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• n  a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal

• He dominated soccer for two decades with a passion matched only by that of his fans throughout the world.
• Landmine survivors in Lebanon many with prosthetic limbs play soccer for sport and to raise awareness about mines and cluster bombs.
• Italian soccer is caught in a wave of controversy as a top coach and a team owner both blame Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, for the poor performances of their Muslim .

• association football

News & Articles

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• Soccer-Arsenal's Vietnam visit in doubt due to stadium fees
  HANOI, June 14 (Reuters) - Organisers of a soccer friendly between English club Arsenal and Vietnam are facing a battle to ensure the match goes ahead after the owners of the stadium venue hiked their fees for the game. Arsenal would be the first Premier League team to visit Vietnam and while the country's football federation played down concerns the game could be canceled, they said the price ...
  June 14, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Soccer-Nigeria players go on strike, miss plane to Brazil
  WINDHOEK, June 13 (Reuters) - Nigeria's soccer team went on strike on Thursday, refusing to leave their hotel in Namibia and missing a flight to Brazil where they are supposed to compete in the Confederations Cup, which gets underway at the weekend. "They are declining to leave," Namibia Football Association general secretary Barry Rukoro told Reuters. "They were supposed to go at 11 a.m. this ...
  June 13, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
• Soccer superstar in tax fraud probe
  Soccer star Lionel Messi has denied allegations of wrongdoing after being accused of defrauding the Spanish authorities of over $5 million.
  June 12, 2013 - CNN

Quotes

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• Donovan in IndyPosted
  And we want to make more history in the final.Somebody will.Spain faces the Netherlands on Sunday at Soccer City in Johannesburg, ensuring a first-time champion. The Dutch, who beat Uruguay 3-2 on Tuesday night, have lost in their only two trips to... Joachim Loew http://www.google.com/url?q=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_L%C3%B6w&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNGeOYlq4743nDVlglqQcotqHnUzCw Financial News USA (press release) http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.financialnewsusa.com/more/37-sports/16366-puyols-header-enough-to-advance-spain-to-first-world-cup-final&source=dictionary&usg=AFQjCNEE19AJHQNZen5t7svlOKOj5-sxmQ Jul 7, 2010 91941 122010 soccer Soccer can be a cruel game," Donovan said. "Sometimes you're at the top and sometimes you are at the bottom of the mountain."
• Tim Howard in Sportsbook Gurus
  The second half wasn'ta soccer game - it was more like : a track meet. Back and forth, back and forth, both teams are so desperate,Howard added.