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Arsenal fans loathe the month of November. Not for winter, the Guy Fawkes Night or Remembrance Day,
but for Arsenal's traditionally horrible luck and form in the month. Last season, Arsenal suffered
no less than 4 defeats out of 8 matches in the month. In the 2009/10 season Arsenal suffered 2
defeats out of 5 [.
GUATEMALA CITY The president of a soccer team whose second-in-command was killed two days ago has
also received threats apparently related to the club's poor performance, Guatemalan police said
Sunday. Carmelino Hidalgo, a spokeswoman for police in the northern province of Huehuetenango, said
Xinabajul club president Mauro Rodriguez reported receiving threats as did [.
HAMBURG, Germany — Frank Arnesen will take over as sporting director of Bundesliga club Hamburger
SV in the off-season, German media reported on Saturday. The 54-year-old Dane, last employed in the
same capacity by Chelsea, will receive a three-year contract, Bild said. Hamburg's first choice,
Matthias Sammer, the technical director of the German football association, [.
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 [.
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 [.
LONDON, England — David Beckham has extended his training stint with Tottenham by another two
weeks. The former England captain had been set to return to the United States this week but the
Premier League side says he will stick around until Feb. 22. The 35-year-old midfielder will begin
preseason training with Los Angeles Galaxy [.
LAUSANNE, Switzerland Ukrainian referee Oleh Orekhov has lost his appeal against a life ban from
football for helping fix matches. The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday dismissed Orekhov's
appeal against his expulsion by UEFA last March. UEFA found he breached "principles of loyalty and
integrity," but did not say which matches were [.
MUNICH, Germany — Bayern Munich midfielder Franck Ribery admitted Sunday he was relieved his knee
injury is only expected to keep him out of training for five days. The Frenchman was helped off the
pitch after 25 minutes of Bayern's 1-1 draw with Wolfsburg on Saturday in the Bundesliga and the
German champions were bracing [.
LONDON, England — Arsenal great Thierry Henry has returned to training with the Premier League
side in a bid to maintain fitness ahead of the start of the Major League Soccer season in the
United States. Henry, who plays for the New York Red Bulls in MLS, scored 226 goals for Arsenal in
a successful [.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Former Lazio and Netherlands midfielder Aron Winter has said he will
become the new head coach of Toronto FC. Winter, 43, currently on the coaching staff at Ajax
Amsterdam, where he began his playing career, told Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf a deal was reached
last week. "I visited the club last week [.
