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Column: German domination of football? Not quite

Mats Hummels, defensor del Dortmund, da una conferencia en la ciudad de Dortmund, Alemania, el miércoles 15 de mayo de 2013. Debido a su lesión en un tobillo, está en duda su participación en la final de la Liga de Campeones contra el Bayern Munich que se disputará el sábado en el estadio de Wembley, en Londres.

In football, is Germany a nation of chokers?

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David Beckham bids au revoir to soccer

David Beckham might bid adieu to soccer Sunday from the bench.
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UEFA introduces minimum ban for racist abuse

UEFA says its executive committee has agreed to introduce a 10-match minimum ban for racist abuse by players or officials.
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Ocean not all that separates US, European fans

Imagine Derek Jeter leading the New York Yankees off the field because opposing fans were yelling racial slurs and throwing bananas at his team. Or a game between the Miami Heat and Chicago Bulls halted because of unrelenting race-baiting from the crowd.
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Ex-US captain Reyna to direct NYC soccer team

A day after New York City FC was born, Claudio Reyna became the team's first employee.
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Stoppage Time: Bayern ready to assume the throne

Bayern Munich has been by far the most dominant team in Europe this season, walking to the Bundesliga title and brushing aside both Juventus and Barcelona among others on its way to the Champions League final at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
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Pulis leaves as Stoke manager by mutual consent

Stoke says Tony Pulis left as manager by mutual consent Tuesday, ending his seven-year tenure at the Premier League club.
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Yankees, Man City to co-own NYC MLS team

Hoping their baseball success will translate to titles in another sport, the Yankees are combining with English power Manchester City to own a Major League Soccer expansion team in New York that will start play in 2015.
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Chelsea tops AP poll after winning Euro title

Chelsea surged to the top of the weekly Associated Press global soccer poll after winning the Europa League and qualifying for the Champions League for the 11th straight season.
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River Plate rallies for draw at Union

River Plate's title challenge took a hit on Sunday as the club needed to come from two goals down to claim a 2-2 draw at Union.
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Mexico prohibits multiple soccer teams ownership

The owners of the 18 Mexican first-division soccer clubs voted Monday to bar one person or one company from owning more than one team.