Blackburn Citizen: Footballer takes witness stand at affray trial involving Accrington Stanley players

FOOTBALLER Steven Gerrard has denied that he lost control during a bar brawl which involved two Accrington Stanley players.

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Dailymail.co.uk: Sven football goes mad: From Cloughie to Carlos - crazy moves that shocked the game

Sven football goes mad: From Cloughie to Carlos - crazy moves that shocked the game

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Blackburn Citizen: Ex-Accrington Stanley players blasted over match betting scandal

FOUR former Accrington Stanley players have today received lengthy bans from football and fines after being found guilty of betting on matches.

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Star News Group: Cats seek approval for name Premiership Stand

Geelong Football Club has snubbed its legends in a bid to name a new stand.
The club has announced it will seek approval for the name Premiership Stand after the Cats turned their back on the traditi

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smh.com: Enright to serve as teen's pallbearer

The Geelong AFL footballer 14-year-old Chanelle Rae idolised and called a friend will be a pallbearer at her funeral.

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CNN: Football: FIFA fine Ivory Coast after tragedy

Football's world governing body FIFA have fined the Ivory Coast Football Federation following the crush prior to their World Cup qualifier against Malawi in March that saw 22 supporters killed.

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Fox Sports: Kisnorbo signs with Leeds

Former English football giants Leeds United have signed Australia international defender Patrick Kisnorbo on a two-year contract.

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Star News Group: Team eyes state final

LAST year’s Hallam Senior College girls’ football side was full of individual stars.
But coach Brett Alexander hopes a more even team performance from the 2009 version will help the school progress

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Theroar.com.au: Kennedy lights up Asia’s most exciting league

As far as debuts go, it wasn’t half bad. One played, one scored — and Josh Kennedy’s maiden Nagoya goal made a mockery of Japan Football Association chief Motoaki Inukai’s claims that

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Birmingham Post.net: UK News: Gerrard brawl: Man tells of blows

The man allegedly attacked by England footballer Steven Gerrard during a bar room brawl has described the incident in court.

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BBC News: Fifa slaps Ivory Coast with fine

Fifa fines the Ivorian Football Federation US$47,000 after the enquiry into the stadium tragedy in Abidjan in March.

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The Hollywood Gossip: Andrea McNulty Says Hotel Boss Threatened Her, Downplayed Ben Roethlisberger Assault

The woman accusing Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault claims the football star forced himself on her at the hotel where she worked and that despite her repeated protestations and refusals, Roethlisb

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The National: Eriksson takes post at Notts County

The former England and Mexico manager has been appointed as the director of football at the English fourth-tier club.

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ESPN: Former Buffalo Bills QB J.P. Losman chooses UFL over NFL

Forced to choose between being an NFL backup or a starter in a fledgling league, J.P. Losman has picked: playing time.Losman, 28, said Tuesday night he has signed with the Las Vegas entry of the start

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Dailymail.co.uk: Sven Goran Eriksson is back! But don't worry, this time he's joining Notts County in League Two

Sven Goran Eriksson will make an amazing return to English football - at lowly Notts County.

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NY Times: Sports Briefing | Pro Football: Toxicology Report in McNair Death

A toxicology report showed that Sahel Kazemi, the 20-year-old woman the police say fatally shot the former N.F.L. star Steve McNair before killing herself, had a trace amount of marijuana in her body.

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Theroar.com.au: New signings suggest A-League has finally matured

The buzz around the various football forums is that this season’s A-League will be the best to date. Much of it stems from the introduction of two new sides into the competition, adding much

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Sky News: Model's Murder: Boyfriend Tells Of 'Shock'

An amateur footballer accused of murdering his girlfriend has told of his "shock" at finding the young model stabbed and dying.

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People.com: VIDEO: Outtakes of Tony Romo's Parody Commercial

The footballer reveals his lighter side – and gets tongue tied

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The Hollywood Gossip: Andrea McNulty: Ben Roethlisberger Would Not Stop

Andrea McNulty, the woman accusing NFL all-star Ben Roethlisberger of sexual assault, claims she warned the football player "You don't want to do this."


According to her lawsuit, he refuse

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CNN: Football: Arsenal suffer Nasri injury blow

Arsenal's pre-season preparations suffered a blow on Tuesday when midfielder Samir Nasri broke his leg in training.

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CNN: Football: Dubai billionaire seals Portsmouth deal

Middle-Eastern investment is continuing apace in the English Premier League despite the tough economic climate, with Dubai-based Sulaiman Al Fahim completing his long-awaited takeover of Portsmouth.

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The Hollywood Gossip: Andrea McNulty Accuses Ben Roethlisberger of Sexual Assault

Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, winner of Super Bowls XL and XLIII, is named as a defendant in a lawsuit filed by a woman in Nevada.


According to online court records, a defamati

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BBC News: Omotoyossi in battle with Metz

Benin striker Razak Omotoyossi is battling to be released from a contract he signed with French club Metz in order to play top-flight football.

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Goal.com: SpeakOut: Do We Need Foreigners For Indian Top Jobs?

As the All India Football Federation’s (AIFF) Emergency Committee meets tomorrow to screen through the applications for the post of the Indian FA general secretary and the CEO of the I-League, Goal.

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Fox Sports: Money can buy you love, City

EXCLUSIVE: English football's under-achievers are expected to storm the top four of the Barclays Premier League this season. Simon Hill analyses the effect of Manchester City's spending.

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Star News Group: Vanquished

GLENROY’S rough Essendon District Football League (EDFL) season continued on Saturday, with the bottom-of-the-ladder side going down to the reigning premier Keilor by nearly 200 points.
The Roys have

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Theroar.com.au: ECL model not the answer for Asian football

Super League might not work in European football, but perhaps it’s the answer for Asia.


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Star News Group: Footy could be back

FOOTBALL could once again be played on Marysville’s Gallipoli Park, if plans to rejuvenate the sport in the fire-ravaged town come to fruition.
Plans are also in the pipeline to create a Marysville f

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The Malaysian Insider: Bolivian boy, 12, makes debut in top-tier league football

BUENOS AIRES, July 20 — The weekend scene in South American football included a historic occasion, even for football-crazy South Americans, with the youngest ever debut in top-tier league football.


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NY Times: Ex - Football Star Vick Finishes Home Monitoring

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disgraced former National Football League star quarterback Michael Vick finished on Monday the electronic home monitoring part of his sentence for dogfighting, the federal Burea

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Birmingham Post.net: UK News: Gerrard faces charge over 'brawl'

Footballer Steven Gerrard has arrived at court to face trial over his alleged involvement in a nightclub brawl.

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Sky News: Gerrard In Dock At 'Nightclub Brawl' Trial

Football star Steven Gerrard has been in the dock to face trial over his alleged involvement in a nightclub brawl.

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Now Magazine: Jordan: I'd do Frank Lampard and Cristiano Ronaldo

But Chelsea footballer isn’t interested

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NY Post: SPORTS SHORTS

NFL: Childress: Favre's throws 'looked fine' Vikings coach Brad Childress says he has watched video of quarterback Brett Favre throwing a football and his motion "looked fine" to him. &quo

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MercuryNews.com: Italian and Mexican soccer fans display their passion

The World Football Challenge, a six-team round robin international soccer tournament, transformed the brainy Stanford University campus on Sunday into a rowdy, horn-blaring, international sports Mardi

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Fox Sports: Monday Night Football - have your say

In light of Brad Fittler's exit from Sydney Roosters and Brian Smith's sudden departure from Newcastle Knights, do you think club loyalty is dead in the NRL?

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theglobeandmail.com: Club America beats Inter on PK's

Mexican Primera league gets winner from Rojas and defeats Italian Serie A giants on penalty kicks at Stanford Stadium in opening game of World Football Championship exhibition series

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Theroar.com.au: Warriors storm home to down Roosters

Sydney Roosters skipper Craig Fitzgibbon admits the players have to take some of the blame for coach Brad Fittler’s demise after the tri-colours lost 34-20 to the Warriors in familiar fashio

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Goal.com: PIFA International Camp Held In Hyderabad

Premier India Football Academy (PIFA) will kick off their annual PIFA international camp in Hyderabad. This football intensive training program will be held from 19 September to 22 September 2009 at t

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BBC News: Eq Guinea look to a new era

Former Paraguay international Carlos Diarte promises a new era for football in Equatorial Guinea as he takes over as coach of the national team.

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Theroar.com.au: Plans to bring Man United Down Under fail

An audacious plan by Football Federation Australia to bring Manchester United to Australia next week has failed.


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Goal.com: Report: Samuel Eto'o Wants Inter To Make Him The World's Best Paid Player

The Cameroonian will only leave the Camp Nou if he is made the highest paid player in world football...

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NY Post: SPORTS SHORTS

COLLEGE: Aikman enshrined In South Bend, Ind., former Cowboys star and UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman and 20 other former players and coaches were enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. Oth

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Dailymail.co.uk: Football manager shot dead in front of his players by masked gunman on a mountain bike

Football manager shot dead in front of his players by masked gunman on a mountain bike

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Fox Sports: Warriors snatch late win

The Warriors continued the pain for the Sydney Roosters with a come-from-behind win in the battle of the NRL strugglers to triumph 30-24 at the Sydney Football Stadium.

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Dailymail.co.uk: 'It was an honour to be your husband': Ex-footballer Colin Hendry's tribute to wife who died after botched surgery

Scottish flags flew at half mast as hundreds of mourners gathered today at the funeral of the wife of former footballer Colin Hendry.

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Dailymail.co.uk: Life without limb-its: The astonishing story of the man born without arms or legs... who plays golf, surfs, and swims

Nick Vujicic was born with no arms or legs - but he doesn't let the details stop him. The brave 26-year-old - who is mainly torso - plays football, swims, and surfs, despite having no limbs.

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Dailymail.co.uk: Women's football by numbers: The 740million dollar prize

With America launching a pro 'soccer' league, Sportsmail takes a look at how England and the United States compares when it comes to females and the Beautiful Game.

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CNN: Football: Man City splash cash on African ace

African striker Emmanuel Adebayor has become the latest big-money acquisition by English Premier League club Manchester City.

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smh.com: Dad fights for life after punch-up at football

A PUNCH-UP between two fathers whose sons were playing in a junior rugby league match ended with one man fighting for his life in hospital last night.

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ESPN: Source: Notre Dame Fighting Irish will play Army Black Knights at Yankee Stadium

Notre Dame and Army reportedly have agreed to play the first football game at the new Yankee Stadium next year.

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BBC News: Fifa readmits Ethiopia federation

The Ethiopian Football Federation is readmitted to world football after elections for a new leadership are held on Saturday.

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BBC News: Hartson still critical but stable

Former footballer John Hartson remains critically ill but stable after resuming radiotherapy treatment, say his doctors.

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Fox Sports: Manchester United reject FFA bid

Football Federation Australia has failed with an audaccious plan to lure Barclays Premier League champions Manchester United to Australia.

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smh.com: Plan to bring Man U Down Under fails

An audacious plan by Football Federation Australia to bring Manchester United to Australia next week has failed.

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BBC News: Man jailed over player blackmail

A man who tried to blackmail a Premier League footballer, is jailed for a year by a judge at Manchester Crown Court.

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CNN: Football: Ferguson signs Senegal striker

Manchester United have signed Senegal striker Mame Biram Diouf, less than a week after manager Alex Ferguson said their spending in the close season transfer window was at an end.

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Sky News: Footballer Shot Dead In Front Of Players

A footballer has been killed in front of his team-mates by a masked gunman who lay in wait for his victim, police have said.

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BBC News: Football manager shot and killed

A football manager is killed by a masked gunman as he arrives for training at a south-east London playing field.

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BBC News: Funeral for ex-footballer's wife

The funeral of the wife of ex-Scotland footballer Colin Hendry, who died from a post-operative infection, is due to take place in Lancashire.

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NY Times: Nelson Munsey, Cornerback for Colts, Dies at 61

In 1975, Mr. Munsey started all 14 games for Baltimore, helping the Colts win the American Football Conference East Division before losing to Pittsburgh in the playoffs.

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theglobeandmail.com: Coach Holtz gets his due

The only man to lead six different schools to bowl games will be enshrined in College Football's Hall of Fame on Saturday

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BBC News: Scottish football club facing invasion of foxes

Preparations for the new season at Dundee FC's stadium are being hampered by a family of foxes.

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Sky News: Cyclist Armstrong Sends Support To Hartson

Cancer-stricken footballer John Hartson has received a message of support from cycling legend Lance Armstrong as he battles for his life following emergency surgery.

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PhysOrg.com: New pheromone helps female flies tell suitors to 'buzz off'

There she is again: the cute girl at the mall. Big eyes. Long legs. She smiles at you. You're about to make your move… but wait! What's she wearing? It's a letterman jacket, one clearly belonging to

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Digital Spy: Clancy engaged to footballer Crouch

Abbey Clancy and boyfriend Peter Crouch get engaged after four years together.

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CNN: Estudiantes stuns Cruzeiro, claims Copa

Estudiantes de La Plata shocked Brazilian home side Cruzeiro on Wednesday night to capture South American club football's greatest prize, the Copa Libertadores.

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NY Post: SPORTS SHORTS

FOOTBALL: Suggs snags record deal Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs signed a six-year, $63 million contract yesterday, making him the highest-paid linebacker in NFL history. Had Suggs not signed, he wo

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BBC News: Hartson condition still critical

Former footballer John Hartson remains in a critical condition after emergency brain surgery following a cancer diagnosis.

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The Miami Herald: 60-ft dollar sign burned into NY school ballfield

A 60-foot-long dollar sign has been burned into the synthetic turf at a Long Island high school football field.

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Star News Group: Tigers lend hand

STUDENTS at Cranbourne West Primary tackled train safety yesterday with representatives from Richmond Football Club and Connex.
The Connex Tigers in Schools Program is aimed to teach primary school st

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Star News Group: Narre wins first Thompson Cup

FORMER Narre Warren and Tooradin player Chris Thompson was remembered as a courageous footballer, a creative thinker and a supportive mate at Saturday’s inaugural Chris Thompson Cup charity luncheon.

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Sky News: Chelsea Chief Exec: John Terry 'Not For Sale'

The chief executive of Chelsea football club has told Sky News that captain John Terry will stay at the club.

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The Miami Herald: THE INFLUENCE GAME: NFL players tackle lawmakers

Pro football players swept across Capitol Hill on Wednesday and asked lawmakers to take a tough look at owners' profits as the two sides prepare to decide how to divide their big pot of TV money.

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CNN: Football: Drogba ban reduced by one game

UEFA cut Didier Drogba's Champions League ban from four games to three after the Chelsea striker's ugly confrontation with the referee following their exit from the semifinals of the competition earli

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E! Online: Tony Romo Endorses Anything but Jessica Simpson

It looks like we might be one step closer to figuring out what caused the split between Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo.

Apparently the footballer has a whole lot of endorsement...

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USA Today: Austria: Lightning strike injures 25

Authorities in southern Austria say lightning struck a football field during an amateur match and injured 25 people.

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BBC News: Hartson told cancer also in lungs

Former footballer John Hartson undergoes emergency surgery as doctors confirm testicular cancer has spread to his lungs.

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SFGate.com: Santa Clara stadium a great deal - or is it?

If the city of Santa Clara can get a $900 million National Football League stadium and the San Francisco 49ers in exchange for $100 million in public subsidies, it will have pulled off one of the best

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CNN: Beckham to confront 'unprofessional' accuser

David Beckham is planning showdown talks with L.A. Galaxy teammate Landon Donovan, who questioned the English football star's commitment to the MLS team earlier this month.

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Star News Group: Hawk help

FIRE-affected families got to see stars of the Hawthorn Football Club in action, thanks to the Rotary clubs of Pakenham and Drouin.
Members of the club recently took the families to a Hawks training s

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Sky News: Hendry Wife Death: Surgeon Still Operating

The cosmetic surgeon whose botched liposuction led to the death of the wife of former footballer Colin Hendry is still operating on patients in Sweden, Sky News can reveal.

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Suntimes.com: Hole forces Southwest jet emergency landing

CHARLESTON, W.Va.---- Passengers on a Southwest Airlines plane applauded and hugged the pilot for a safe emergency landing in West Virginia after a football-sized hole appeared in the fuselage.

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9news.com: Southwest checks planes after hole forces landing

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Southwest Airlines ordered inspections of nearly 200 aircraft after a football-sized hole opened up in the passenger cabin of a plane during flight, forcing an emergency landi

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Los Angeles Times: Southwest checks planes after hole forces landing

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Southwest Airlines Co. inspected about 200 planes overnight after a football-sized hole opened up in the passenger cabin of a jet in flight, forcing an emergency landing in West V

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NY Post: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES PLANE LANDS WITH HOLE IN PASSENGER CABIN

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Southwest Airlines ordered inspections of nearly 200 aircraft after a football-sized hole opened up in the passenger cabin of a plane during flight, forcing an emergency landing i

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Times Of India: Jessica Simpson splits with Tony Romo

Jessica seems to have called it quits with her footballer beau Tony Romo.

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Star News Group: Classy Blues

KEILOR made a return to form with a convincing win over danger team Doutta in their Essendon District Football League (EDFL) A Grade clash at Buckley Park on Saturday.
Doutta has claimed some big scal

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Star News Group: Zebras reach agreement

THE Whittlesea Zebras and Football Federation Victoria have finally resolved their ongoing issues, coming to an agreement following their Supreme Court case back in April.
The two groups went to cour

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Star News Group: Supersonic Jets

IF there were any doubts about Greenvale heading into its round 12 Essendon District Football League clash with fellow A Grade heavyweight Maribyrnong Park, it made sure they crushed them on Saturday.

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CNN: Jet makes landing with football-sized hole

A Southwest Airlines jet made an emergency landing in Charleston, West Virginia, on Monday after a football-sized hole in its fuselage caused the cabin to depressurize.

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Star News Group: Kinglake comes to Olinda

KINGLAKE footballers and netballers will travel to Olinda this week for the match of the season.
Club administrator Rick Wall is urging locals to show their support for the visitors and turn up at th

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smh.com: Beckham and Donovan settle squabble

English football icon David Beckham and Landon Donovan practiced together for the first time this season on Monday, saying their war of words is over as they settle down to focus on football.

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Fox Sports: Man U star robbed in home

Manchester United striker Federico Macheda was robbed in his home over the weekend, police said, in the latest of a spate of property crimes against Barclays Premier League footballers.

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Star News Group: Footy scribe pulled no punches to entertain

“THE electrifying situation had Mt Riddle move a foot closer for a better look”.
Just one of Jimmy Young’s clever turns of phrase which made his football reports a ‘must-read’ for Mountain Views

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CNN: Football: Man Utd spending on hold

Alex Ferguson handed Michael Owen the famous number seven shirt at Old Trafford and then dropped a strong hint that Manchester United's spending in the summer transfer window was at an end.

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MTV News: New Boyz Say They're More Than Just Jerkin' Rappers

The 17-year-old rappers talk about sparking a dance craze, and moving beyond it.By Shaheem Reid, with additional reporting by Matt Elias







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Fox Sports: Dockers keep faith in Harvey

Fremantle football operations manager Chris Bond insists coach Mark Harvey has the full backing of the board and has called for calm as the club attempts to manage the fallout following their worst ev

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Now Magazine: David Beckham gets concrete foot cast

Footballer's footprint put on plaque for local soccer scheme

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smh.com: Dockers plead for patience

Fremantle football operations manager Chris Bond insists coach Mark Harvey has the full backing of the board and has called for calm.

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SFGate.com: Youth hit hard by lack of jobs, school grants

Jordan Atkinson had all the trappings of a typical Marin County childhood. He lived in a big house in Novato, played Pop Warner football, spent weekends with friends listening to hip-hop. Now, three y

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Digg.com: Type of Knee Surgery Makes Difference in Football Career

Complex anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction of a knee doesn't appear to shorten the career of a professional football player, but a simpler meniscus repair might, new research has found.

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NY Post: MCNAIR FUMBLES

What Steve McNair did for the game of football does not mean diddly squat compared to what he did to his family ("QB Sneak Pulled Double Reverse," July 9). It's time we stopped glorifying celebrities

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NY Times: Paul Hemphill, Chronicler of the South, Dies at 73

In newspaper columns, essays and novels, Mr. Hemphill wrote of the region’s blue-collar passions: stock-car racing, football and country music.

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Fox Sports: Celtic far too slick for Roar

Scottish giants Celtic gave Brisbane Roar a footballing lesson with a thumping 3-0 defeat at Suncorp Stadium on Sunday.

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CNN: Football: Ancelotti says Terry is staying put

Carlo Ancelotti was officially unveiled as the new Chelsea manager Monday and immediately insisted that captain John Terry would be staying at Stamford Bridge.

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ScienceDaily: Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Doesn't Harm NFL Career Length, Study Suggests

Knee injuries are a common problem in collegiate and professional football, often hindering an individual's career length and future. A new study suggests that anterior cruciate ligament reconstructio

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Star News Group: Community grants announced

DOREEN CFA and Mernda Football Club will be among the recipients of local Community Bank grants from the Mernda and Diamond Creek branches.
Residents are invited to attend the presentation evening at

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Star News Group: Inaccurate Eagles

WHITTLESEA remains a game out of the Northern Football League’s (NFL) Division Two top four after a 21-point win against Hurstbridge in round eight on Saturday.
After a resounding victory last we

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Star News Group: Demons destroy Panton Hill

MERNDA wrapped up another confidence building win on Saturday keeping them comfortably in third place on the Northern Football League’s (NFL) Division Two ladder.
The Demons hosted Panton Hill in rou

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PhysOrg.com: ACL reconstruction doesn't harm NFL career length, study suggests

Knee injuries are a common problem in collegiate and professional football, often hindering an individual's career length and future. A study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports M

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BBC News: Ex-footballer's tribute to wife

Former footballer Colin Hendry says the light has "gone out" in his life after the death of his wife from a post-operative infection.

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EurekAlert!: ACL reconstruction doesn't harm NFL career length, study suggests

Knee injuries are a common problem in collegiate and professional football, often hindering an individual's career length and future. A study presented at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports M

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The Miami Herald: St. Lawrence Seaway, engineering marvel, turns 50

Working 90 feet above the ground, pouring buckets of concrete that would harden into a 195-foot-high dam the length of 11 football fields, a teenage Frank Wicks knew even then he wasn't on just an

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Now Magazine: SEE PICS Jermain Defoe dating Imogen Thomas

Footballer gets with another Big Brother star

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NY Times: Television Review | 'Keyshawn Johnson: Tackling Design': He Could Catch Passes, but Can He Pick Paint?

From what we see in “Keyshawn Johnson: Tackling Design,” the former football player is defined less by his taste than by the overwhelming self-regard of the professional athlete.

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Sky News: Football Star's Wife Dies After Botched Op

A footballer's wife who never fully recovered after undergoing botched cosmetic surgery in 2002 has died.

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Now Magazine: David Beckham: We named Cruz after Tom Cruise

Footballer says actor was inspiration behind son’s name

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BBC News: Botched op footballer's wife dies

The wife of former Scotland footballer Colin Hendry dies in hospital in Salford after battling a serious infection.

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BBC News: Botched op footballer's wife dies

The wife of former Scotland footballer Colin Hendry dies in hospital in Salford after battling a serious infection.

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Mr Paparazzi: Jermian Defoe Dates Another BB Babe…

[Images: Mr Paparazzi/Big Pictures Words: S. Smith]Spurs footballer Jermain Defoe appears to have a penchant for Big Brother babes, first he dated Celebrity Big Brother star Danielle Lloyd, then he ha

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Fox Sports: Fowler anxious for season to start

Football legend Robbie Fowler says he can't wait to kick off the new A-League season with North Queensland Fury.

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Star News Group: WRFL tight lipped over strike

THE Western Region Football League (WRFL) has refused to comment on any matters relating to the umpires’ strike.
WRFL media manager Kevin Hillier said he was unable to make any further comment on Sun

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BBC News: ESPN to launch UK sports channel

ESPN announces plans to launch a new sports channel in the UK on 3 August, on which it will show Premier League football.

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NY Times: Yahoo, NFL Players Union Settle Lawsuit

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Yahoo Inc. and the NFL Players Association have reached a settlement over use of players' statistics, photos and other data in Yahoo's popular online fantasy football game, but det

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Digg.com: Stoo Tey Cafe - Every man's desire

Unlike woman, most man struggles to stick to a routine health regime. Therefore Stoo Tey Cafe is specially formulized to overcome the inconsistency. It is taken as and when needed, when you want to st

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Star News Group: A long week

DEVON Meadows proved that a week really is a long time in football by staging a form reversal to lead all day against Hampton Park and win Saturday’s rugged encounter at the Booth Reserve by a comfor

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Star News Group: A man

GROUP 1 winning jockey Noel Callow was flying high on a different sporting arena on Saturday as he debuted for Narre Warren Football Club in the reserves after returning from a short riding stint in M

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Star News Group: Ron’s a breath of fresh air@Normal:His love of football keeps Ron Roberts, 75, returning to umpire e

BAD umpiring during his own playing days inspired Ron Roberts to become one of the men in white.
Fifty years later, Mr Roberts, 75, is still kicking goals, or rather awarding them, as a goal umpire in

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CNN: Ex-teammate: McNair struggled after football

Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair may have been struggling to fill a void after retiring from football, something most star athletes go through when their careers come to an end, former teammate Edd

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CNN: Football: World Cup strike fears played down

Danny Jordaan, the chief executive of the 2010 World Cup organizing committee in South Africa, is confident that construction remains on schedule for the tournament despite large-scale strikes delayin

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PhysOrg.com: New Bluetooth application will let sport fans share experiences in real time

Imagine watching a football match, seeing a foul and being able to immediately swap comments with friends who saw the same incident from the other side of the stadium.

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Star News Group: Demons are a go@Normal:At the launch of the Casey Demons Supporter Group with Ron Barassi are, from

FOOTBALL legend Ron Barassi says Melbourne Football Club’s 30-year agreement with the City of Casey is one of the club’s most historic deals.
Mr Barassi spoke of his excitement about the plan when h

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Star News Group: Barassi back to his roots

FOOTBALL legend Ron Barassi tells the story of cold showers and muddy grounds, well before the days he dashed around the amphitheatre of the MCG.
“It wouldn’t have mattered much because after the ga

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CNN: Football: Stalemate in first leg of Copa final

Visiting Cruzeiro held home side Estudiantes de La Plata to a scoreless draw Wednesday night in a spirited first leg of the Copa Libertadores final in Argentina.

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The Hollywood Gossip: Police: Sahel Kazemi Killed Steve McNair, Then Herself

Police in Nashville, Tenn., say their investigation of former NFL star Steve McNair's murder "clearly points to a murder-suicide" at the hands of Sahel Kazemi.


Medical examiner Dr. Feng Li says prel

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Digital Spy: Elton John 'sued by Aberdeen FC'

Sir Elton John faces legal action from Aberdeen Football Club over damage to a pitch five years ago.

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Star News Group: Family gives their all for the ball

“YOU should see our backyard football games. There are blood noses and all sorts of stuff goes on.”
No-one in the Dandenong and District Junior Football League would be surprised to hear the Zijai f

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CNN: Woman testifies about son's bullying, suicide

Eleven-year-old Carl Joseph Walker-Hoover liked football, basketball and playing video games with his little brother.

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Star News Group: Clubs mourn a lost mate

THE South Eastern Youth Girls football community mourned one of its own at Casey Fields on Saturday morning.
Sixteen-year-old Riyani Lowen, who played for Narre Warren’s Youth Girls team in 2006 and

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theglobeandmail.com: Ronaldo's Real debut

Real Madrid's Cristiano Ronaldo, the world's highest-paid footballer, was introduced to the team's fans Monday

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CNN: Football: Obertan signs for Man United

Premier League champions Manchester United have completed the signing of Gabriel Obertan from Bordeaux on a four-year deal.

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BBC News: Club sues over Elton pitch battle

Aberdeen Football Club takes legal action over damage caused to the Pittodrie pitch during an Elton John gig five years ago.

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CNN: Football: Van Persie signs new Arsenal deal

Robin van Persie has put an end to speculation about his Arsenal future by signing a new long term deal with the Premier League side.

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Star News Group: EDFL dumps junior transfers

ELLINBANK and District Football League officials have torn up a controversial transfer agreement that they say left local junior players open to exploitation.
EDFL president Roger Gwynne last month to

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Digg.com: The Importance of Sport | Protechmedia.biz

Sport was one of the roads to improve the health of the body. Most people had the different sport hobby. There were those who liked football, golf, tennis, etc.

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Fox Sports: Sydney FC lose pre-season friendly

Chinese Super League team Shanghai Shenhua have withdrawn from their proposed match against Sydney FC, scheduled for Sydney Football Stadium on Saturday, July 25.

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Los Angeles Times: Senate panel holds hearing on BCS

Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) questions 'structural inequities' that allow what he calls six 'preferred conferences' to receive nearly 90% of BCS revenue and deny teams such as Utah a fairer shot at title.


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CNN: Football: Milan swoop for American Onyewu

AC Milan have swooped to sign Standard Liege defender Oguchi Onyewu on a three-year contract -- making him the first American to appear in Serie A since Alexi Lalas in 1996.

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PCMag.com: Yahoo, NFL Settle Fantasy Football Suit

Yahoo Inc and the National Football League's players union settled a lawsuit on Monday over whether the Web company should pay royalties for using players' data on its fantasy league game, both sides

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NY Times: Yahoo, NFL Settle Lawsuit Over Fantasy League

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Yahoo! Inc and the National Football League's players union settled a lawsuit on Monday over whether the Web company should pay royalties for using players' data on its fantasy

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Now Magazine: Wayne Rooney has stitches after holiday fall

Footballer injures his ear while on French Riviera

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CNN: Football: Inter give up on Deco and Carvalho

Inter Milan have given up on signing Chelsea's Portuguese pair Ricardo Carvalho and Deco for the time being.

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Star News Group: Wedding claws into Lions

EVERY player knows that one of the biggest ‘no-nos’ is to get married during football season, but that hasn’t stopped former PAKENHAM and GARFIELD star Lincoln Withers’ plans to wed his much-bette

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PhysOrg.com: Yahoo, NFL players union settle lawsuit

(AP) -- Yahoo Inc. and the NFL Players Association have reached a settlement over use of players' statistics, photos and other data in Yahoo's popular online fantasy football game, but details were n

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Digital Spy: Cruise halts photoshoot for football score

Tom Cruise interrupts an Aussie photoshoot to ask the photographers the score of local football game.

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MercuryNews.com: Titchenal, former San Jose State football player and coach, dies at 91

Bob Titchenal, who captained one of San Jose State's best football teams in history in 1939, played for the 49ers among other pro teams and later coached SJSU, died Sunday in Santa Rosa.

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Star News Group: Woodend outclass wounded Roos

AN undermanned Broadford outfit was outclassed by Woodend/Hesket at Gilbert Gordon Oval on Saturday in their round 11 Riddell District Football League (RDFL) clash.
The Roos headed into the game with

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SFGate.com: Designers who see more than an empty lot

The empty lot at Harrison and Fremont streets is nothing much to look at, a football-field-long slope of dirt and weeds that greets drivers exiting the Bay Bridge into San Francisco. But a quartet of

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CNN: Football: Benayoun signs Liverpool extension

Israeli national captain Yossi Benayoun has been rewarded for some impressive performances last season by signing a two-year extension to his Liverpool contract, which still had two seasons to run.

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Star News Group: Season’s end

WALLAN’S season went from bad, to worse, to over on Saturday as the club endured a horror run of bad luck in the do-or-die Riddell District Football League (RDFL) clash against Melton Centrals at Gre

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Fox Sports: Record crowd welcomes Ronaldo

A capacity crowd of close to 80,000 people welcomed Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid on Monday, setting a new record for turnout at the presentation of a footballer.

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CNN: Football: Ancelotti says Terry is staying put

Carlo Ancelotti is officially unveiled as the new Chelsea manager on Monday and immediately insists that captain John Terry will be staying at Stamford Bridge despite recent overtures from Premier Lea

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Los Angeles Times: Police say woman with McNair bought gun

Authorities are still leaning to a muder-suicide in the case.



NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A relative of the woman fou

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Star News Group: Juniors see AFL action

YARRA Junction Junior Football Club’s enthusiastic under-10 and under-12 players had a taste of the big league in June when they left the valley and headed for the big sticks.
The youngsters, club of

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Times Of India: Brook’s beau bans her from sunbathing topless

Kelly Brook has revealed that she can no longer sunbathe topless, as her Brit rugby union footballer boyfriend Danny Cipriani does not like it

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The Miami Herald: School bullying, once a silent battle, now a crime

In a Tampa middle school locker room, prosecutors say four flag football players held down a younger teammate and committed a horrifying assault: Raping him with a hockey stick and a broom handle.

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Digital Spy: Paris Hilton reflects on Ronaldo fling

Paris Hilton reveals why she dumped Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo.

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news.com.au: Super Bowl star shot dead

A FORMER American football star has been found dead after a double shooting.

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NY Times: Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Case on N.F.L. Licensing

The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide whether the National Football League should be treated as a single entity under federal antitrust law in a dispute over an exclusive license to ma

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Star News Group: Young Brookers fight it out

GEMBROOK-Cockatoo Junior Football Club’s under-16 team fought hard against tough opposition in Wandin, going down by 73 points at the weekend.
Scores: Wandin 16.12.108 d Gembrook-Cockatoo 5.5.35.
Goa

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Star News Group: Movie plays for footy

MOVIE Entertainment Day at Healesville Junior Football Club rooms will help send four Healesville girls to the a national football competition.
Georgia Murty, Jemma Iacono, Nikita Gentle and Terazit

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smh.com: Forget captaincy, Knights urges McVeigh

Essendon coach Matthew Knights says midfielder Mark McVeigh should forget about losing his chance to captain the AFL club and worry about playing some football.

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MercuryNews.com: Sports digest: New football league might welcome Vick

Michael Huyghue, the commissioner of the new four-team league, says the UFL is willing to give Michael Vick a place to play '” provided there are no pending legal issues.

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NY Times: Sports Briefing | Football: Thousands Mourn Coach

Thousands of mourners gathered in Iowa to remember a slain high school coach as a man of faith who believed in leading by example.

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Fox Sports: Folau out for eight weeks

Brisbane Broncos star Israel Folau is expected to miss up to eight weeks of football after x-rays revealed he has a fractured ankle.

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NY Times: Sports Business: How Michael Jackson Redefined the Super Bowl

His three-song medley during halftime in 1993 helped expand the idea that this was a mega-event that included a football game.

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CNN: Football: Owen completes Man United transfer

Former England striker Michael Owen has completed his shock free transfer move to Manchester United on a two-year contract.

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Star News Group: Football helping homeless

FOR many of the region’s homeless people, football has given them a sense of achievement that has boosted their self-esteem.
Last Wednesday was the second season a team of people who have been experi

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Sky News: Killer Jailed Under New Double Jeopardy Laws

A violent footballer has been jailed for life for killing his ex-girlfriend, seven years after initially being cleared of the crime.

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CNN: Football: Chelsea reject City bid for Terry

English Premier League side Chelsea reveal a second offer from league rivals Manchester City for England and club captain John Terry has been turned down.

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Star News Group: Eagles keep in touch with top

WHITTLESEA kept in touch with the top four in the Northern Football League’s (NFL) Division Two Competition after comprehensively beating Panton Hill on Saturday.
Six goals to Josh Nixon and five goa

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Star News Group: Sunshine too good for Altona

SUNSHINE was too strong for a competitive Altona outfit in their Western Region Football League Division One clash on Saturday.
The round 11 clash at Sunshine’s Kinder Smith Reserve saw the home side

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Suntimes.com: Ex-prep football player sues over 1999 hazing

A 1999 Stevenson High School football player who was sodomized with a broomstick and a banana by his teammates as part of a violent hazing ritual filed a lawsuit last week against his attackers, coach

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MercuryNews.com: Sports digest: Stanford finds foe to replace SJSU on 2010 football schedule

Sacramento State competes in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) and finished 6-6 in 2008. The Hornets haven't played a Pacific-10 Conference opponent since 2005, when they

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MercuryNews.com: Canadian Football League fines player for touchdown tribute to Michael Jackson

TORONTO — The Canadian Football League fined Toronto Argonauts receiver Arland Bruce for "excessive actions" during his tribute to Michael Jackson after scoring a touchdown.

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Star News Group: The best of the rest

HAMPTON Park will go into this weekend’s match against Devon Meadows full of confidence, despite last weekend’s loss to Beaconsfield.
The Redbacks are playing an accountable style of football and ar

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E! Online: Jessica Simpson Belts Out the National Anthem

Jessica Simpson attended the AT&T National Golf Tournament in Bethesda, Md., on Wednesday to put her stamp on "The Star-Spangled Banner." Then her footballer beau, Tony...

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Sky News: Jailed Footie Fan Loses Appeal For Pardon

Justice Secretary Jack Straw has refused an appeal for a pardon by jailed football fan Michael Shields.

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Digital Spy: Frank Lampard 'wins £300,000 in Vegas'

England footballer Frank Lampard wins £300,000 while on holiday in Las Vegas, say tabloid reports.

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Star News Group: Burnell to burn again?

WAS that football journeyman and former BEACONSFIELD premiership player Dean Burnell training at the Perc Allison Oval last week? It sure was, say a couple of our more reliable Eagle spies, and the qu

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CNN: Football: Materazzi to end career at Inter

Italian champions Inter Milan have handed a new three-year contract to veteran defender Marco Materazzi.

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Mr Paparazzi: Peter Andre Signs A £1 Million Record Deal!!

[Images: Mr Paparazzi/Big Pictures Words: C. Curran]Following the exciting news that Peter Andre has signed a £1million record deal with the independent label Conehead, the singer was out on the town

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Star News Group: Dandy juniors show their class

THE Dandenong and District Junior Football League can officially lay claim to the best under-15 footballers in the state as of Saturday.
The league’s under-15 Division One side defeated Yarra Junior

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theglobeandmail.com: Argo coaches learn new language of the CFL

Despite decades of experience in NFL and NCAA football, Andrus's sideline staff will have to prove a quick study of three-down game in Hamilton tonight

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CNN: Football: Lyon accept Madrid's Benzema offer

Lyon have accepted an offer of approximately 35 million euros ($50m) from Real Madrid for 21-year-old French international striker Karim Benzema.

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Star News Group: League probes spectator punch

THE Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League (MPNFL) is investigating an incident involving an under 18s Pearcedale player who was hit by a spectator on June 20.
MPNFL operations manager Ian Benson

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E! Online: Brüno's High School Football Brouhaha

Ze fashionpolizei is facing off with the football police.

The kids loved it and had a ball, but that didn't stop the Los Angeles Unified School District from punishing the...

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E! Online: Brüno's High School Football Brouhaha

Ze fashionpolizei is facing off with the football police.

The kids loved it and had a ball, but that didn't stop the Los Angeles Unified School District from punishing the...

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Star News Group: Budget through

CASEY Council adopted its 2009/2010 Budget last week, with some changes to the draft proposals.
Following a submission to the Cranbourne Football Club, $970,000 has been re-allocated to upgrade Oval 2

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NY Post: LA SCHOOLS CHIEF: 'BRUNO' USED STUDENTS

The chief of the nation's second-largest school district is fuming over comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's magazine photo shoot with high school football players. Los Angeles Superintendent Ramon Cortines

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Mr Paparazzi: Cristiano Ronaldo Lashed Out In Rage...

[Images: Mr Paparazzi/Big Pictures Words: C. Curran]Paris Hilton's former flame Cristiano Ronaldo has admitted lashing out and smashing a teenage girls car window when he caught her filming him talkin

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POP Eater: LA schools chief fumes over `Bruno' school photos

The chief of the nation's second-largest school district is fuming over comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's magazine photo shoot with high school football players.

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NY Post: CLASS FROWN FOR 'BRUNO'

* LOS ANGELES -- The LA schools superintendent is fuming over comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's magazine photo shoot with high school football players. Ramon Cortines, who was New York City schools chanc

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Mr Paparazzi: Ashley Surprises Cheryl On Her Birthday…

[Images: Mr Paparazzi/Big Pictures Words: C. Curran]On Sunday afternoon we caught up with Ashley Cole playing football with some friends during a holiday in Mauritius. At the time we wondered whether

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POP Eater: LA schools chief fumes over `Bruno' school photos

The chief of the nation's second-largest school district is fuming over comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's magazine photo shoot with high school football players.

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