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Japan, USA ready for battle royal The FIFA Women’s World Cup Germany 2011 comes to a conclusion on Sunday, with two-time world champions USA bidding to complete a hat-trick of titles against the technically accomplished Japanese, who are making their first appearance in the Final and have yet to record a win against the Americans. [...]

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10:21 AM ET, 07/15/2011 First it was Paul the Octopus, the eight-limbed version of Miss Cleo who correctly predicted the outcome of every Germany match — and the tournament final — in the 2010 World Cup. Well, now there’s a new German soccer oracle: Nelly the elephant. The prognosticating pachyderm has been predicting the outcome [...]

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July 13, 2011, 3:35 PM ET The U.S. didn’t need a miracle against France in its Women’s World Cup semifinal, just a few more doses of its trademark never-say-die attitude. And now the Americans are moving on to their first final since 1999. They prevailed 3-1 on Wednesday, but the scoreline didn’t come close to [...]

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06/23/11 12:38 PM ET Canadian goalkeeper Quillan Roberts has entered the record books with his goal against England at the FIFA U-17 World Cup. The 16-year-old Toronto FC academy ‘keeper boomed a kick from just inside his side of the halfway line and then watched as it bounced over a pair of players trying to [...]

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June 23, 2011, 3:07 PM ET Attacking players are supposed to have a swagger, an almost unshakable confidence that allows them to take the kind of risks that win games. Yet as Freddy Adu addressed the media following the United States’ 1-0 victory over Panama in the Gold Cup semifinals Wednesday, the overwhelming impression you [...]

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Mon Jun 20 07:46pm EDT Thierry Henry scored his eighth goal of the season in New York’s 3-3 draw against Portland on Sunday, making him the league’s top scorer (along with Landon Donovan). That was just the set-up for the joke that was his straight red card in injury time for giving the Timbers’ Adam [...]

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June 20, 2011 — Updated 1508 GMT World soccer’s governing body FIFA have confirmed that vice president Jack Warner has resigned from his position within the organization. Last month Trinidadian Warner, along with fellow-FIFA member Mohammed bin Hammam, were provisionally suspended by FIFA’s Ethics Committee, pending the outcome of an investigation of corruption allegations against [...]

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