Juventus GM Marotta admits drawing blanks for Van Persie, Jovetic

Juventus GM Beppe Marotta says they're working hard to find a new striker signing. Marotta was asked about their interest in signing Arsenal’s Robin Van Persie or Fiorentina’s Stevan Jovetic. “The top player we are looking for is not only a name with an important price-tag attached. What we mean by top player is someone who can improve our quality level. “Van Persie is...

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Brilliant Brazil hammer Cameroon

Brazil cruised past Cameroon to open their Group E campaign with a victory in the women’s football competition. Jorge Barcellos’s team raced into a 2-0 lead through a Francielle free-kick and a header from Renata Costa. Marta scored a second-half penalty after she had been clumsily fouled by Bebey Beyene before Cristiane slotted home from a tight angle. The losing Olympic...

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Italy's Cassano fined for gay slur at Euro 2012

Antonio Cassano (photo: Александр Осипов) NYON, Switzerland (AP) -- Italian soccer star Antonio Cassano has been fined for his comments about gay players at the European Championship. European soccer's governing body says Friday it fined him $18,250 for his "discriminatory press statement" at an official media event in Poland last...

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Boxing ring to Olympic rings

Regina Mayor Pat Fiacco, pictured in the Regina Boxing Club before he left for the 2012 London Summer Olympics, is part of the Boxing Canada delegation.Photograph by: Don Healy, Leader-Post , Leader-Post Leading up to the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, the Leader-Post is doing a series of profiles on participants with ties to Regina. The series begins today...

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Bayern deny move for Pirlo

Bayern Munich chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has rubbished reports linking his club with a move for Italy international Andrea Pirlo. Reports in Italy claimed Bayern had made a bid of 10million euros for the Juventus midfielder, who was a key figure in Italy's Euro 2012 campaign, but Rummenigge says the reports are without foundation. "FC Bayern have neither made an...

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England, Italy, Portugal climb up FIFA rankings, Brazil drop outside top 10, Socceroos ranked 23rd

Spain's successful defence of the European Championship finals extended the World Cup winner's lead on top of the FIFA world soccer rankings on Wednesday, and beaten finalists Italy climbed six places to No.6.The surge in points for European teams pushed Brazil down six places to No.11 - their worst position since the rankings began in 1993. The 2014 World Cup hosts are hurt...

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1,000 fans welcome Italy home after Euro 2012

ROME (AP) — A thousand fans cheered loudly, applauded and sang the national anthem when Italy coach Cesare Prandelli and his players returned to Rome after having lost the European Championship final. The squad was first greeted by about 200 workers Monday as they stepped off the plane at Rome's Fiumicino airport before departing on one of the four coaches reserved for the Italian delegation. "We are still bitterly disappointed, but we know that we had a great European Championship," captain Gianluigi Buffon said of the 4-0 loss to Spain...

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Defending champions Spain win Euro 2012 to complete historic treble

(CNN) -- Defending champions Spain claimed an historic third successive major international trophy with a 4-0 rout of Italy in the Euro 2012 final in Kiev Sunday. It was a breathtaking display from the 2010 World Cup winners, with victory all but sealed by halftime as goals from David Silva and Jordi Alba gave them a 2-0 lead. Substitutes Fernando Torres and Juan...

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