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Thursday, March 13, 2008

Five Cuban soccer players leave under-23 national team in Tampa



Detroit News - TAMPA, Fla. -- Five Cuban soccer players went missing Tuesday night after the under-23 team played a key match against the United States, a team official said Wednesday. The missing men had not yet reported to authorities. Zachary Mann, a spokesman
Source: www.detnews.com

To Stretch or Not to Stretch? The Answer Is Elastic
New York Times - But it may not be so easy to do such studies, he admitted, because most athletes in strength and speed sports like soccer and football believe in stretching, no matter what scientists say.
Source: www.nytimes.com

When Irish eyes are smiling in Waltham
Milford Daily News - They're like goalies in hockey and soccer." Walker's grandmother came to the United States in the 1920s to work in Newton's silk mills, and he grew up in the silk mill housing of Newton Upper Falls.
Source: www.milforddailynews.com

Five Cuban soccer players defect in U.S. - report
Guardian Unlimited - MIAMI, March 12 (Reuters) - Five members of the Cuban Under-23 national soccer team have defected in the United States while visiting the country for an Olympic qualifier, local media said on Wednesday. A report on the Web site of the Miami Herald
Source: football.guardian.co.uk

Rahmad Darmawan: The coach behind victorious Sriwijaya FC
Jakarta Post - After winning both the Indonesian Copa and Indonesian League championship trophies through Sriwijaya FC of Palembang, South Sumatra, early this year, Rahmad Darmawan deserves to be acknowledged as one of the country's most phenomenal soccer coaches
Source: www.thejakartapost.com

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