Soccer matches can break fans' hearts - literally
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Watching a big soccer match can strain a fan's heart -- not just figuratively, but literally, German researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Clashes between Liverpool and Millwall fans at a cup tie were allegedly sparked by taunts about the Hillsborough disaster. Liverpool fans said the trouble during the Carling Cup tie at the New Den, south London
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First came the &quot;Blanco Bounce.&quot; Entertaining, but ultimately only a sideshow. Four years later, there was the humiliation of being bounced from the World Cup by a country that doesn&#039;t even care &amp;#151; well, much &amp;#151; about soccer.
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Real Madrid defender Walter Adrian Samuelâs relationship with the Merengue fans worsened last night, even though the Argentina international scored his first goal for the club in Realâs 6-1 whipping of Albacete.
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The proposal by the Premier League to stage matches across the world leads to fears of player burn-out.
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When professional athletes start slugging fans, severe penalties pretty much are a no-brainer. So few tears will be shed for the nine basketball players suspended - at the cost of millions in salary â-fter
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LIKE grief, Old Firm matches have a way of interfering with routines and causing changes in behavioural patterns. Had Celtic, for example, faced any other domestic fixture immediately before Wednesdayâs
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A team fighting for its life -- in more ways than one -- plays on.
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A World Cup victory few expected. A corruption scandal that disgraced some of Italy's most famous clubs. And now, the death of a police officer during riots by Sicilian soccer fans.
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Roma have paid a high price for the violent incident midway through their Champions League match against Dynamo Kiev last week. UEFA have acted severely in defence of their injured referee
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Foreign coaches and players often appear in a state of shock when first exposed to the conditions of professional soccer in the United States. The higher the level of their previous club, the greater the contrast when they arrive at their new team.
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Harry Redknapp shocked Portsmouth two weeks ago by quitting to take a break from soccer. Now those same fans are in a rage _ he&#39;s joined the one club they despise.
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&quot;Most fans don&#39;t understand the sport,&quot; he said. &quot;They want to see two guys get in there and be Rock-em Sock-em Robots until somebody gets knocked out.
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It always seems to happen doesnât it! A manager is poached from a rival club and the first game is invariably against their former employers!
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Fan violence is worse -- and much more common -- at soccer  games in Europe
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The kid was going against pros and it was a mismatch. Charlie Davies, 19, was overflowing with caution before he and his Boston College teammates faced Major League Soccer's Revolution this past spring in an exhibition match. There were issues. The caliber of the opposition; that went without saying. The caliber of the Eagles, who were coming off a calamitous ...
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The ball at the World Championships of Soccer for the Blind clatters like a rattlesnake's tail. Fans are barred from cheering too loudly and clear plastic walls keep the players in-bounds. Every four years, players compete for Cup glory in an eight-nation tournament drawing hundreds, not millions, of fans to a game without the noisy hype of media and merchandising. Save for the goalkeepers, all the athletes are legally blind.