MLS says no bending for Beckham in bid for Miami team
(Reuters) – Major League Soccer would love to see a new franchise in Miami backed by David Beckham but there will not be a new team in South Beach until a stadium deal is in place, commissioner Don Garber said on Tuesday.
Maradona invited to Colombian ‘Match for Peace’ in Cuba
HAVANA (Reuters) – Diego Maradona has been invited by Colombia’s FARC to play for their team in a soccer “Game for Peace” during talks in Cuba between the rebels and the Colombian government looking to settle a decades-old conflict.
U.S. football celebrations register as minor earthquakes
(Reuters) – Celebrations by Seattle football fans in a Monday night game against the New Orleans Saints were so thunderous that they registered as minor earthquakes on a nearby seismometer, a state university professor said.
The heat is on as FIFA announces draw procedure
COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (Reuters) – FIFA will go ahead with its controversial decision to stage World Cup matches at midday in tropical venues, president Sepp Blatter said on Tuesday as soccer’s governing body announced a bafflingly complex procedure f…
World Cup prize money set for huge increase
COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (Reuters) – The prize money at next year’s World Cup finals will be increased by at least a third from that on offer in South Africa in 2010, FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke said on Tuesday.
Stadiums behind schedule but will be ready: FIFA
COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (Reuters) – Three stadiums hosting matches at next year’s World Cup finals will not be ready by FIFA’s end-of-year deadline, the general secretary of world soccer’s governing body said on Tuesday.
Read named player of the year in All Blacks clean sweep
LONDON (Reuters) – New Zealand’s Kieran Read was named world player of the year as the all-conquering All Blacks completed a second successive clean sweep of the IRB’s annual awards on Tuesday.
Juventus fined after rowdy children insult keeper
(Reuters) – Juventus were fined on Tuesday after a decision to allow schoolchildren to use seats usually occupied by hardcore fans banned for discriminatory chanting backfired spectacularly.
FIFA names World Cup draw pots
COSTA DO SAUIPE, Brazil (Reuters) – FIFA on Tuesday announced the following pots to be used for Friday’s draw for next year’s World Cup finals when the 32 teams will be placed into eight first-round groups of four.
Kompany set for Man City return
LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany is available again after two months out due to injury, manager Manuel Pellegrini said on Tuesday.
