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David Beckham Sheds Tears At Final Home Match
05/20/2013
David Beckham, the English-born soccer star, had tears rolling off his face as he walked off the pitch following his final home match for Paris St. Germain. Just last week, the 38-year-old announced his intention to retire from the sport.
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Ricardo Portillo, Soccer Referee, Dies One Week After Player Punched Him In Face
05/06/2013
Ricardo Portillo, 46, was refereeing a soccer game in Salt Lake City when he was punched by a player who didn't like one of his calls. A week later, Portillo has died from his injuries, reported CBS.
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Giorgos Katidis, Greek Soccer Player Who Celebrated Goal With Nazi Salute, Banned From National Team
03/18/2013
Giogos Katidis has been banned from the Greek national soccer team by The Hellenic Football Federation, after the midfielder celebrated a goal by giving a Nazi salute to fans in Athens. “The player’s action to salute to spectators in a Nazi manner is a severe provocation, insults all the victims of Nazi barbarity and injures the deeply pacifist and human character of the game,” the federation said, according to The New York Times.
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Lauren Silberman, First Female Player To Try Out At NFL Regional Combine, Disappoints On Field
03/04/2013
Lauren Silberman, 28, a former MIT graduate student and the first woman to ever try out at an NFL Regional Scouting Combine, became the first female to ever compete at a regional combine, but she blew it when she forfeited her third kick after sending the ball barely tripping across the field in her kicking tryouts.
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Soccer Player Robbie Rogers Comes Out As Gay
02/16/2013
Robbie Rogers, former U.S. Men’s National Team player, came out as gay through a blog post Saturday morning. Rogers, who once played club ball with Major League Soccer’s Columbus Crew, had most recently been playing for third-division English team Stevenage, after going on loan from second-division Leeds United.
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David Beckham Says Goodbye To L.A.
12/04/2012
David Beckham, 37, has officially confirmed what was already known among soccer fans of L.A. Galaxy, after the team beat Houston Dynamo 3-1 in their final MLS Cup match, scoring their second Cup victory in a row.
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David Beckham Is Leaving Los Angeles Galaxy
11/21/2012
Soccer star David Beckham, 37, has announced he will not return to Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles Galaxy after this season. His final game with the team will be the MLS Cup, the game that decides the league champion, which is to be played on Dec.
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Snoop Lion, Formerly Known As Snoop Dogg, Considers Investment In Soccer Team
11/19/2012
The artist formerly known as Snoop Dogg, now Snoop Lion, wants to take his talents from the rap game to the soccer field ... sort of. After witnessing The Glasgow Celtic defeat Barcelona in the Champions League, Lion expressed interest in investing in the club, according to the Daily Record.
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Hope Solo Marries Jerramy Stevens Day After His Court Appearance For Alleged Domestic Assault
11/15/2012
U.S. Women’s soccer goalkeeper and Olympic gold medalist Hope Solo, 31, has married former NFL tight end Jerramy Stevens, 33, a day after Stevens was arrested for fourth-degree domestic violence assault, according to Seattle's KING5.
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Jerramy Stevens, Fiance Of Hope Solo, Arrested On Suspicion Of Domestic Violence
11/14/2012
Jerramy Stevens, 33, the former Seattle Seahawks and Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end and fiance of U.S. soccer star and Olympian Hope Solo, 31, was released from custody in Kirkland, Wash., after being arrested one day before his planned marriage to Solo on suspicion of fourth-degree domestic assault.
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David Beckham Denies Affair With Welsh Singer Katherine Jenkins
08/28/2012
Her almost victorious stint on Dancing with the Stars last season didn't quite prepare Katherine Jenkins, 32, for living under the harsh rays of the limelight, or at least being falsely connected to those who do — in this case, British soccer star David Beckham, 37, who was accused on Twitter last week of having an affair with Jenkins.
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Who Is Alex Morgan's Boyfriend, Servando Carrasco?
08/20/2012
Sorry, all you fellas who have been fantasizing about Team USA soccer star Alex Morgan's hot body since she had her bikini (literally) painted on for her Sports: Illustrated swimsuit model shoot — she's already spoken for by fellow soccer player Servando Carrasco, 24, and has been for four years, since the two met playing soccer together at the University of California, Berkeley Morgan's freshman year.
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Who Is Alex Morgan's Boyfriend, Servando Carrasco?
08/20/2012
Sorry, all you fellas who have been fantasizing about Team USA soccer star Alex Morgan's hot body since she had her bikini (literally) painted on for her Sports: Illustrated swimsuit model shoot — she's already spoken for by fellow soccer player Servando Carrasco, 24, and has been for four years, since the two met playing soccer together at the University of California, Berkeley Morgan's freshman year.
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Is Paraguayan Javelin Thrower Leryn Franco The Hottest Olympian?
08/10/2012
In talking about the "hotness" factor of Paraguayan Olympic javelin thrower and model Leryn Franco, 30, one must look at the Olympics hotness controversy in the press, which often suggests that the "exotic" good looks of certain Olympian athletes either overshadow their raw abilities or are simply responsible for their popularity.
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UPDATE: Team USA Wins Gold In Soccer Against Japan
08/09/2012
UPDATED: 5:53 p.m. EST The crowd was sold out, the expectations were high, and revenge was on the minds of the members of the USA Olympic women's soccer team, in light of the U.S.'s World Cup loss to Japan last year.
