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South Africa’s World Cup organizing committee has persuaded rugby officials to remove on-field advertising logos to avoid damaging the fields. The South African Rugby Union said Friday it had received a request from the local organizing committee to remove the logos because of concerns about damaging the grass at World Cup venues.

A man has been jailed for three
years and four months for trying to extort money from Juventus
and former France striker David Trezeguet.

Businessman Greg Clarke said
his experience of helping Leicester City out of financial crisis
would be invaluable to the Football League after he was
confirmed as its new chairman on Friday.

* Villa doubtful for Barcelona match

After starting the week with a loss to relegation-threatened Wigan, Liverpool will be looking to rebound against last-place Portsmouth on Monday in the Premier League. Liverpool, which also lost 1-0 to Lille in the first leg of the Europa League’s last 16, is sixth in the league and its hopes of qualifying for the Champions [...]

More than 200 Chinese soccer
officials have been sent on a five-day “Anti-corruption
Rectification Education Camp” as China tries to rebuild the
game after the match-fixing scandal, local media reported on
Friday.

Eskandarian won’t be able to continue due to injury.

Washington scored twice as Sao Paulo of Brazil won 2-0 at Paraguayan club Nacional in the group stage of the Copa Libertadores on Thursday. Cerro of Uruguay also enjoyed an away win, while Brazilian clubs Internacional and Cruzeiro were held to draws. Washington rounded the goalkeeper to put Sao Paulo ahead in the 59th minute [...]

Striker Washington
scored twice to give Sao Paulo a 2-0 away win over Paraguay’s
Nacional in Group Two of the Libertadores Cup on Thursday.

Two former Reds join the Red Bulls.