In a test-case ruling involving a Belgian soccer player, Jean-Marc Bosman, the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg decided in December 1995 that the European Union's rules on the free movement of labour applied to sportsmen.
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Though science has been her passion since first starting a science club in the third grade, Brittany has managed to master other talents as well as a varsity soccer player and mentor to students in her community.
He has recruited three retired athletes--an Olympic skater, a soccer player and a wrestler--to run for the legislature.
For a soccer player, that means taking a cut of any future transfer.
The boldest move was to sign a Chinese soccer player, Chen Zhi Zhao to be part of its professional squad.
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Also last year, a soccer player in New Zealand was banned indefinitely after he punched a referee and broke his jaw.
Investigators say Mr. Tan leads the syndicate while Mr. Suljic, a former soccer player, allegedly helped the group fix matches in Italy, the warrant said.
Investigators believe Mr. Tan leads the syndicate while Mr. Suljic, a former soccer player, allegedly helped the group fix matches in Italy, the warrant said.
Some types of multitasking come naturally: a soccer player has to run down the field and assess the situation at the same time, adjusting his or her path as necessary.
In the extremely inexact science of deciding a soccer player's value, the one thing that most Premier League teams can agree is that they want players with Premier League experience.
The only big film opening this weekend (in 2, 700 theaters) is Playing For Keeps which stars Gerard Butler as a washed up soccer player who returns home to try and become a man.
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"It's an interesting comparison with the two of them, " said Alejandro Moreno, a former Venezuela national team player and now a soccer analyst for ESPN.
Police say a 17-year-old player in a recreational soccer league punched Portillo after the man called a foul on him and issued him a yellow card.
Police have accused a 17-year-old player in a recreational soccer league of punching Portillo after the man called a foul on him and issued him a yellow card.
But Silberman, whose NFL.com bio listed her as a former club soccer player at Wisconsin, seems to understand what she's up against.
"Drogba is a very good soccer player, his outstanding skills and amazing experience will give us motivation to improve our games, " said Argentina's 1986 World Cup winner.
"It's like we were waiting for something like this to happen, " said Marc Batchelor, a South African soccer player who socialized with Pistorius in South Africa's glamor and sports circles.
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"The brightest coaches and the sharpest minds aren't going into international football, " said Tony Cottee, a former England player and now a soccer analyst.
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Arsene Wenger had called it "unacceptable behavior" -- but Chelsea counterpart Jose Mourinho made a novel defense for his agent provocateur Costa, likening the soccer star to a rugby player after yet another victory over Arsenal.
MURRAY, Utah (AP) A Utah soccer referee who slipped into a coma after being punched by a teenage player during a game a week ago died Saturday night, police said.
They are usually erected not by criminals but by desperate locals appealing through the news cameras for road repairs, a water supply, or, on one occasion, the inclusion of a well-liked player in the national soccer team.
"It's a strange one, " said former Liverpool player and manager Phil Thompson, now a Sky Soccer Saturday analyst.
"That is inevitable, but in the end he is a good player and a soccer icon, and I think he'll help his team, " said Gulati.
McCabe was sickened when he heard the news that Ricardo Portillo had died Saturday, a week after the youth soccer referee in Utah had been punched in the head by a 17-year-old player angry over a yellow card.
They love the nicknames and the Twitter pages and they argue a little about their favorite player (Solo may have a slight advantage.) They were happy to witness some soccer history and they won't mind seeing the U.S. leave their country with gold.
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In 1981, he became the first black soccer player to command a 1 million pound transfer fee (from Norwich City to Nottingham Forest in the English Premier League).
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My favorite sports story is the youth soccer coach who offered a dollar to each player who scored a goal.
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Giggs, who plays for Manchester United and is known for his squeaky-clean reputation, was the sole soccer player recently mentioned in a stream of six tweets about celebrities who had taken out gagging orders on the press, by an anonymous Twitter account holder.
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Ibee is not the only American soccer player that has made the move to a different national team.
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