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Soccer supporters in seven international cities will be able to watch Africa's first World Cup for free at fan parks.

Video replays at the World Cup would not end referee mistakes, tournament organizer Danny Jordaan said Thursday.

The flags of the 32 nations that qualified for the 2010 World Cup are flying in Johannesburg.

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Uruguay earned the final berth in the 32-nation field for next year's World Cup, tying Costa Rica 1-1 Wednesday night.

France qualified for its fourth consecutive World Cup when officials missed an obvious hand ball by Thierry Henry that led to William Gallas' overtime goal in a 1-1 tie against Ireland on Wednesday night.

Algeria qualified for its first World Cup since 1986, beating Egypt 1-0 in a tiebreaker playoff Wednesday night on Antar Yahya's goal from an acute angle in the 39th minute.

They were railed and criticized for reaching the championship of Major League Soccer despite a losing record in the regular season.

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Real Salt Lake 1, Los Angeles 1, Real Salt Lake wins on penalty kicks, 5-4. MVP: Nick Rimando.

Major League Soccer would like Montreal to become its 19th team in 2012, if it can get a stadium remodeled.

Seattle Sounders FC coach Sigi Schmid is hospitalized after being diagnosed with pneumonia.

Los Angeles midfielder David Beckham said Friday he'll need an injection in his right ankle to reduce pain and allow him to play in Sunday night's MLS Cup final against Real Salt Lake.

Nick Rimando just finished rattling off all the players and qualities that make Los Angeles such a difficult opponent for Real Salt Lake in Sunday's MLS Cup final.

American businessman Stan Kroenke has bought 10 more Arsenal shares to put him closer to the threshold that forces him to make a takeover bid.

A young woman in the first row behind the far corner flag was savoring prime views of the world's most recognizable player.

Jermain Defoe scored five goals, including a seven-minute hat trick, to match a Premier League record in powering Tottenham to a 9-1 rout of Wigan on Sunday.

Nothing like a little horse placenta to cure those aches and pains.

About 15,000 people attended a stadium mass Sunday in honor of soccer player Antonio De Nigris, whose ashes were taken on a lap of honor as fans applauded and chanted his name.

Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence.

The vicious hair-pulling of an opponent was inexcusable. But prominent advocates of women's sports say that so, too, has been much of the commentary generated by the popular video of college soccer player Elizabeth Lambert's combative tactics in a recent game.

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Nick Rimando just finished rattling off all the players and qualities that make Los Angeles such a difficult opponent for Real Salt Lake in Sunday's MLS Cup final.

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Nick Rimando just finished rattling off all the players and qualities that make Los Angeles such a difficult opponent for Real Salt Lake in Sunday's MLS Cup final.