Giovani dos Santos transfer to Villarreal derailed by relegation, says rep

The Mexican international was all set to join the Yellow Submarine in 2012/13, says his lawyer, but the deal is dead due to the Spanish outfit’s relegation from La Liga.

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Giovani dos Santos transfer to Villarreal derailed by relegation, says rep

The Importance Of Club Friendlies

By J Hutcherson – WASHINGTON, DC (May 8, 2012) US Soccer Players — The summer touring schedule starts tomorrow night in Chester, PA. Schalke 04 officially finished 3rd in the Bundesliga on Saturday and are now in the United States to play the Philadelphia Union. More will follow. Yesterday, MLS and Creative Artists announced the full World Football Challenge schedule, with two out of the five …

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Brazil Will Meet All Deadlines for 2014 World Cup, Minister Says

Brazil will complete all its planned infrastructure projects and stadium development programs on time to host soccer’s World Cup in 2014, the country’s Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo said today.

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Newcastle fourth as Spurs, Chelsea stumble

Newcastle United seized control of the battle for fourth place in the Premier League on Saturday as Tottenham and Chelsea stumbled in the race for a Champions League qualifying berth.

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Bundesliga Round 29 Results: Stuttgart strengthen grip on Europa League place as Koln & Freiburg record crucial draws

Freiburg continued their good run of form, recovering from a two-goal deficit to record a draw at home to Nurnberg. Goals at either end of the first half from Daniel Didavi and Tomas Pekhart seemed to have put the visitors on their way to a convincing victory, but shortly after the break Daniel Caligiuri gave his side a glimmer of hope from the spot.

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Toronto FC defender nearly ready to return after knee injury

There hasn’t been much good news for Toronto FC’s beleaguered backline in recent times. But the sight of Adrian Cann on the bench the last three games is cause for celebration.

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Juventus offer Elia to Schalke & Wolfsburg – report

Juventus are ready to cash in on Eljero Elia in the summer transfer window, and have offered the winger to Bundesliga outfits Schalke and Wolfsburg, Tuttosport reports.

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Redknapp relishing Wembley return as Spurs beat Bolton

Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp was left looking forward to a third FA Cup match at Wembley in five years after his side beat Bolton Wanderers 3-1 to set-up an all-London semi-final with Chelsea.

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Russian club Anzhi Makhachkala regrets 'idiotic' banana throwing incident with defender Samba

MOSCOW – A Russian football club has expressed its disappointment over an “idiotic” banana throwing incident with its Congolese-born defender.

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Barcelona's Messi nets 50th goal of the season

The Argentina international’s second goal in the Liga match versus Racing Santander marked a half-century of goals in all competitions

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Vancouver Whitecaps have added midfielder Floyd Franks to MLS roster

VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Whitecaps have added midfielder Floyd Franks to their Major League Soccer roster, a player whom head coach Martin Rennie knows well.

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Albert Luque: David Villa will only go to Euro 2012 if he is fully fit

The former Deportivo la Coruna man says that the striker will not consider representing Spain in the competition if he is not at 100 per cent

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Clint Dempsey and U.S. humble Italy's Azzuri in Genoa

Clint Dempsey fired the United States to a 1-0 friendly win over Italy on Wednesday (Thursday, PHL time) to leave the Azzurri’s Euro 2012 plans in further disarray.

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Cristiano Ronaldo scores Goal of the Millennium

Cristiano Ronaldo chalked up what may well turn out to be the goal of the millennium in Real’s victory against Rayo Vallecano – a back-heel which turned out to be the only goal of the game. In the Premiership, Spurs gave up the ghost with a thrashing at arch-rivals Arsenal.

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Borini in, Balotelli out of Prandelli's Italy squad

AS Roma forward Fabio Borini has earned his first Italy call-up, but there is no place in Cesare Prandelli’s squad to face the United States for Manchester City FC’s Mario Balotelli.

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Jozy Altidore scores two goals in AZ's 6-0 demolition of ADO Den Haag

The brace was Altidore’s first goals since the beginning of December after the American striker slowed down after a fast start to the season.

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Newcastle climb with Arsenal held

Newcastle United leapfrogged both Liverpool and Arsenal into fifth place in the Premier League with a 2-0 win over Blackburn Rovers as the Gunners were held to a 0-0 draw by Bolton Wanderers.

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Ruth Lazio Celebrates 107th Birthday

On Thursday of this week, Carroll County resident Ruth Lazio will celebrate an important milestone by turning 107 years old. Lazio was born on December 29, 1904 to Mary Ann Elizabeth “Mamie” Brown, and Frederick Pfeiffer.

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