The San Jose Earthquakes have signed two-time MLS leading goal scorer Chris Wondolowski to a new contract.

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MILAN (AP) — Lazio overcame a two-goal deficit and a man disadvantage, scoring three goals in an 11-minute span of the second half to beat visiting Cesena 3-2 Thursday night in the Serie A.

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Today in sports: England’s national soccer team coach quit in messy and public fashion, Brandon Jacobs sort-of apologizes to Gisele Bündchen, and a drug-using Rafael Nadal puppet causes outrage in Spain.

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England's Soccer Coach Quits; Spain Outraged By French Puppet Show

MILAN (AP) — Lazio overcame a two-goal deficit and a man disadvantage, scoring three goals in an 11-minute span of the second half to beat visiting Cesena 3-2 Thursday night in the Serie A.

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Lazio pulled off a stunning second-half comeback against lowly Cesena in Serie A, recovering from two goals down to win 3-2 on Thursday.

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FRISCO, Texas (Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012) – FC Dallas released its complete 2012 broadcast schedule today, including 21 games airing on FOX channels, six on TXA21 and seven on national TV, including NBC Sports Network, ESPN and ESPN2. Four of the FOX games will also simultaneously air nationally on Galavision.

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RENTON, Wash. – Single-match tickets for the fourth Seattle Sounders FC MLS season will go on sale to the public on Monday, February 13 at 10 a . m . Tickets will be available through SoundersFC.com, all Ticketmaster Outlets, CenturyLink Field Box Office or by calling 877-MLS-GOAL.

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CALGARY, ALBERTA– – Arsenal Energy Inc. AJM Deloitte have evaluated Arsenal’s reserves as at December 31, 2011 in accordance with National Instrument 51-101. The information that follows has been derived from that evaluation.More detailed reserve information will be included in Arsenal’s Annual Information …

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SANDY, Utah (Thursday, February 9, 2012) – Real Salt Lake today officially announced the return of four players – MF Yordany Alvarez, FW Fabian EspÃ-ndola, MF Ned Grabavoy and FW Paulo Jr. – ahead of the squad’s 2012 Major League Soccer campaign.

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RSL signs Espindola, Grabavoy, Alvarez, Paulo Jr. The Salt Lake Tribune Published Feb 9, 2012 03:12PM MDT Sandy — Real Salt Lake announced Thursday that midfielder Yordany Alvarez, forward Fabian Espindola, midfielder Ned Grabavoy and forward Paulo Jr. have been signed by the Major League Soccer club. RSL accomplished one of its major offseason objectives when Espindola agreed to a new four …

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HOUSTON, TX (Thursday, February 09, 2012) — The start time for the Dynamo match at Sporting Kansas City on July 7 has been changed to 7 p.m. The game was originally scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m.

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MILAN (AP) — Lazio pulled off a stunning second-half comeback against lowly Cesena in Serie A, recovering from two goals down to win 3-2 despite playing for nearly an hour with 10 men on Thursday.

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Ten-man Lazio thrust themselves back into Serie A title contention with a stunning come-from-behind 3-2 victory over Cesena at the Stadio Olimpico.

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While many Athletic Bilbao supporters are still basking in the glory of their side’s progression to the final of the Copa del Rey, coach Marcelo Bielsa is keen to stress that Los Leones have won nothing yet.

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Athletic Bilbao boss Marcelo Bielsa targets Copa del Rey glory

Juventus winger Simone Pepe is unlikely to return for his side’s Serie A clash away to Bologna this weekend. The Italy international was substituted in last weekend’s match against Siena after just 37 minutes with an ankle injury and has not yet made a full recovery.

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What are you going to watch? All times are Eastern FRIDAY Germany, Wolfsburg vs. Freiburg 2:30 p.m. ESPN Deportes, ESPN3.com Read full article > >

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Weekend soccer TV & streaming video: Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga, Serie A, Ligue 1, Eredivisie, USA women’s …

Manchester United get the chance for some FA Cup payback when they host their traditional rivals Saturday in the English championship.

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Premier preview: Manchester United Vs Liverpool in FA Cup redemption match, EPL 2012

ORANGE COUNTY – Chivas USA will sponsor more than 1,200 elementary and middle school students with an incentive to earn tickets to a Chivas USA game in an ongoing effort to keep kids in school and out of gangs.

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SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose Earthquakes announced today that they have signed two-time MLS leading goal scorer Chris Wondolowski to a new contract. Per league and team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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RENTON, Wash. – The Seattle Sounders FC announced plans for the club’s third annual “Community Shield” match which will take place on Wednesday, February 29 at 7 p.m. on the Xbox Pitch at CenturyLink Field.

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HOUSTON, TX (Thursday, February 9, 2012) — The Houston Dynamo and Kroger have reached a long-term sponsorship agreement.

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Houston Dynamo, Kroger Announce Founding Partnership

When FC Basel 1893′s Xherdan Shaqiri joins FC Bayern München this summer, he will follow a strong tradition of Swiss stars in the Bundesliga. UEFA.com looks back at his predecessors.

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Shaqiri joins Switzerland's Bundesliga tradition

Wolfsburg – VfL Wolfsburg and SC Freiburg get Matchday 21 underway on Friday evening (kick-off 20:30 CET) and with only seven points separating the sides, they are fully aware that their respective positions in 10th and 18th could easily change.

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Wolfsburg ready for bogey team Freiburg

Published: Thursday, 9. February, 2012 in category M.L.S. A revived Jay DeMerit and a new-look back line could bring the Vancouver Whitecaps just the stability required for the 2012 MLS season.

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Chester, Pa. (February 9, 2012) – Philadelphia Union broadcast partners 6abc, Comcast SportsNet and the Comcast Network will again team to televise those Union games that are not shown nationally, the club announced today.

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This year?s Money League report from Deloitte on the world?s 20 biggest soccer teams (see full report below) shows aggregate revenue of 4.4 billion Euro ($6.3 billion)?? during the 2010-11 season, 3% more than the previous year. The five teams with the most revenue were Real Madrid ($695 million), FC Barcelona ($653 million), United ($532 …

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The World's Biggest Soccer Teams

Bundesliga soccer club Hoffenheim have sacked head coach Holger Stanislawski, with Hertha Berlin outcast Markus Babbel favorite to take the helm. The dismissal follows Hoffenheim’s shock exit from the German Cup.

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Hoffenheim coach Stanislawski sacked after Cup upset

Bayern Munich have sealed the signing of Xherdan Shaqiri from Basel with the Swiss midfielder to join the club from the start of next season.

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Bayern strike Shaqiri deal

Stuttgart – FC Bayern Munich may have come in for criticism after a trio of sub-par performances in the New Year, but the record champions certainly looked back to their menacing best in Wednesday night’s 2-0 DFB Cup quarter-final victory over VfB Stuttgart.

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Bayern and Müller on the right track

Sounders FC draft pick Abdul Aman has been linked to a number of options after being released from training camp a couple weeks ago. First, it was thought he might go back to the North Sound SeaWolves FC. Then, we heard he might be exploring options in Europe . Now, through a story on GoHuskies.com , we learn the Seattle native is seeking a sixth year of college eligibility from the NCAA. “We …

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