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U.S. Women’s Soccer: Listless Americans tie South Korea 0-0 – San Jose Mercury News
HARRISON, N.J. — The United States’ fate at the Women’s World Cup may hinge on Alex Morgan’s left knee. The 25-year-old star forward missed her third straight game because of a bone bruise, a listless 0-0 draw against South Korea on Saturday in their final warm-up match. Morgan hasn’t played in a month but says she will be ready for the Americans’ opener against Australia on June 8. Coach Jill…
Comeback for US Women’s Soccer, Five Years in Making – New York Times
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Women’s Soccer Is One Bright Spot on Sepp Blatter’s Record – New York Times
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Sepp Blatter criticizes US Attorney General Loretta Lynch, FIFA corruption case – USA TODAY
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NASCAR says there will be ‘consequences’… – NBCSports.com
DOVER, Del. – Jennifer Jo Cobb said she was “mad as hell” at Tyler Reddick and forgot a NASCAR rule that prohibits drivers from walking on the track, which she did during Friday’s NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race at Dover International Speedway. “The fact that I forget is such a shame because the reason (the rule) is in place likely stems from a tragedy that none of us should…
A US Tax Investigation Snowballed to Stun the Soccer World – New York Times
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Orlando City to privately finance soccer stadium, pay back city – Orlando Sentinel
Orlando City will no longer have to wait on state funding to build its soccer-specific stadium. Team owner Flávio Augusto da Silva announced Friday the franchise will privately finance the construction of its downtown soccer-specific stadium. The stadium, originally envisioned and pitched as a city-owned venue, will now be owned and operated privately by Orlando City. “We’ve been having problem funding the stadium, but we’ve got a new solution. ……
Sepp Blatter Withstands Scandal and Criticism to Secure a Fifth Term – New York Times
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NASCAR Driver Wrecks, Goes Out On The Track To Yell At Somebody – Deadspin
Despite NASCAR banning drivers from leaving their vehicles and approaching other competitors on the track after the fatal Tony Stewart-Kevin Ward Jr. incident last year, Jennifer Jo Cobb stormed out of her wrecked truck during today’s race at Dover to yell at Tyler Reddick. Pemberton announces on-track incident rules | NASCAR.com Pemberton announces on-track incident rules | NASCAR.com Pemberton announces on-track incident rules | NASC Drivers told not to approach…
Blatter wins fifth FIFA term as challenger concedes – Reuters
ZURICH Sepp Blatter was re-elected president of FIFA for a fifth term on Friday after the only other candidate conceded defeat after a first round of voting in an election overshadowed by allegations of corruption in world soccer. Blatter’s victory came despite demands that he quit in the face of a major bribery scandal being investigated by U.S., Swiss and other law enforcement agencies that plunged the world soccer body…
Kraft might finally get to build a stadium in Boston – Boston Globe (subscription)
Lost amid the hoopla and histrionics over hosting the Summer Olympics is the fact that Robert Kraft might finally get to build a stadium in Boston. Kraft and Mayor Martin J. Walsh have been talking steadily about a soccer stadium for the New England Revolution. The two have met several times, at City Hall and at Patriots games in Foxborough, and while they aren’t close to a deal, new details…
World Cup hero Brandi Chastain hopes next FIFA president supports women’s … – USA TODAY
(AP) NEW YORK — No matter what happens Friday in the FIFA presidential election between four-term incumbent Sepp Blatter and sole challenger Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan, 1999 World Cup hero Brandi Chastain just wants someone who will represent the women’s game right. Speaking with For The Win about her partnership with Liberty Mutual, a new sponsor of the U.S. Soccer Federation, Chastain took the female perspective with regard to the…
Palestinian Soccer Association Drops Effort to Suspend Israel From FIFA – New York Times
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Huge swimming snake eats catfish in incredible photo – USA TODAY
Colin Wehrle snapped this photo with his GoPro while fishing in Iowa. He posted it on Facebook, tagging the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, May 26.(Photo: Colin Wehrle of Moline, Ill.) An Illinois fisherman snapped a photo that’s gone viral of a huge snake munching on a bullhead catfish in Iowa waters. Colin Wehrle of Moline, Ill., sent the Iowa Department of Natural Resources his photo via Facebook on May…
US Soccer Will Support Blatter Rival in FIFA Election – New York Times
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Debate: NASCAR’s burning questions – ESPN
0 Shares Print Our experts weigh in on four of the biggest questions in NASCAR this week: Turn 1: Should NASCAR have its own traveling safety team like the IndyCar Series? Ricky Craven, ESPN NASCAR analyst: I do not think it’s as big a priority as focusing on the racetrack and covering up every inch of concrete with SAFER barrier. Having been airlifted from the track twice in my career,…
Voices: Soccer scandal is black cloud over Women’s World Cup – USA TODAY
Briana Scurry played in four World Cups for the U.S. women’s soccer team, winning a title in 1999.(Photo: Jennifer Packard, special to USA TODAY Sports) Briana Scurry woke up to the news Wednesday that nine officials of FIFA, international soccer’s governing body, and five others had been indicted on corruption charges, 10 days before the Women’s World Cup begins in Canada. Scurry was the USA’s goalie at four World Cups,…
FIFA chief Sepp Blatter: ‘More bad news’ possible for world soccer – Washington Post
The head of world soccer’s crisis-wracked governing body faced open dissent Thursday — including calls to resign — a day before a vote on whether to keep him at the helm amid devastating charges that the sport’s leadership is riddled with corruption. “I know many people hold me ultimately responsible,” said FIFA President Sepp Blatter in his first public comments on the growing scandal. But he said he “cannot monitor…
Indictments against FIFA spark War on Soccer – Chicago Tribune
After decades of appeasement and countless futile attempts to reach an understanding, America finally lashed out at its greatest enemy: soccer. The U.S. Department of Justice unsealed a 47-count indictment Wednesday morning charging 14 international soccer figures — including some members of FIFA, the sport’s governing body — with “racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering conspiracies, among other offenses, in connection with the defendants’ participation in a 24-year scheme to…
Sepp Blatter Speaks for First Time, and Says FIFA Must Police Itself – New York Times
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