VietNamNet Bridge - Football training exercises such as “three against three” and “cat catch mouse” proved a hit with students from the Hanoi-Amsterdam high school and the Sports Centre for Hanoi Disabled at the 10-10 Sports Centre stadium in the

The purchase of an English soccer club by Abu Dhabi's ruling family illustrates just how much the bull market in commodities has turned sheiks from oil rich kingdoms into buyers of prized Western assets.

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Soccer fans cringed when Ronaldo, the Brazilian sports icon, was questioned by the police in Rio de Janeiro after he invited three male, cross-dressing prostitutes to a pay-by-the-hour motel room.

Sports news in brief from around the world. Soccer - Asian Football Confederation president Mohamed bin Hammam has denied reports he will run for FIFA's top post in 2011, insisting he will back the re-election of incumbent Sepp Blatter.