Football League announced the cancellations in Al Watan, a local newspaper. The matches were
canceled in an effort to prevent large groups of young people from [.
LONDON, England — Fulham has signed Steve Sidwell from Premier League rival Aston Villa on a
six-month contract as it tries to shore up its midfield in the January transfer window. Fulham
announced the deal on its website Friday but did not disclose financial details. The club said the
initial deal expires at the end [.
DOHA, Qatar The 15th Asian Cup kicked off Friday with a brief, colourful opening ceremony in the
Khalifa Stadium in Doha Friday. Flag bearers representing the 16 participating nations performed a
dance routine that was accompanied by a spectacular light show that had the capacity crowd in the
40,000 seater-stadium cheering.
