Gonzalez Out 1-to-2 Weeks With Left Knee Injury
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CARSON, Calif. (AP) -- The Los Angeles Galaxy say defender Omar Gonzalez will be sidelined a week or two after injuring his left knee.
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Reuters Sports Schedule At 0001 GMT On Saturday May 17
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Reuters sports schedule at 0001 GMT on Saturday: - - - - NHL Ducks host Kings in do-or-die Game Seven The Anaheim Ducks host the Los Angeles Kings in a decisive seventh game that will clinch the winner a Western Conference Final against the Chicago Blackhawks. ...
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Brazil Ready To Quell Protests During World Cup
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By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA, May 23 (Reuters) - Brazil has stocked up on riot gear and is ready to deploy police and military forces to contain anti-government protests expected during the 32-nation World Cup soccer championship starting next month, authorities said on Friday. Brazilian officials believe the protests will be smaller than the massive demonstrations that unexpectedly erupted in June of last year during a warm-up event for the World Cup. "According to the information we have, our feeling is that they will be smaller than what happened last June," Justice Minister Jose Eduardo Cardozo said of the likely street protests at a news conference. President Dilma Rousseff is determined to guarantee safety for the World Cup.
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Soccer-Uruguay 1 Northern Ireland 0 -international Friendly Result
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May 30 (Reuters) - Uruguay 1 Northern Ireland 0 - international friendly result on Friday At the Centenario stadium, Montevideo Scorer: Christian Stuani 61 Halftime: 0-0 Referee: Leandro Vuaden (Brazil) (Compiled by Rex Gowar, editing by Nick Mulvenney)
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Croatia Edges Australia In World Cup Warm-up
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SALVADOR, Brazil (AP) -- Forward Nikica Jelavic scored in the 58th minute to give Croatia a 1-0 win over Australia in the teams' final warm-up match before the World Cup.
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The Heat Is On: World Cup Comes To The Amazon
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After months of hype about how the humidity in the jungle city of Manaus will affect the players from England and Italy, and a week of intense attention on the patchy playing surface, Saturday's match will determine which team feels the heat more. The contest between two former World Cup winners is one of four matches on day three of the tournament. Colombia and Greece kick off proceedings, followed by Uruguay against Costa Rica. Japan and Ivory Coast should bring it to a close just before midnight in Brazil.
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Soccer-Ecuador And Honduras Keep It Plain And Simple
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Ecuador and Honduras kept it plain and simple as they served up a rustic feast of hoofed clearances, lunging challenges and lofted balls in the penalty area in their World Cup Group E match on Friday. Honduras had already earned a reputation for employing a robust style of play and managed to draw their slightly more refined opponents into a physical battle on a chilly night in the southern city of Curitiba. Honduras central defender Victor Bernardez set the tone when he was booked for hacking down Felipe Caicedo in the fifth minute. Ecuador like to play down the flanks but Honduras managed to largely keep Antonio Valencia and Jefferson Montero under wraps, forcing them to adopt a more aerial approach than in their 2-1 defeat against Switzerland.
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FIFA Players Union Agree Suarez Needs Treatment
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The players' union and football's governing body agree on one thing in the wake of the heavy ban imposed on Luis Suarez for his third biting incident: the Uruguay and Liverpool striker needs help. Suarez returned to Montevideo early Friday, arriving too late to see the president of Uruguay and hundreds of fans who had gathered the previous night to give him a hero's welcome despite his World Cup banishment. In Rio de Janeiro, FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke said a third biting incident in Suarez's career was ''unacceptable.'' ''I think he should find a way to stop doing it - he should go through a treatment,'' Valcke told reporters at Maracana Stadium, where Uruguay plays Colombia in a Round-of-16 match on Saturday. FIFPro said the FIFA disciplinary panel's ban for Suarez of nine Uruguay matches and four months from all football ''infringes his right to work'' and doesn't offer him the treatment he needs.
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