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Howard Webb will take charge of Sunday's potential title decider at Old Trafford. Now, before
you sink your pain into some unlucky bloke's face, do we as Chelsea supporters even have reason to
be upset?
Cordial debate
Webb is known for a pro-United bias.
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.
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 [.
LONDON, England Holy Mount Zion of England's all-Jewish Maccabi Southern Football League has been
suspended for league play after allegations were made that the team was using non-Jewish players.
According to England's The Jewish Chronicle, the team has been under suspicion for using non-Jewish
players after complaints had been made to the league by [.
ZARAGOZA, Spain — The city of Zaragoza has honored Spain's World Cup victory by dedicating a
square to the national team. Spanish football federation head Angel Villar was in attendance Monday
as the "Plaza La Roja" square was inaugurated. On local newspaper Heraldo's website, Zaragoza
sports official Manu Blasco describes the move as "a well-deserved [.
LONDON, England One of British soccer's leading television commentators was fired Tuesday, a day
after being taken off the air and temporarily suspended for making sexist remarks about a female
match official. Andy Gray, the face of Sky Sports' soccer coverage for the past two decades, was
dismissed by the broadcaster after "new evidence [.
TEHERAN, Iran Iranian authorities have ordered a ban on women from watching live broadcasts of
soccer matches at public movie theaters, the semi-official ILNA news agency reported. A state
police agency that monitors Iranian businesses called for the ban because "the presence of women
and families at movie theaters increases security risks and inappropriate [.
DOHA, Qatar — Dominant three-time champions Iran cruised past the United Arab Emirates 3-0 at the
Asian Cup Wednesday to finish the group stage as the only side with a 100 percent record. Striker
Arash Afshin opened the scoring in the 70th minute only to be sent off for a fierce challenge on
UAE goalkeeper [.
WASHINGTON, DC D.C. United going to Baltimore? Not if real estate firm Akridge can help it. The
owners of the D.C. United soccer team have spent several years searching for a new soccer stadium
deal, including sites in the District, Virginia and Maryland. In the early 2000s, then Mayor
Anthony Williams sought to have [.
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 [.
