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Soccer: Earning air points easier than World Cup points
In a World Cup shaping as one of the most competitive in decades, how teams cope with the demanding travel schedules is emerging as one of the critical success factors.
In a World Cup shaping as one of the most competitive in decades, how teams cope with the demanding travel schedules is emerging as one of the critical success factors.
Wayne Rooney has told England manager Roy Hodgson he is ready for the World Cup, and has dismissed the doubts of former teammate Paul Scholes.
Chelsea legend Frank Lampard has announced he will leave the west London club when his contract expires at the end of June.
The chairman of England's Football Association has called for Qatar to be stripped of the World Cup.
A sophisticated analysis of several factors including form, past performance and national interest in soccer point to what most people are already predicting.
An All Whites head coach will be appointed by the end of this month - and the new man may not necessarily be based in this country.
On his first day as Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti made a bold sales pitch.
The zoology student, arguably the best amateur goalkeeper in New Zealand, has just been recalled to the All Whites and now, at the ripe age of 30, is playing the best soccer of his career.
Who said this about preparing to face Arsenal? "Parts of my body that had had previous injuries would be aching. And it was because my body knew I was getting ready. It was saying - I'm going to suffer."
As Nemanja Vidic reflected on his final season at Manchester United, the glory he was accustomed to was washed away by pain, frustration and memories of teammates turning on each other as the club lurched into crisis under David Moyes.
There will be a RoboCop style to the face of policing in Rio when football fans turn up for the World Cup in Brazil next month.
Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has congratulated champions Manchester City but has vowed his side will make an even stronger challenge next season.
New Zealand is seeking to cement its status as a viable location for football's biggest tournaments, bidding to host the 2019 Women's World Cup.
On Merseyside they will dredge up all the old stories. How Bayern Munich printed travel information for the 1981 European Cup final before they blew the semifinal against Liverpool.
Statistics prove this has been the most exciting season in Premier League history.
Arsene Wenger claims he will look back on the season as a missed opportunity even if Arsenal clinch a place in the Champions League this weekend.
The All Whites will be without their three top English-based soccer players when they take on South Africa in Auckland later this month.
The Wellington Phoenix's pre-season games against English Premier League opposition may be available to watch only on pay-per-view.
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As the stresses multiply romance has a habit of being flipped on its head.
Liverpool soccer supporters don't walk alone here anymore, to use the title from their stirring anthem.
There is a mood of optimism around Old Trafford. The grumpy, tetchy gloom has lifted; the fug of incompetence has been cleared; the hapless and the hopeless have been expunged.
Man United's worst season since 1992 was underscored by the sacking of coach David Moyes, but as a business, the club still has few peers in soccer.
Louis van Gaal is the type of man who sends Valentine's Day cards to himself. He loves himself, admires everything he stands for and will enjoy all this talk of being linked to Man Utd.