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As Americans celebrated the Fourth of July in 1988, a presentarrived from Zurich: The World Cup was headed to the United Statesfor the first time.”The richest land in the world simply cannot be allowed toremain a blank spot on the world map of soccer any longer,”Hermann Neuberger, president of West German soccer’s governingbody, said at …
The US and other countries around the world pleaded for restraint today after North Korea fired dozens of artillery shells at a South Korean island, killing two soldiers and injuring civilians. With tensions running high on the peninsula, the South Korean president, Lee Myung-bak, met his top military in an underground bunker in Seoul and …
Four former UFC champions will compete on Saturday night on the UFC 123 card at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich. In the featured attraction, light heavyweights Lyoto Machida and Quinton “Rampage” Jackson will square off, both hoping that a victory will move them closer to another crack at the UFC title. …
FIFA says the United States bid needs stronger guarantees offederal government support and Qatar’s desert heat could putplayers’ health at risk at a 2022 World Cup.FIFA’s technical advisers provided reasons to reject all nine2018 and 2022 World Cup bidding projects in evaluation reportspublished Wednesday, 15 days before its executive committee choosesthe two winners in a …
North Korea has warned that planned joint US and South Korean military drills are pushing the peninsula to the brink of war as a US military commander headed to an island devastated this week by a North Korean artillery barrage. North Korea’s state news agency said drills this weekend involving South Korean forces and a …
LONDON (AFP) – Prince William and his fiancee Kate Middleton received a flood of congratulatory messages Wednesday after announcing their engagement, with the wedding planned for spring or summer next year. Middleton said she was daunted but happy to be marrying into Britain’s royal family after William had proposed, offering her his late mother Diana’s …
Baseball was always there, an integral part of the three men’s childhood and teenage years. All Baby Boomers and sons of World War II veterans, they followed America’s Pastime during the sport’s post-war era, an age when DiMaggio and Mantle and the Yankees ruled October, Hammerin’ Hank was just getting started on his home run …
Victory at Polish side Lech Poznan would have taken big-spending City into the next round, but despite dominating the early exchanges they fell behind in the 30th minute when Dimitrije Injac drove the ball home. Emmanuel Adebayor, who scored a hat-trick in the reverse fixture two weeks ago, drew City level early in the second …
Chelsea surrendered the Premier League lead it held since the opening day of the season with a 1-1 draw at Newcastle on Sunday, while Tottenham came from a goal down to beat Liverpool 2-1 and help mark a new scoring record. After Chelsea conceded a sixth-minute opener to Andy Carroll and needed an equalizer from …
Evening all: Ay up. How excited are we all this chilly November evening? I’m on tenterhooks here, time-honoured pessimism giving way to a strange sense of pride that started taking hold midway through yesterday’s afternoon session. I know we’ve all been here before with England but the way both openers and then Jonathan Trott went …