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FIFA's World (Cup) View Is Progressive, Realistic -- and Right

It is easy to understand why so many among us who comprise the United States feel like they have a birthright to at least direct, if not actually control, the rest of the world. As the sun started setting on the British Empire late in the first half of the last century, America assumed that throne through its own version...

American Died Living His Dream in Uganda

Brandon Tauszik, Invisibile Children / AP

(July 12) -- Nate Henn was realizing a long-held dream of living in Uganda as an aid worker, writing on his Facebook page recently that he was living the best days of his life in the African country, where he helped educate former child soldiers. Henn's work was cut short Sunday, when he was among the scores killed in the...

World Cup Winners Get Heroes' Welcome in Spain

MADRID (July 12) - Spain's football team returned home to a jubilant nation and a huge fiesta Monday after winning the World Cup, finally giving Spaniards a break from months of economic gloom, political squabbling and nationalist regions fighting to break away from the central government. The celebrations for the team...

VIP Jets Clog Airport, Stranding World Cup Fans

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (July 8) -- With the likes of Paris Hilton, Mick Jagger, Bill Clinton and Britain's princes gracing the stands of World Cup games, South Africa has seen its share of private jets over the past few weeks. So many, it turns out, that some less-famous fans have been reduced to sobbing in frustration....

World Cup Action: The Netherlands Beats Uruguay

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (July 6) -- T Uruguay made a game of it. They defended well, scored a great goal in the first half and left many in the crowd of more than 62,000 here at Green Point Stadium wondering if the tiny South American' country's impossible World Cup fairy tale, one in which they were the villain for some,...

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Soccer Round-Up: Player Threatened at Gunpoint by Fans; Barton's Rampage & World Cup Update

Racing Club midfielder Giovanni Moreno turned up for practice flanked by police and accompanied by the president of the players union on Wednesday.

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Lewis Moody, England World Cup Winner, Loses Dignity In Elastoplast Advert (VIDEO)

"I'm begging you! I'm a human being! Let me have my dignity back!"

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On This Day: Roy Keane Walks Out Of Ireland World Cup Camp After Blazing Row With Mick McCarthy In 2002 (VIDEO)

At the Republic of Ireland's 2002 World Cup training base, in the Saipan heat, Roy Keane's fuse lit and blew as explosively as one had come to expect of the Irishman's temper.

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Silver Spoon Socialists Flex Muscles In Brazil

With Argentina and Bolivia expropriating big energy firms and Brazil nationalizing strike and scandal plagued World Cup projects, Latin America's often convoluted take on socialism has created a money-hungry cookie monster that's desperate for dollars to cover social costs and palliate restless workers.

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Hernandez selected for Mexico World Cup qualifiers

Javier Hernandez has been selected in Mexico's squad for World Cup qualifiers against Guyana and El Salvador next month.

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05/31/12 Philly women named to go to final tryouts for 2012-14... Source: Philly Lacrosse US Lacrosse has selected the group which will compete to earn a place on the 2012-14 U.S. women's national team at the second and final round of tryouts, to be held July 27-29 on the campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in Catonsville, Md.
05/31/12 Ross team advances to SAGE World Cup competition Source: Cincinnati.com - Cincinnati OH A team of students from Ross High School is headed to San Francisco at the end of July to compete in the SAGE World Cup. Alpha Technologies placed first in the country in the SAGE â Students for the Advancement of Global Entrepreneurship â USA national competition in the socially responsible business category.
05/31/12 Forget World Cup, Euro is football's top competition Source: The Roar I absolutely love the FIFA football World Cup. I take time off work when it's on, watch every game, weep when it's over.
05/31/12 Can Australian football do more with social media? Source: The Roar "Full house? Not likely. I live in Brisbane and totally forgot the game was on, and I've already got tickets," read the start of a response to a suggestion Australia's upcoming World Cup qualifier against Japan will sell out.
05/23/12 Lewis Moody, England World Cup Winner, Loses Dignity... Source: The Huffington Post "I'm begging you! I'm a human being! Let me have my dignity back!"