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.
Also last year, a soccer player in New Zealand was banned indefinitely after he punched a referee and broke his jaw.
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 boldest move was to sign a Chinese soccer player, Chen Zhi Zhao to be part of its professional squad.
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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.
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.
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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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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"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.
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.
"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.
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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"It's a strange one, " said former Liverpool player and manager Phil Thompson, now a Sky Soccer Saturday analyst.
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.
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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My favorite sports story is the youth soccer coach who offered a dollar to each player who scored a goal.
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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.
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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