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Es la primera vez que un jugador de fútbol aparece en solitario en la portada de esta revista, de
las mas importantes del mundo el TIME, ya han aparecido deportistas como Tiger Woods, Muhammad
Alí, Bjön Borg o la super estrella Michael Jordan.
La revista estadounidense TIME ha elegido al jugador argentino del FC Barcelona Leo Messi como
protagonista de su próxima portada.
As pointed out by just about everyone, this image is a perfect representation of where football
stands in average America it's simply too good not to share.
A milestone achievement by one of the greatest athletes on the planet at the age of only 24
earns his own Time magazine cover 'cept in the US of A.
The demand for Theo Walcott to be replaced in the Arsenal starting line-up has intensified since
the beginning of this season, with the winger – who wants to be a striker – showing that he
could simply not be up to the task of creating and scoring the goals his club so very much need.
[...]
LONDON, England Roberto Mancini saw Manchester City clinch automatic qualification to the group
stages of the Champions League and immediately demanded a fresh injection of cash. Arsene Wenger
saw his side's season end on a low-key note with a draw against Fulham and promptly heaped more
frustration on Arsenal fans by admitting the club [.
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 [.
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands ADO Den Haag and Groningen will meet in a two-legged playoff for a Europa
League place after coming through Dutch championship playoff semi-finals on Sunday. Den Haag came
from behind to beat Roda JC Kerkrade 2-1 to complete a 6-4 aggregate success, while Groningen beat
Heracles Almelo 2-1 to advance on away [.
ISTANBUL, Turkey Fenerbahce clinched their 18th Turkish league title with a 4-3 win over Sivasspor
on Sunday, moving ahead of the 17 won by arch-rivals Galatasaray. Trabzonspor, the Istanbul club's
only challengers, won 4-0 away to Karabukspor to also finish on 82 points but Fenerbahce became
champions due to a superior record in matches [.
LONDON, England Chelsea have announced that Carlo Ancelotti has left the club after a trophyless
season at Stamford Bridge. It has long been expected that the Italian would leave the London club,
despite winning the Double in his debut campaign in England in 2009/10. And Chelsea confirmed the
inevitable decision to part company with [.
Timeline of the final day of the Premier League season on Sunday (all times local): 4.00pm
(1500GMT) At kickoff time Blackpool and Wigan Athletic filled the remaining two relegation places
alongside doomed West Ham United. Blackpool, Wigan and Birmingham City were all on 39 points and
with only two goals difference between them.
MANCHESTER, England Blackpool and Birmingham were relegated from the Premier League on Sunday as
Wigan and Wolves scrambled to safety in a thrilling finale to the English season. Blackpool's
fairytale debut season in the top-flight came to an end at Old Trafford where they were beaten 4-2
by champions Manchester United while Birmingham were [.
SEATTLE, Wa.—Jeff Parke scored on a header off Tyson Wahl's corner kick in the third minute of
second-half stoppage time to give the Seattle Sounders a 1-0 victory over Sporting Kansas City on
Saturday night. Sounders goalkeeper Kasey Keller made three saves for his third shutout of the
season. Wahl's corner kick from the right [.
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 [.
TURIN, Italy — Luigi Delneri confirmed on Saturday that as expected he would not be Juventus
coach next season after he failed to guide them to either a trophy or barring a miracle a place in
European competition next season. The 60-year-old who arrived this season after a successful spell
with Sampdoria where he [.
PARIS, France — Lille claimed their first French league title since 1954 despite being held to a
2-2 draw at French Cup final victims Paris Saint-Germain in a heated encounter here on Saturday.
Victors over PSG in last weekend's cup showdown, Lille required just a point to complete the second
league and cup double in [.
BERLIN, Germany Schalke 04 won the German Cup for the fifth time on Saturday, crushing second
division Duisburg 5-0 to book a Europa League spot for next season. Dutchman Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
struck twice as Schalke took up their last chance of a European place after a rollercoaster season
saw them reach the Champions League [.
LONDON, England AFC Wimbledon won promotion to the Football League for the first time in their
history with a dramatic penalty shoot-out win over Luton at Eastlands. After a goalless 120
minutes, top scorer Danny Kedwell netted the winning kick after Dons keeper Seb Brown saved from
Alex Lawless and Jason Walker.
GLASGOW, Scotland — Neil Lennon ended a troubled first full season as Celtic manager with glory
in the Scottish Cup after his side beat Motherwell 3-0 on Saturday. Ki Sung-yueng and Charlie
Mulgrew scored either side of Stephen Craigan's own goal at Hampden Park. Lennon has faced death
threats, had parcel bombs sent to him [.
OSLO, Norway — Nearly 100 of Norway's topflight football players went on strike Friday demanding
the right to choose their own boots and other equipment. The strike, affecting nine of the league's
teams including leader Tromsoe, forced the Norwegian football association to postpone matches
scheduled for Sunday and Monday.
NYON, Switzerland — UEFA has dropped ESPN Star Sports as its Champions League broadcaster in
Malaysia and Brunei. UEFA says it has sold rights to Astro in a three-season contract from 2012-13
through 2014-15. The value of the deal, which includes broadcasting the second-tier Europa League,
was not disclosed.
LONDON, England Sir Alex Ferguson has been named Barclays Manager of the Season, with Nemanja Vidic
taking the player's prize. Manchester United clinched the Premier League title with last weekend's
draw at Blackburn and will receive the trophy at Old Trafford on Sunday. The Red Devils have also
made it through to the final [.
MANCHESTER, England — Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson has questioned the use of Twitter
as the club considers limiting what players can post on the social networking website. Striker
Wayne Rooney this week threatened to put a Twitter user "to sleep in 10 seconds" after being sent
abusive messages.
LONDON, England The English Football Association (FA) is to abstain from voting in the upcoming
FIFA presidential election between Sepp Blatter and Mohamed Bin Hammam, it was announced Thursday.
FA chairman David Bernstein said in a statement there were a "range of issues" which made it
"difficult" to vote for incumbent Blatter or Asian [.
MEXICO CITY, Mexico — Mexico goalkeeper Jose de Jesus Corona has been dropped from the national
squad to defend next month's CONCACAF Gold Cup after television cameras caught him headbutting the
trainer of a rival team during the league playoff semifinals. Corona, who plays for Mexico City's
Cruz Azul, was involved in a fight between [.
BARCELONA, Spain Barcelona defender Eric Abidal admits his recent battle against a liver tumour,
when he feared he might never play football again, has left him with a different view about his
priorities in life. Abidal underwent surgery in March following the discovery of the tumour, and it
was not known when the France [.
BLACKPOOL, England Blackpool dealt a blow to Tottenham's hopes of securing Champions League
qualification on Tuesday, scoring their first win in seven matches with a 3-1 victory at Bloomfield
Road. First half goals from Charlie Adam and DJ Campbell and a late Brett Ormerod strike secured
three precious points for Ian Holloway's side, who [.
LEYTON, England Leyton Orient's players will be jetting off to Las Vegas after hitting the FA Cup
jackpot by securing a £1 million replay against Arsenal. Jonathan Tehoue grabbed a dramatic
89th-minute equaliser for the East London club to give Orient a 1-1 draw with Arsenal that earns
them a replay against Arsene Wenger's [.
LONDON, England — A double by England striker Carlton Cole inspired Premier League strugglers
West Ham to a 5-1 thrashing of Championship side Burnley and earn them a place in the FA Cup
quarter-finals here on Monday. The 27-year-old struck in the 48th and 50th minutes to add to German
Thomas Hitzlsperger's opener on his [.
BURLINGTON, NC An entire soccer field IN Burlington, North Carolina was scorched Sunday afternoon
from a grass fire set by model rockets. Captain Blair Keck of the Burlington Fire Department said
the call came in at 1:18 p.m. and it took the 12 personnel about 20 minutes to get the fire at 3715
Rural [.
LONDON, England David Beckham will say farewell to Tottenham on Monday evening after his training
stint with the club. The LA Galaxy star has spent the last six weeks training with the Premier
League club to stay fit during the MLS off-season. The former England captain, 35, must now return
to his club to [.
MADRID: Since February 23, 2002, José Mourinho has coached Porto, Chelsea, Internazionale and Real
Madrid in 180 home domestic league and cup matches with 152 wins, 28 draws . . . and no defeats.
That remarkable record was extended when Madrid moved within two points of Spanish league leaders
Barcelona, for 24 hours at least, [.
LEVERKUSEN, Germany — Bayer Leverkusen went second in the Bundesliga table on Sunday with a 4-2
win at home to strugglers VfB Stuttgart that dropped their guests further into the relegation
battle. With bottom side Moenchengladbach beating Schalke on Sunday evening, only five points now
separate the bottom five clubs and Stuttgart, the 2007 German [.
BIRMINGHAM, England — Carlos Vela saved Roy Hodgson from defeat in his first match as West
Bromwich Albion manager as the Mexican striker's last-gasp goal earned a 1-1 draw against local
rivals Wolves on Sunday. Hodgson was moments away from opening his reign at the Hawthorns in the
worst possible manner as Albion trailed to [.
BARCELONA, Spain — Real Madrid provisionally moved to within two points of league leader
Barcelona by beating Levante 2-0 on Saturday. Karim Benzema scored Madrid's sixth-minute opener
after a great individual effort from Angel Di Maria, and Ricardo Carvalho sealed the win four
minutes before halftime.
MILAN, Italy — Inter Milan's title charge gained momentum on Saturday as the champions squeezed
past Cagliari 1-0 to close the gap on leaders AC Milan. Inter's bitter city rivals can push their
lead over their neighbours back out to five points with victory on Sunday at Chievo but the
nerazzurri's ninth win in 11 [.
PARIS, France — Marseille beat Saint-Etienne 2-1 Saturday in the French league to keep up its
title challenge. The defending champion cut Lille's lead to three points and provisionally moved
into second place in the standings, one point clear of Lyon which thrashed Nancy 4-0 on Friday.
Lille visits Montpellier on Sunday.
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 [.
LONDON, England — Phil Neville scored the winning spot-kick as Everton sent holders Chelsea
crashing out of the FA Cup on penalties after a pulsating fourth round replay finished 1-1
following extra time on Saturday. Chelsea who were bidding to become the first side in 125 years to
win the competition three times in [.
NEW YORK, NY Consistent with US Club Soccer's goal of providing a vehicle through which clubs can
offer life-long soccer to their members, the organization has announced the formation of the
National Adult Leagues U-20 Division. US Club Soccer's National Adult Leagues is a program
comprised of high-quality, competitive and low-cost local leagues for [.
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 [.
MELBOURNE, Australia The Melbourne Victory soccer club has angrily denied claims its fans are
violent, amid criticisms from police and the state government. A senior Victorian policeman on
Friday said members of the force were reluctant to volunteer to work at Melbourne Victory soccer
matches because of violence among the team's supporters.
