FIFA rejects request to sign female soccer player
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World soccer&#39;s governing body rejected the signing of a female player by a professional men&#39;s team in Mexico. &quot;There must be a clear separation between men&#39;s and women&#39;s football,&quot; FIFA said from its Swiss headquarters Sunday.
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Sport: FA indicates it will not back the Premier League's plans in case it harms England's World Cup bid
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Brian Lara and other top West Indies players have been ruled ineligible for a January tournament against Australia and Pakistan after refusing to sign a contract due to a dispute over sponsorship deals, sources involved in the dispute said yesterday.
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Martina Hingis's appeal against a positive doping test is rejected and she has been banned for two years.
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Rangers reject an Â£8m bid from Newcastle for France defender Jean-Alain Boumsong.
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Sport: The Premier League has rejected reports that it will take legal action over plans to play abroad
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Thierry Henry fails to make the final shortlist for this year's Fifa World Player of the Year award.
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Major League Soccer recently refused a $1 million offer from Celtic FC for Revolution midfielder Shalrie Joseph, according to Joseph's agent, Ron Waxman.
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Major League Soccer has rejected another transfer offer from Preston North End for Revolution striker Taylor Twellman, this time for $3 million.
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The Spanish referee in Liverpool's Champions League qualifier has denied that he issued two yellow cards to Graz AK captain Rene Aufhauser then failed to send him off.
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MEXICO CITY Soccer&#39;s world governing body says a men&#39;s professional team in Mexico can&#39;t sign a female player. FIFA says, &quot;There must be a clear separation between men&#39;s and women&#39;s football.
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English Premier league side Bolton announced Monday they have rejected a bid from Chelsea for their French striker Nicolas Anelka.
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MEXICO CITY: Mexican Second Division club Celaya have been refused permission by the world governing body FIFA to field woman striker Maribel Dominguez.
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FIFA has reached agreement with the International Olympic Committee to have a 12-team women&#39;s soccer competition at Beijing 2008 instead of the &quot;nonsense&quot; of the lopsided 10-nation format in Athens, president Sepp Blatter said Sunday.
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Juergen Klinsmann withdrew Thursday from consideration as coach of the U.S. soccer team after several months of talks failed to lead to an agreement, a U.S. Soccer Federation official told The Associated Press.
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A top Indian woman athlete who won a silver medal at a recent regional championship fails a gender test.
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Everton reject a Â£20m bid from Newcastle for England striker Wayne Rooney.