Whitecaps FC Wrap up Home Stand Versus FC Dallas on Saturday
VANCOUVER, BC – Completing their second two-match home stand of the season, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (1W-2L-3D) face Western Conference rivals FC Dallas (1W-3L-1D) in Major League Soccer at Empire Field on Saturday afternoon.
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Lady Wildcats fourth at Fralish Cup
CARBONDALE — Three matches in one day is overwhelming on its own, but adding injuries to the mix didn’t help the Marion girls soccer team Saturday at the Fralish Cup tournament. Still, the Lady Wildcats had a respectable showing despite two losses as they placed fourth in the 13th annual event held at Carbondale’s Superblock.
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Nail Bomber Targeting Irish Soccer Team
Police are hunting a nail bomber who has sent several potentially lethal devices to prominent people connected with Celtic Football Club – including manager Neil Lennon.
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Bombers, Tigers in Mumbai?
AFL could have a presence in one of the world’s biggest markets if a pre-season match between Essendon and Richmond in India is given the go-ahead.
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Reuters Sports Schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday, April 19
Reuters sports schedule at 1400 GMT on Tuesday (times GMT):
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Wahab Riaz: A profile
His first-ball dismissal of Yuvraj Singh at Mohali will forever shine in the memories of millions of Pakistani fans who sat on the edge of their seats throughout that tantalising semi-final in the World Cup 2011.
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Northwest ends regular season with win over Graceland
The 18th-ranked Northwest Missouri State men’s tennis team closed out its regular season with a convincing 8-1 win over NAIA program and 11th-ranked Graceland Wednesday afternoon.  
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M. Tennis. Gauchos Host Cal Poly and LMU to Conclude Regular Season
Men’s Tennis will conclude regular season play with matches against Cal Poly and Loyola Marymount this weekend.
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Indo-Pak women’s tennis series proposed
Karachi, April 17(ANI): Pakistan’s top tennis organizer Shahida Kausar Farooq has proposed a showpiece Indo-Pak women’s tennis series that could be jointly hosted by both countries.
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House cracks down on soccer goals prone to tipping after fatal accident
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois House Friday launched a crackdown on a common type of soccer goal that has been known to tip over and that cost a Vernon Hills boy his life.In 2003, six-year-old Zachary Tran was killed in the northern suburb during a soccer practice when a 180-pound, metal goal tipped over and struck him on the head. On Friday, the Illinois House unanimously passed legislation aimed …
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Courage 95 Gold takes a shot at Region I title
The Courage 95 Gold girls’ soccer team wrapped up the Region I South Division championship and are now preparing for a semifinal match in the Region I Championships on May 7-8 in Delaware.
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Trevians earn winning mark in Pepsi Showdown
GIRLS SOCCER — Now that the Pepsi Showdown is in the books, New Trier turns its attention to another star-studded tournament.
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My job is done if India-Pakistan ties normalise: Indian PM
NEW DELHI, Apr 17: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh would consider his job “well done” if ties with Pakistan return to normal before he leaves office, local media quoted him as saying on Sunday, weeks after Singh’s diplomatic push at the cricket World Cup.
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Sukma to be moderate
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sukma games to be organised this year from June 2 to 12 will be held [...]
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Bail for man arrested for molesting German tourist
Maid lived as wife, should get maintenance: high court A 65-year-old man will have to pay maintenance of Rs.3,000 per month to his domestic help as she was living with him like a wife, the Delhi High Court has ruled, upholding the order of a family court.
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NU beats Ferris in tennis
Northwood University men’s tennis team, ranked No. 21 in the nation, advanced to the GLIAC Tournament finals with a 5-3 victory over Ferris State on Saturday.
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Former Hill School coach gets jail for indecent assault
NORRISTOWN — Saying a former teacher and tennis coach at The Hill School used his position of trust to have an inappropriate relationship with a female student, a judge sentenced the man to jail.
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UI Roundup: Baseball, golf, tennis, track
University of Iowa officials are looking into three episodes of racial slurs being shouted from a… – 10:19 am
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Players storm to District Cup
The Peninsula Storm are the silver lining, and the gold. The U15 soccer team defeated Bays United to win the 2010/2011 U15 Silver Girls District Cup Final 2-0.
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Alma soccer team stays unbeaten
The Alma High School girls soccer team posted a 1-0 shutout at home Thursday in its Tri-Valley Conference opener against Hemlock.
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El Clasico matchups between Real, Barca overhyped
When Spanish soccer’s two biggest clubs clash, it’s known as El Clasico, as Barcelona, the pride of independence-minded Catalonia, meets Real Madrid, representing the Spanish capital.
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Simon Bellamy to work with OMD
Simon Bellamy – one of Australia’s most widely respected media thinkers – is to start providing consultancy to media agency OMD and its clients. Bellamy’s credentials incldue founding Bellamy Hayden (now folded into Naked Communications) and MD of The Media Palace. OMD boss Peter Horgan said “To secure access to a strategist of Simon’s reputation [...]
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Johnson & Johnson ad: tampons should not feel like sandpaper
Johnson & Johnson has launched a print campaign for Carefree Pro Comfort targeted at young women that suggests that sanitary towels should not feel like they’re made of sandpaper. Another execution, running on a consecutive right-hand page, depicts Carefree Pro Comfort as feeling like silk. When the page is turned, this ad appears on the [...]
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I’ll miss my ‘kaffeine kick’: Karan Johar
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) Filmmaker Karan Johar says he will miss the fun of shooting for his popular celebrity chat show ‘Koffee With Karan’, the third season of which has come to an end.
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JVs win OVSS Tourney
For the second straight year, Grayson County’s JV tennis teams have won the Ohio Valley Surgical Specialists Tennis Classic, held last weekend in Owensboro. The Lady Cougars swept both the singles…
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Heritage girls move on in AAAA tourney
CONYERS — It took less than an hour for the Heritage girls tennis team to advance to the second round of the Class AAAA tournament after beating Chamblee 5-0 on Tuesday.
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Central Conference Soccer Tournament called off
YORK — The decision has been made to cancel the Central Conference soccer tournament for this year. YHS athletic director Jerry Dunn explined the decision in more detail.
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Team wins championship By PHOTO SUBMITTED
This local girls soccer team captured the championship of its age division during the recent Blast Cup. They went 3-0-1 and won the championship game which went into double overtime and ended in a shootout.
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