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Brazil's Confidence in Fabiano Paying Off

JOHANNESBURG – If the hardest thing to do in sports is to live up to expectations, and soccer is the biggest sport in the world, then the athlete on the planet with the most-difficult job (with all due apologies to the wannabe NBA champion and global icon Lebron James) is the rookie World Cup forward for Brazil...

The Messi Mess: Why South Americans Care So Much About Olympic Soccer

Barcelona FC is doing everything in its power to keep Lionel Messi out of Beijing.Despite repeated reminders from FIFA that clubs must release players under the age of 23 for the Olympics, Barcelona is refusing to let Messi, 21, play for Argentina, claiming that Olympic soccer not a FIFA-sanctioned event and that FIFA has...

The Messi Mess: Why South Americans Care So Much About Olympic Soccer

Could Brazil Host FIFA World Cup in 2010?

For an organization that insists it's not moving the 2010 World Cup out of South Africa, FIFA sure is taking a lot of steps to prepare to move the 2010 World Cup out of South Africa.Earlier today, Spanish newspaper AS reported that FIFA is in talks with Brazil about staging the 2010 World Cup there in the event that South...

FIFA Boss Forces England to Choose Between 39th Game and 2018 World Cup

Premier League president Richard Scudamore has been stunningly defiant in his quest to add a week of overseas matches to the league schedule, in spite of opposition from English fans and nearly every country around the world. Now, however, it appears he's been trumped.FIFA president Sepp Blatter announced yesterday that if...

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05/28/12 Warm-up wins for Cameroon, Senegal Source: SuperSport Former Fifa World Cupâ¢ quarterfinalists Cameroon and Senegal achieved morale-boosting friendly victories this weekend ahead of Brazil 2014 qualifiers during June. An early goal from newcomer Moussa Konate earned the Senegalese Teranga Lions a 1-0 win over Morocco in Marrakech while an Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting brace gave Cameroon a 2-1 victory against Guinea near French city Metz. Algeria triumphed 3-0 at home to Niger, Sierra Leone suffered a 4-0 drubbing in Jordan, Burkina Faso and Benin drew 2-2 and the clashes between Mozambique and Namibia in Germany and Tanzania and Malawi in Dar es Salaam ended goalless.
05/27/12 De Nigris double downs Wales Source: FIFA Aldo de Nigris scored two goals as Mexico , who are preparing to open 2014 FIFA World Cupâ¢ qualifying next month, defeated Wales 2-0 on Sunday in an international friendly.
04/27/12 South African Tourism North America Announces... Source: Hotel Interactive South African Tourism North America, today announced a record-breaking year of tourist arrivals from the U.S. in 2011, following a breakthrough year with FIFA World Cup that made history in South Africa.
04/19/12 Football refs join teams at Olympics Source: Seven News Ltd Peter O'Leary is set to add an Olympic Games to his already formidable refereeing resume with appointment to the Men's Olympic Football Tournament in London.
04/18/12 Otis Elevator Company Announces 2014 FIFA World Cup... Source: PR Newswire FARMINGTON, Conn. , April 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Otis Brazil , a unit of Otis Elevator Company and United Technologies Corp. (NYSE: UTX), today announced a significant contract win to install 21 energy-efficient elevators and escalators at Rio de Janeiro 's famous Maracana Stadium -- the site of the 2014 FIFA World Cup final championship match and the 2016 Summer Olympics' opening and closing ceremonies.