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Soccer

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  Brazilians protest high cost of hosting World Cup

  At least 500 protesters complaining against the high cost of staging the World Cup rallied Saturday in front of the National Stadium in Brasilia just ... 

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  FIFA rules male players can wear turbans

  FIFA has ruled male head covers are acceptable to wear during matches, a decision that goes against the ban on turbans imposed by the sport's ... 

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  Manchester City hires Pellegrini as new manager

  Manchester City revealed one of the worst-kept secrets in football by hiring Manuel Pellegrini as its new manager on Friday, entrusting a man ... 

• Lille hires Rene Girard as coach, replacing Garcia

  Lille hired Rene Girard as coach on Friday, replacing Rudi Garcia after the club finished a disappointing sixth in the French league this season. 

• Arsenal appoints Keswick as new chairman

  Arsenal has appointed Chips Keswick as the chairman to replace Peter Hill-Wood, who stood down for health reasons after suffering a heart attack last ... 

• Pellegrini Fact Box

  Highlights in the career of Manuel Pellegrini, who has been hired as manager of Manchester City: 1953 — Born Sept. 16 in Santiago, Chile. 1973 — ... 

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  Malaga hires Bernd Schuster as coach for 5 seasons

  Malaga hired former German player Bernd Schuster to be its coach for the next five seasons on Friday. Schuster will replace Manuel Pellegrini, who is ... 

• Mancini eyes national team job and World Cup

  Roberto Mancini would like to coach a national team at next year's World Cup in Brazil. Mancini, who was fired by Manchester City a month ago, briefly ... 

• Hearts fails to pay wages, under transfer embargo

  Hearts has been placed under a transfer embargo after the cash-strapped Scottish Premier League club failed to pay some players their wages on time. 

• Wigan to appoint Coyle as manager

  Wigan has agreed on a deal to appoint Owen Coyle as its new manager. Coyle, who was sacked by Bolton in October, will replace Roberto Martinez, who ... 

• Sevilla signs Romania forward Raul Rusescu

  Sevilla has signed Romania forward Raul Rusescu to a five-year contract following the exit of winger Jesus Navas to Manchester City. Rusescu, who ... 

• Liverpool agrees deal to sign Aspas from Celta

  Liverpool is set to strengthen its forward line by signing Iago Aspas from Spanish team Celta Vigo. The Premier League club says Thursday it has ... 

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  Barcelona presidents say Messi paid his taxes

  Barcelona's current and former presidents set aside their differences and defended Lionel Messi against allegations of tax fraud on Thursday, a case ... 

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  Chelsea set to sign Schuerrle from Leverkusen

  Germany forward Andre Schuerrle is close to completing his protracted switch from Bayer Leverkusen to Chelsea, in what would be Jose Mourinho's first ... 

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  Leverkusen signs Son; Schuerrle to join Chelsea

  Bayer Leverkusen signed South Korea attacking midfielder Son Heung-min from Bundesliga rival Hamburg on a five-year contract Thursday. 

• Russian PM says World Cup to cost $20B

  Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev says the costs for the 2018 World Cup will be more than 660 billion rubles ($20 billion), about double the ... 

• Hearts plunges back into financial problems

  Scottish club Hearts has plunged back into financial problems and will consider offers for its best players to ensure bills and wages are paid. 

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  Istanbul: Protests have 'no bearing' on 2020 plans

  The anti-government protests in Turkey "will have no bearing" on Istanbul's ability to host the 2020 Olympics, the bid committee said Wednesday. 

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  Prosecutor brings tax fraud case against Messi

  A Spanish prosecutor filed a fraud complaint on Wednesday against Lionel Messi, alleging the Barcelona and Argentina star tried to conceal the extent ... 

• Roma hires Frenchman Rudi Garcia as coach

  Frenchman Rudi Garcia has been hired to coach Roma, becoming the capital club's fourth different manager in two years since coming under American ... 

• Scottish football votes for reconstruction

  The four divisions in Scottish football will be governed by the same organization after a vote was passed for significant reconstruction of the league ... 

• Hristo Stoitchkov appointed CSKA Sofia coach

  Bulgaria great Hristo Stoitchkov has been appointed coach of CSKA Sofia. The 47-year-old Stoitchkov, who led Bulgaria to the semifinals at the 1994 ... 

• Blatter says U20 World Cup in Turkey to go ahead

  FIFA President Sepp Blatter says the Under-20 World Cup will go ahead next week despite anti-government protests in Turkey. The 24-nation tournament ... 

• Simons leaves Nuremberg for Brugge

  Belgium midfielder Timmy Simons is leaving Nuremberg to return to FC Brugge. The Bundesliga club says Simons asked to be released from his contract ... 

• Armenia upsets Denmark 4-0, Danes' WCup hopes fade

  Denmark's hopes of reaching the 2014 World Cup finals are all but over after it slumped to a dismal 4-0 home defeat by Armenia in a qualifier on ...