Mirror and Cache index - Sports: Soccer
156 votes | submitted 2010-03-10 15:08:14 by chicagojack | 39 comments
A 23-year old Brazilian indoor soccer player, Robson Rocha Costa, died Sunday after sustaining
injuries in a match. A piece of floor plank pierced his thigh and went into his intestine.
310 votes | submitted 2010-03-09 23:05:19 by thegman3 | 64 comments
Making a play on an oncoming forward, Robson Rocha Costa made a slide tackle near the goal line.
Apparently, a piece of the surface hit his thigh and went up into his intestines.
304 votes | submitted 2010-03-08 04:55:04 by Burento | 19 comments
In the right hand corner is John Terry, the centre back and captain for Chelsea in the Premier
League. He is also a member of the England national team and, up until a month ago, was its captain.
In the left corner we have Wayne Bridge, the left back for Manchester City. Fighters... Are you
ready?
318 votes | submitted 2010-03-06 23:10:05 by quickdigger | 22 comments
The World Cup is fast approaching. To add to the excitement, with about 100 days left until the
first match, Nike has unveiled its 2010 World Cup uniforms. They’re made from discarded plastic
bottles, harvested from landfills in Japan and Taiwan, that were melted down into yarn and then spun
into fabric.
238 votes | submitted 2010-03-02 08:15:59 by jannysoft | 61 comments
South Africa and Mexico kick off the World Cup on June 11, but until then we can only count down the
days until the tournament begins. We're going to do that with 101 different stories running over 101
days -- call it World Cup 101.
567 votes | submitted 2010-03-01 20:24:45 by JamesLowell | 149 comments
Former Real Madrid and France star Zinedine Zidane says he regrets having headbutted Marco Materazzi
during the 2006 World Cup final but he'd rather die than apologize to the Italian defender.
197 votes | submitted 2010-02-27 21:41:27 by leaprinces | 19 comments
Green and gold will outnumber the traditional black and red at Wembley on Sunday as supporters unite
against the Glazers
344 votes | submitted 2010-02-27 21:14:28 by lfc4eva99 | 56 comments
Arsenal's Aaron Ramsey suffered a suspected broken leg during his side's 3-1 Premier League win at
Stoke.The Welsh international was stretchered off following a tackle by Ryan Shawcross, who was sent
off for the challenge and left the field in tears. Hope he can recover. WARNING - Disturbing
Picture.
216 votes | submitted 2010-02-26 18:52:12 by louiebaur | 10 comments
If you're a soccer fan, you can almost taste the excitement, right? I mean, the World Cup is coming
up in just a few months time in South Africa. Ah....but it you're robotic soccer fan (and let's face
it, who isn't?) then you might be looking forward to Singapore too.
287 votes | submitted 2010-02-22 17:39:27 by FirstCuts | 32 comments
The 33-year-old striker extended his contract with Corinthians on Monday, and plans to play two more
seasons before putting an end to a successful career of more than 17 years.
275 votes | submitted 2010-02-19 13:45:21 by TalSiach | 19 comments
As Old Trafford celebrates its centenary, we look back at some of the legends that have graced the
famous stadium.
168 votes | submitted 2010-02-18 23:04:18 by ColinTheShots | 24 comments
American forward Charlie Davies says he's a month from resuming training following a car accident
leaving him with a broken leg, elbow, nose, forehead and eye socket, a ruptured bladder and bleeding
on his brain.
156 votes | submitted 2010-02-14 11:51:51 by rvignesh9008 | 37 comments
London, Feb 14 (ANI): Sonia Wild, the glamour girl at the centre of the Ashley Cole sex text row,
has said that it was the footballer who sent her naked pictures of himself.
880 votes | submitted 2010-02-13 17:37:42 by kesk2006 | 150 comments
When it comes to celebrations, soccer rarely disappoints. Sometimes they may be quite comical,
and other times they can be a little too homoerotic for some.
208 votes | submitted 2010-02-11 01:59:12 by sharkymiragical | 100 comments
Zach Windom, a soccer player on Mississippi's Gulfport High School team, will be punished for his
vicious in-game beating of an opponent, according to the Clarion Ledger. The paper reports that the
altercation happened late in a game last Saturday in Clinton, Miss. Gulfport had scored a goal to go
up 1-0 moments earlier.
140 votes | submitted 2010-02-05 17:16:57 by CJDesign | 20 comments
John Terry has been dropped as England captain following allegations over his private life.
314 votes | submitted 2010-02-05 17:34:40 by robinbal | 51 comments
John Terry is stripped of the England captaincy following allegations about his private life.