De Rossi faces surgery after tough game at Inter Milan
Rome - Roma's international midfielder Daniele De Rossi Monday was to undergo surgery to treat a broken cheekbone, the Serie A club's website reported. De Rossi, 26, left the pitch grimacing in pain late Sunday after an aerial clash with Inter Milan'...
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Sevilla winger Navas called up for Spain friendlies
Madrid - Sevilla winger Jesus Navas was called up to play for Spain as aprt of a 23-man squad announced on Monday by national manager Vicente del Bosque for upcoming friendlies against Argentina and Austria. Navas, 23, has been catching the headlines...
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BACKGROUND: Eastern German football after reunification
Hamburg - Placings of clubs at the end of the final East German football season 1991 and where they are now. # Final East German standings 1991 2009/10 season1. Hansa Rostock Second division 2. Dynamo Dresden ...
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Police: football fans attack rivals on train
Weddel, Germany - A train with travelling Hanover 96 fans on board was attacked by a group of 20-30 people suspected to be rival fans on the weekend, police said on Monday. Police said that the incident occurred on Saturday night when the train stopp...
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Bolt heads five-man shortlist for athletics award
Monte Carlo - Three-time sprint world champion Usain Bolt of Jamaica heads a shortlist of five men vying for the World Athlete of the Year award from the ruling body IAAF. Bolt, winner of the prestigious award last year, lowered his own world records...
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Serena Williams tops season-ending rankings
Hamburg - Serena Williams takes the women's world number one rankings into 2010 as she topped this year's final list issued by the WTA on Monday. Williams regained first place from injured Dinara Safina last week and leads the way with 9,075 points f...
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Real Madrid and Portugal go to war over Cristiano Ronaldo
Madrid - Real Madrid and the Portuguese football federation have gone to war over Cristiano Ronaldo. On Sunday, Portugal national manager Carlos Queiroz announced that he was calling up the winger for next week's World Cup playoffs against Bosnia-Her...
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Federer stays top in ATP list, Djokovic closes in on second place
Hamburg - Roger Federer enjoyed another week atop the men's tennis rankings issued on Monday by the ATP, while the man who beat him in the Basle final, Novak Djokovic, closed in on second place. Federer took 10,340 points into this week's Paris Maste...
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Beckham out of England squad
London - David Beckham is out of the England squad for next week's friendly against Brazil, it was confirmed on Monday. The midfielder had been named in Fabio Capello's 24 for the game in Doha, on the understanding that he would pull out if his club,...
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Tokyo plans to bid for 2020 Olympics
Tokyo - Tokyo is planning to apply to host the 2020 Olympics, the city's governor, Shintaro Ishihara, said Monday. Japan's capital applied for the 2016 games but lost out to Rio de Janeiro in the International Olympic Committee vote in early October....
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