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Reformist Brazil move on from Scolari
AFP, Published on 17/07/2014
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil's Football Confederation (CBF) face the media music Thursday when the process begins to find a successor to Luiz Felipe Scolari, who quit in the wake of the country's World Cup flop.
Stage set for tight British Open
AFP, Published on 17/07/2014
» HOYLAKE (UNITED KINGDOM) - The stage was set on Wednesday for the 143rd British Open at Royal Liverpool Golf club with title contenders keeping one eye on back-from-injury Tiger Woods and another on the ever-changing weather conditions.
Real Madrid, Barcelona top Forbes rich list
AFP, Published on 17/07/2014
» Spain may have been embarrassingly dethroned as World Cup holders, but Real Madrid and Barcelona are still champions at making money after they were named as the world's two richest sports franchises.
Costa Rica's Navas set for Real Madrid move - report
AFP, Published on 17/07/2014
» MADRID - Real Madrid have agreed a deal for Levante goalkeeper Keylor Navas following his outstanding World Cup display with Costa Rica, Spanish sports daily Marca reported on Wednesday.
Barcelona say they accept Suarez 'imperfections'
AFP, Published on 16/07/2014
» BARCELONA - Barcelona will accept Luis Suarez with his "imperfections" and believes he will play a positive role despite his notorious World Cup bite, a top club official said Wednesday.
Allegri honoured to be new Juventus boss
AFP, Published on 16/07/2014
» Massimiliano Allegri said it was an honour to be named the new Juventus coach but insisted he would not be making radical changes to a squad which swept the last three Serie A titles.
Germans agonise over World Cup 'gaucho' victory dance
AFP, Published on 16/07/2014
» Commentators chided Germany's football champions Wednesday for mocking Argentina during a giant World Cup title party in Berlin, an event that marked a rare exuberant celebration of national pride.
Germany World Cup win inspires Kaymer
AFP, Published on 16/07/2014
» HOYLAKE (UNITED KINGDOM) - Martin Kaymer is hoping to ride a wave of German success into the British Open at Hoylake this week, saying that footballers have much in common with golfers when it comes down to performing on the big stage.
Windsurfing makes waves in Turkmenistan
AFP, Published on 15/07/2014
» AVAZA (TURKMENISTAN) - Better known for its inhospitable desert plains than beach breaks, isolated ex-Soviet Turkmenistan this month welcomed an unlikely group of visitors: a sun-tanned crop of the world's top windsurfers.
World Cup winner Tindall retires from rugby
AFP, Published on 15/07/2014
» Mike Tindall, part of the England side that won the 2003 World Cup, announced his retirement from rugby on Tuesday.