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DOHA, Qatar Qatar has welcomed an investigation into alleged corruption in its victorious 2022
World Cup bid. The 2022 host nation said the evidence put forward so far was false, unsubstantiated
and coming from a whisteblower who is probably a former employee "with a significant axe to grind."
Qatar has been on the defensive [.
ROME, Italy — Udinese qualified for the Champions League for only the second time in their
history after a 0-0 draw at home to AC Milan ensured they took fourth place in Serie A. Lazio
missed out on Europe's premier club competition on goal difference despite their 4-2 win at Lecce.
And Roma qualified for [.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Columbus native and former Crew defender Eric Brunner came back to haunt his old
team on Saturday night, scoring the only goal in a 1-0 Portland victory at JELD-WEN Field. The
second-half goal — a header off a free kick in the 46th minute — helped Portland maintain their
dominance at home [.
PARIS, France — The French football federation has named the nine cities that will host matches
during the 2016 European championships. Bordeaux, Lens, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Nancy, Nice, Paris
and Saint-Denis were chosen on Friday ahead of Saint-Etienne and Toulouse, which have been named as
reserve locations.
LONDON/ZURICH Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president who is standing for re-election admits there is a
ground swell of popular support to rehold the 2022 vote won by Qatar The Fifa president Sepp
Blatter made the startling disclosure yesterday that he could not rule out a rerun of the voting
for the right to host [.
LONDON, England Manchester United will face the winners of the tie between Arsenal and Leyton
Orient in the FA Cup quarter-finals, throwing up the possibility that the Premier League's top two
sides could clash at Old Trafford. The two great rivals last met in the competition when United
defeated Arsenal 4-0 in the fifth [.
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 [.
PARIS, France — Marseille and Lyon both came from behind to breathe new life into their title
challenges on Saturday, with OM beating Sochaux 2-1 and OL overpowering derby rivals Saint-Etienne
4-1. Andre-Pierre Gignac was the match-winner for Marseille at Sochaux, as the defending champions
secured a victory that took them up to second place [.
MANCHESTER, England Wayne Rooney returned to scoring form with two goals in Manchester United's 3-1
Premier League win over Aston Villa at Old Trafford. Rooney bookended the first half with a goal
after just 48 seconds and another in stoppage time. He came into the game with one goal from open
play since last [.
PARIS, France — Paris Saint Germain, who were last crowned French champions back in 1994, moved
to within one point of leaders Lille with a 2-1 win over bottom club Arles-Avignon on Saturday.
Turkish striker Mevlut Erding, PSG's top scorer last season, ensured the points with goals in
either half, with Senegelese midfielder Deme Ndiaye [.
MADRID, Spain — Champions Barcelona went seven points clear of Real Madrid at the top of the
Spanish first division on Saturday as goals from Pedro Rodriguez, Lionel Messi and Andres Iniesta
sealed a 3-0 home win over Racing Santander. Barcelona had lost 3-1 to Real Betis in their midweek
Kings Cup match although [.
NEW YORK, NY Major League Soccer's 18 clubs selected a total of 51 players during the three-round
Supplemental Draft on Tuesday. All eligible players who were not selected in the SuperDraft last
week and additional players nominated by MLS teams were eligible for selection in the Supplemental
Draft.
DOHA, Qatar — Shinji Okazaki scored a hat trick and Ryoichi Maeda struck twice to give Japan a
5-0 victory over Saudi Arabia on Monday and a place in the quarterfinals of the Asian Cup. Japan
will play host Qatar on Friday after completely dominating its last Group B match. "We improved
with every game [.
MADRID, Spain Real Madrid coach Jose Mourinho would welcome the return of reported transfer target
Ruud van Nistelrooy to the Bernabeu. The Spanish giants have been linked with a host of forwards
following general director Jorge Valdano's confirmation this week that Madrid are looking to bring
in a striker to replace the injured Gonzalo [.
DOHA, Qatar — Yusef Ahmed fired a brace to help restore Qatar's pride and their hopes of reaching
the Asian Cup knockout rounds in an entertaining 2-0 victory over China on Wednesday. It was a
badly needed morale boost for the host nation after their opening defeat to Uzbekistan and leaves
Group A finely poised [.
MELBOURNE, Australia - Melburnians might think they live in Australia's sporting capital but the
city has missed out on hosting the Asian Cup soccer final in 2015. However, Victorian Premier Ted
Baillieu insists he is not worried that Sydney is likely to host the final after it was announced
in the early hours of Thursday that [.
