Random News from around the globe 2011

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Any disgruntled [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]
player on Twitter might want to think twice before expressing their
inner thoughts next season after Mick McCarthy stated his intention to
clamp down on the social networking site that he fears will be used by a
"disgruntled numpty" within his squad to reveal his starting line-up.

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The most interesting novelty at the Copa America – which concluded on
Sunday with Uruguay beating Paraguay 3-0 in a surprise final pairing –
was not a swing in the balance of power of South American football, but a
peek at the way football will be mostly watched in the coming years.
All 26 games were streamed live for free on YouTube to more than 50
countries (but not the UK or Ireland) at dedicated channel [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]. The quality of the stream was excellent in the games I watched on my laptop, whether in small window or full-screen mode.

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Attempted murder seems a bit much to me.

Rex Kramer wrote:

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Attempted murder seems a bit much to me.

Yea... definately too much for a goalie, but I would agree GBH for Thierri Henri's game against Hartman last year!

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The chaos currently going on in England has spilled over into the sports world.

England's scheduled friendly with the Netherlands on Wednesday and
Tuesday's Ghana-Nigeria friendly that was to be played at Watford [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], and a handful of other Carling Cup games have been postponed this week in light of the riots that have consumed London.



With player and fan safety being compromised, it's no surprise that
the games have been put on the back burner while police and country
officials attempt to restore order. It has yet to be determined whether
any of the opening games of the Premier League season will affected by
the unrest.

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‘Sports Academy USA’ aims to help British soccer players through the
potentially daunting process of applying for a scholarship stateside. “I
know so many talented players back home,” said Craven. Home to them is
Nottingham with the pair having both spent time at Notts County in their
youth before embarking to America.


With the news that University tuition fees are set to triple in
Britain, scholarships abroad are becoming a much more viable option for
those wishing to expand their horizons and gain an education. “They just
don’t have the financial backing to get a degree in the UK,” said
Stimpson, who studied at Neosho County Community College and Mesa State
University.

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Barca and Real, the world's two richest clubs in terms of
revenue, take around half the total pot of Spanish TV income of
600 million euros.

The remaining 18 teams earn far less than their peers in
rival European leagues, where a system of collective bargaining
allows for fairer cash distribution.

"The two biggest clubs steal the television revenues from
the other teams," Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido told
national radio.

"It's a league which only two teams can win, it's
third-world," added Del Nido, another outspoken critic of the
system.

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In 1988, a teen from Beziers, France, named Damien Comolli moved with
his mother and brother to San Francisco and there, as these things often
happen, a peculiar passion was born. The family's time in the Bay Area
was to be short lived, so Comolli quickly swallowed up all the
particulars of the region. And at that time, there was no greater local
passion than baseball, as the Bash Brother A's and the Humm Baby Giants
were two of the top teams in baseball.