Football at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Borussia Dortmund's Polish striker Robert Lewandowski warms up during a training session at Wembley Stadium in London on May 24, 2013, on the eve of the UEFA Champions League final football match between Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich at Wembley Stadium.
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I became a whole new person ... When I showed up to football practice that summer, my coach almost didn't recognize me.
There are so many things you can do in Rome or London or Munich or Milan but in Dortmund it's really only the football. It's not that big a city, they had a lot of breweries and steel mills in the Sixties but that's all gone. The relationship between the people living there and the [team] is totally different to what applies in Munich.
Abhishek and I will be travelling to London to attend the final. We look forward to the experience and like most football enthusiasts we are extremely excited to be a part of the madness at Wembley.More quotes »
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menus were created. Just don't expect to eat."If you go to the Barcelona football team museum, you don't play football," Adria said unapologetically Thursday as he announced the London show. "If you go to an airplane museum, you don't fly a plane."The hunger-inducing Read more »
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Platini warns of dangers threatening soccer
Michel Platini, the president of European football’s governing body UEFA, on Friday called for action against the three dangers threatening football: match-fixing, discrimination and financial excess. “The main problem is match-fixing and betting,” said Platini 4 m ago from GulfToday.ae Read more »
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Non-League football: Hammersmith boys team wins gold in disability football finals
& Fulham, made up of pupils from Wood Lane and Cambridge, were looking to go two better than their bronze medal in 2012. Hammersmith & Fulham were impressive from the start and came through their group unbeaten and saw off the challenge of Haringey in the 1:58 PM from Fulham & Hammersmith Chronicle Read more »
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UEFA targets game's evils on great day for Gibraltar
Prince William (L), the Duke of Cambridge, reacts as he is presented with a mini-football by UEFA President Michel Platini in central London May 24, 2013. LONDON (Reuters) - UEFA president Michel Platini repeated his call for football to win the battle over 1:46 PM from Reuters.co.uk Read more »
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Hammers fans set attendance record
investment in star players such as Andy Carroll, Mohamed Diame and Matt Jarvis and the Board's commitment to affordable football meant a total of 659,677 supporters attend the Hammers' 19 Barclays Premier League matches at an average of 34,720 per match. Fans 12:25 PM from West Ham United Read more »
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They think it's all über: London braces for all-German Champions League final
free Champions Festival next to the Olympic Park in Stratford, featuring sponsors' events and exhibition matches with retired football stars, as well as a 3D projection show in a Trafalgar Square, ticketless fans will be forced to pack into pubs and bars during 12:09 PM from Guardian Unlimited Read more »
