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• Hughes starts search for Hart replacement
• Wenger confirms Walcott to be out for three months
• Chelsea expect Ballack to stay
• VfL Wolfsburg make offer for Japanese striker Okubo
• Nigeria fall to Colombia in friendly
• Honduras, Mexico through, Jamaica ousted in FIFA World Cup qualifying
• There’s only one Michael Ballack..
• USA erupts in second half, tops France 3:0 to begin U-20 Women’s World Cup
• Suriname, Haiti close out World Cup qualifying campaign with 1:1 draw
• Jamaica beats Canada 3:0, falls short of advancing in World Cup qualifying
• Yorke scores again, Trinidad advances to final round of World Cup qualifying
• Cooper, Adu score to give USA 2:0 victory, end Guatemala’s World Cup hopes
• Own-goal lifts Honduras over Mexico 1:0; Both reach final round of World Cup qualifying
• Costa Rica wins eighth straight in World Cup qualifying, 3:1 over El Salvador
• Hat trick for Tuncay Sanli as Turkey beats Austria 4-2
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Top Soccer

Keane denies improper conduct charge

SUNDERLAND (AFP) - Sunderland manager Roy Keane denied an English Football Association charge of improper conduct on Thursday. The... 

Hughes starts search for Hart replacement

MANCHESTER (AFP) - Manchester City boss Mark Hughes has been given the green light to sign a temporary replacement for injured England... 

Wenger confirms Walcott to be out for three months

LONDON (AFP) - Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger confirmed that Theo Walcott will be sidelined for at least three months after the England... 

Chelsea expect Ballack to stay

LONDON (AFP) - Chelsea chief executive Peter Kenyon is confident Germany midfielder Michael Ballack will commit his long-term future... 

VfL Wolfsburg make offer for Japanese striker Okubo

TOKYO (AFP) - German Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg have made a transfer offer for Japan international striker Yoshito Okubo, his J-League... 

Nigeria fall to Colombia in friendly

PALMIRA, Colombia (AFP) - A goal nine minutes from time from striker Radamel Falcao Garcia was enough to give Colombia a 1-0 win over... 

Honduras, Mexico through, Jamaica ousted in FIFA World Cup qualifying

LOS ANGELES (AFP) - Honduras defeated Mexico 1-0 with the help of an own goal on a waterlogged field to advance in 2010 South Africa... 

There’s only one Michael Ballack..

Like political pundits on local election night, football reporters can’t help reading too much into the results of international... 

USA erupts in second half, tops France 3:0 to begin U-20 Women’s World Cup

CHILLAN, Chile – Sydney Leroux scored a pair of second-half goals to lead the United States to a 3:0 victory over France on... 

Suriname, Haiti close out World Cup qualifying campaign with 1:1 draw

PARAMIBO, Suriname – Wensley Christoph scored his fourth goal this year and rallied Suriname to a 1:1 draw with Haiti on Wednesday,... 

Jamaica beats Canada 3:0, falls short of advancing in World Cup qualifying

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Goals by Luton Shelton, Marlon King and Omar Cummings led Jamaica to a 3:0 win over Canada on Wednesday,... 

Yorke scores again, Trinidad advances to final round of World Cup qualifying

PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad – Thirty-seven-year-old striker Dwight Yorke scored his second goal in as many games and helped assure... 

Cooper, Adu score to give USA 2:0 victory, end Guatemala’s World Cup hopes

COMMERCE CITY, Colorado – Kenny Cooper scored his second international goal and Freddy Adu had his first, giving the United... 

Own-goal lifts Honduras over Mexico 1:0; Both reach final round of World Cup qualifying

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras — An own-goal by defender Ricardo Osorio seven minutes into the second half gave Honduras a 1:0 win... 

Costa Rica wins eighth straight in World Cup qualifying, 3:1 over El Salvador

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Roy Myrie scored a goal in each half and Costa Rica remained perfect in World Cup qualifying, beating... 

Hat trick for Tuncay Sanli as Turkey beats Austria 4-2

Turkey’s Tuncay Sanli (R) celebrates after scoring his teams fourth goal during their friendly soccer match in Vienna November...