English Soccer's Global Reach Scores Big - BusinessWeek

Every weekend from now until next May, teams from the English Premier League (EPL) will battle it out in arguably the world's most competitive soccer championship. Across Britain, fans will flood into local pubs to down a few pints while hoping to
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Hope Solo's golden performance anchors U.S. women's soccer triumph - Los Angeles Times
U.S. goalkeeper Hope Solo wore a homemade gold medal while talking on a mobile phone after beating Brazil in extra time to win the Olympic championship. The goalkeeper's stellar performance allows U.S. to hold off Brazil and helps bury last year's
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U.S. Soccer Wins Gold - Washington Post
BEIJING, Aug. 21-- The U.S. women's soccer team beat Brazil, 1-0, in Thursday night's gold medal match, weathering nearly two hours of Brazilian mastery, going ahead on an overtime goal and surviving a series of cover-your-eyes near-misses that
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U.S. downs Brazil 1-0 in extra time to retain Olympic women's soccer - Xinhua News Agency
BEIJING, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Defending champion United States edged Brazil 1-0 in the Olympic women's soccer final here Thursday night, a stunning repeat of the Athens Games final in which the Americans rallied to beat the Brazilians 2-1. Pressed by
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U.S. edges Brazil in OT for women's soccer gold - Detroit Free Press
BEIJING â€" Outplayed and undermanned for most of the night, the Americans got the only shot they needed. And it made them Olympic champions, once again. Carli Lloyd scored in the sixth minute of overtime today and Hope Solo bailed out her teammates
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Soccer-Record-breaking striker Healy joins Sunderland - Reuters UK
LONDON, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Northern Ireland striker David Healy has joined Premier League club Sunderland from Fulham for an undisclosed fee, the north-east club said on Thursday. The 29-year-old, who scored a European Championship qualifying record
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Ohio coroner: Soccer player had artery problem - WTOL-TV
CLEVELAND (AP) - The coroner's office says a 12-year-old boy who died after collapsing while playing soccer had an artery problem that affected his heart. Stephen Jiang of Solon (SOH'-luhn) died after playing at a sports complex in the Cleveland
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U.S. women's soccer beats Brazil for gold - Newsday
The United States' Carli Lloyd (11) celebrates with teamamtes Shannon Boxx, Angela Hucles (16) and Heather Mitts (2) after scoring in the first extra time as Brazil's Ester looks on during their women's soccer gold medal match at the Beijing 2008
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