Egypt's ruling generals have a new enemy: the legions of angry soccer fans who have injected fervor into recent protests demanding the military step down and battled police for days in the streets of Cairo. Known as Ultras and long viewed as hooligans, they have grown increasingly political, starting with last year's uprising, and were pushed over the edge by the deadly riots at a soccer...
Soccer is clearly this cat’s meow. A soccer match in England had to be halted this week when a stray cat wandered onto the pitch. (That’s what a soccer field is called in England — where, while we’re mentioning different names for the same thing, soccer is known as football.) Read full article >>
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Intense training combined with insufficient nutrition may threaten the health of young female soccer players, suggests a new study that finds menstrual irregularities and stress fractures are common among these athletes.
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