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  • Beckham travels to China

    Retired soccer champ David Beckham is in China to build enthusiasm for the game in the world's most populous country, where fans are pretty discouraged at the moment over the poor performance of their national team. The former England international, who became a goodwill ambassador for Chinese soccer earlier this year, arrived in Beijing Monday, two days after China's national squad suffered a ...

  • Protests get support from Brazilian soccer players

    A demonstrator holds up a Brazilian flag in front of a group of protestors gathered in the main plaza of Sao Paulo, Brazil, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Some of the biggest demonstrations since the end of Brazil's 1964-85 dictatorship have broke out across this continent-sized country, uniting multitudes frustrated by poor transportation, health services, education and security despite a heavy ...

  • Meyer experiments with second row

    Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer admits that a lack of lock options has prompted to him field an unconventional second-row combination for Saturday's clash with Samoa at Loftus Versfeld. Flip van der Merwe starts - ahead of Juandre Kruger - alongside Eben Etzebeth in a second row featuring two number 4 locks but no recognised line-out leader.South Africa do a have another specialist number ...

  • Cahill salutes Osieck Queiroz upbeat

    In hindsight, HolgerOsieck's tactical change proved a masterstroke which eventually salvaged his hopes. But when he sent on Kennedy with 12 minutes left, it looked a bold decision that stunned all. After all, it was the 30-year-old's first international in 18 months, and the man he replaced was none other than the talismanic Tim Cahill. Fortunately for the German coach's gamble ...

  • Boyce U-20s an important occasion for Turkey

    Getty Images The FIFA U-20 World Cup Organising Committee and Local Organising Committee have met ahead of the kick-off on 21 June to discuss the final preparations for the tournament.Convening in Istanbul, with two days to go before the festivities get under way, Organising Committee Chairman Jim Boyce, LOC President Servet Yardimci and LOC General Secretary Prof. Dr. Emre Alkin looked to ...


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What's Eating Gilbert Grape

"What's Eating Gilbert Grape" is a wonderfully rambling film that relies wholly on its characters to see it through to the end. There's no elaborate plot structure, and the only central conflict is general angst and unrest. Therefore, it is up to the main characters of the small town of Endora, Iowa to create a meaningful existence on-screen. The film feels like Peter Bogdonavich's "The Last Pictu ... ...

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  • Early endgame for Uruguay Nigeria

    Uruguay must take something from this game if they are to have any chance of progressing. To achieve that, Oscar Tabarez's will need to reproduce the kind of form they showed late on against the world champions, when they rallied after being very much second-best for fully 70 minutes. With that idea in mind, ...

  • World Cup Legacy for Brazil Goes Beyond Soccer Says Blatter

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  • SPL side Hearts go into administration

    confirmed on Monday their plans to go into administration after they lodged papers at the Court of Session in Edinburgh, having failed to pay wages to players last Friday and in the face of a winding-up order over a partially-paid 100,000 tax bill.The club, who have already stated their entire squad is available for transfer, will be deducted 15 points at the start of next season.The Press ...

  • Alberto Contador handed solid support in bid for third Tour de France

    Alberto Contador will be supported by Michael Rogers, Roman Kreuziger and Nicolas Roche in his Tour de France bid. Photograph: Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty ...

  • Springboard for the stars of the future

    Turkey , and will again provide a first taste of a major global stage for the stars of the future. Welook back in time and pick out some of the players who went on to greatness from the springboard of this celebrated ...

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