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Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:31 AM PDT
LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - The Football Associationwelcomed the publication of an independent report into theHillsborough tragedy and has "changed immeasurably" sinceEnglish football's darkest day when 96 Liverpool fans died in acrush. Prime Minister David Cameron made a public apology to thefamilies of the victims on Wednesday after the report by anindependent panel revealed a litany of police cover-ups in thewake of the horrific events at the 1989 FA Cup semi-final. ...
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Posted: 13 Sep 2012 03:22 AM PDT
RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Pressure mounted onPalmeiras coach Luiz Felipe Scolari after his team lost 3-1 atVasco da Gama on Wednesday, leaving them seven points adrift ofsafety in the Brazilian championship relegation zone. The club's football director Cesar Sampaio said a meetingwould take place on Thursday to discuss the future of formerBrazil, Portugal and Chelsea coach Scolari, who won the 2002World Cup with his country. "We're all very sad and worried about the situation,"Sampaio told reporters after the game. ...
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Posted: 13 Sep 2012 12:14 AM PDT
BERLIN, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Bayern Munich winger ArjenRobben could miss Saturday's clash against Mainz with a minorgroin injury as the Bavarians seek to maintain their earlyseason advantage over champions Borussia Dortmund. Robben returned from international duty with an injurysuffered during the warm up of the Netherlands' 2014 World Cupqualifier in Hungary earlier this week but medical checks inMunich on Wednesday revealed the problem was a minor one. While he is not expected to be out for long, Bayern saidthey could be without their influential winger on Saturday. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:43 PM PDT
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Nobody said it to his face but when All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel said last week India's goal was to qualify for the 2022 World Cup finals in Qatar, his sunny optimism bordered on grim absurdity. With FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke sitting next to him, the AIFF chief announced it minutes before signing a 10-year agreement with soccer's governing body to develop the game in the world's second most populous nation enamoured otherwise with cricket. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:31 PM PDT
NEW DELHI, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Nobody said it to his facebut when All India Football Federation (AIFF) president PrafulPatel said last week India's goal was to qualify for the 2022World Cup finals in Qatar, his sunny optimism bordered on grimabsurdity. With FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke sitting next tohim, the AIFF chief announced it minutes before signing a10-year agreement with soccer's governing body to develop thegame in the world's second most populous nation enamouredotherwise with cricket. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 11:05 PM PDT
 MADRID (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo is concentrating on playing well for Real Madrid and is not agitating to improve the terms of his contract with the Spanish champions, the Portugal forward said on Wednesday. Arriving back in Madrid after helping his country to World Cup qualifying wins against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan, Ronaldo wrote on his Facebook page it is "now time to return to the club and think only about my club". ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:56 PM PDT
Sept 13 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Brazilian championship matches on Wednesday Wednesday, September 12Atletico Mineiro 1 Sao Paulo 0 Corinthians 1 Ponte Preta 1 Figueirense 2 Cruzeiro 0 Goianense 1 Coritiba 2 Portuguesa 0 Fluminense 2 Santos 2 Flamengo 0 Sport 1 Esporte Clube Bahia 1 Vasco da Gama 3 Palmeiras 1 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Fluminense 24 15 8 1 40 15 53 2 Atletico Mineiro 23 15 6 2 39 16 51 3 Gremio 23 14 2 7 34 20 44 4 Vasco da Gama 24 12 6 6 31 25 42 -------------------------5 Botafogo 23 11 4 8 38 30 37 6 Sao Paulo 24 11 3 10 34 27 36 7 Internacional ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:36 PM PDT
(Reuters) - One of two University of Montana football players accused of rape has pleaded guilty under a deal with prosecutors that would limit his sentence to 10 years in prison, settling a case that helped rivet attention on sexual assault among students there. Beau Donaldson, 23, a running back for the Big Sky Conference champion team, the Grizzlies, was charged in January with raping a woman at his residence while she slept following a night of heavy drinking in September 2010. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:12 PM PDT
PARIS (Reuters) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic has not taken long to settle into life in Ligue 1 after joining Paris St Germain from AC Milan and the Sweden striker is fast becoming a nightmare for his opponents after just three appearances. Ibrahimovic has already scored four goals for PSG with doubles against Lille and Lorient and Friday's opponents Toulouse (1845 GMT) fear they will be the next victims when they visit the Parc des Princes. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:12 PM PDT
 LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Owen used to terrify international defenders and made scoring look easy but the extent to which his career has gone off the boil will be brought into focus on Saturday when he lines up for modest Stoke City. Just days after his former England colleagues struggled in a 1-1 draw against Ukraine, Owen, who scored 40 international goals while representing some of Europe's most illustrious clubs, could make his Stoke debut against Manchester City. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:00 PM PDT
PARIS, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic has not takenlong to settle into life in Ligue 1 after joining Paris StGermain from AC Milan and the Sweden striker is fast becoming anightmare for his opponents after just three appearances. Ibrahimovic has already scored four goals for PSG withdoubles against Lille and Lorient and Friday's opponentsToulouse (1845 GMT) fear they will be the next victims when theyvisit the Parc des Princes. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:59 PM PDT
LONDON, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Michael Owen used to terrifyinternational defenders and made scoring look easy but theextent to which his career has gone off the boil will be broughtinto focus on Saturday when he lines up for modest Stoke City. Just days after his former England colleagues struggled in a1-1 draw against Ukraine, Owen, who scored 40 internationalgoals while representing some of Europe's most illustriousclubs, could make his Stoke debut against Manchester City. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 10:56 AM PDT
MADRID, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Andres Iniesta returned fromSpain international duty with a muscle strain in his right legand will be out for between 10 and 15 days, his club Barcelonasaid on Wednesday. Iniesta will miss Saturday's La Liga match at Getafe andWednesday's Champions League Group G opener at home to SpartakMoscow but could be back for the La Liga game against Granada aweek on Saturday. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:59 AM PDT
MADRID, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Cristiano Ronaldo isconcentrating on playing well for Real Madrid and is notagitating to improve the terms of his contract with the Spanishchampions, the Portugal forward said on Wednesday. Arriving back in Madrid after helping his country to WorldCup qualifying wins against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan, Ronaldowrote on his Facebook page it is "now time to return to the cluband think only about my club". ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:44 AM PDT
 LIVERPOOL (Reuters) - British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he was "profoundly sorry" for failures and cover-ups in the wake of the 1989 Hillsborough soccer disaster in which 96 spectators died after a crowd crush in the stadium. Attempts by the police to defect the blame for Britain's worst sporting disaster onto Liverpool fans to cover up their own flawed response and the dangers of an outdated stadium amounted to a "double injustice", he said. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:43 AM PDT
 LIVERPOOL, England (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron said on Wednesday he was "profoundly sorry" for failures and cover-ups in the wake of the 1989 Hillsborough football disaster in which 96 spectators died after a crowd crush in the stadium. Attempts by the police to defect the blame for Britain's worst sporting disaster onto Liverpool fans to cover up their own flawed response and the dangers of an outdated stadium amounted to a "double injustice", he said. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 09:41 AM PDT
* Ninety-six Liverpool fans died in stadium crush * PM calls it UK's worst peacetime 20th century disaster * Report says police tried to blame fans for crush LIVERPOOL, England, Sept 12 (Reuters) - British PrimeMinister David Cameron said on Wednesday he was "profoundlysorry" for failures and cover-ups in the wake of the 1989Hillsborough soccer disaster in which 96 spectators died after acrowd crush in the stadium. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 08:00 AM PDT
* Reus suffers bruised foot on Germany duty * Forward fit in time for Saturday league action (Updates with Dortmund medical result) BERLIN, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Borussia Dortmund forward MarcoReus will be fit to play against Bayer Leverkusen on Saturdayafter a foot injury picked up in Germany's 2-1 victory overAustria in a 2014 World Cup qualifier turned out to be bruising. Reus fired Germany into a 44th minute lead on Tuesday butwas injured in the process. "Reus suffered only a bruise in his foot. That is the resultof a medical check today," Dortmund said on Wednesday. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:34 AM PDT
SOFIA, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Bulgaria's prosecutor has openedan investigation into claims of match-fixing in four domesticgames this season, the head of the Bulgarian Football Union'sethics commission said on Wednesday. "We informed the prosecutor about two Etar Veliko Tarnovogames -- at home to Pirin Gotse Delchev and away to Beroe StaraZagora -- and they will be investigated," the commission'schief, Vasil Vasilev, told local media. The 1991 Bulgarian champions Etar, who returned to the topflight after a 14-year spell in the lower divisions, lost thetwo games in question 1-0. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 07:10 AM PDT
BELGRADE, Sept 12 (Reuters) - Serbia's emphatic 6-1 win overa lacklustre Wales in Tuesday's World Cup qualifier has liftedthe spirits of the Balkan nation but their senior players arewary of getting too carried away. Captain Branislav Ivanovic and Aleksandar Kolarov, one offour Serbians to open their international account with a goalagainst the hapless Welsh, know they must help guide theirexciting, young team through the 2014 qualifiers. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 06:03 AM PDT
* Ninety-six Liverpool fans died in stadium crush * PM calls it UK's worst peacetime 20th century disaster * Report says police tried to blame fans for crush LONDON, Sept 12 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister DavidCameron said on Wednesday he was "profoundly sorry" for failuresand cover-ups in the wake of the 1989 Hillsborough soccerdisaster in which 96 spectators died after a crowd crush in thestadium. ...
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Posted: 12 Sep 2012 05:35 AM PDT
 TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan playmaker Shinji Kagawa has tried to play down a back injury which ruled the Manchester United midfielder out of Tuesday's 1-0 win over Iraq in a World Cup qualifier. The 23-year-old pulled out of the game in Saitama an hour before kick-off having felt a twinge in his lower back during training the previous day. "I underwent treatment for as long as possible before the match and (Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni) waited for me," said Kagawa, who joined United for $21 million in the pre-season. ...
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