Canada's Dabrowski wins women's doubles title at French Open tune-up
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Brazil police seize counterfeit World Cup jerseys, stickers
RIO DE JANIERO: Police in football-mad Brazil seized World Cup contraband including counterfeit jerseys and some 200,000 Panini stickers in Rio de Janeiro, authorities said Friday. Images published by the police show piles of Panini World Cup album stickers stacked on a table, as well as a collection of counterfeit Brazil national team jerseys bearing the number 10. Officials discovered the contraband on Thursday night in a bus in Nova Iguacu on the northern outskirts of Rio, police said in a statement. “All the seized material will be subjected to forensic analysis and will subsequently be destroyed,” the statement read. “The investigation is still underway to identify those responsible for the manufacture and distribution of the counterfeit goods,” it added. Brazil is the only nation to have won the World Cup five times — more than any other team. Panini soccer stickers, which are collected and pasted into a World Cup album, are hugely popular among Brazilians during every tournament.
Uruguay’s Bielsa says his job ends ‘with the World Cup’
MONTEVIDEO: Marcelo Bielsa hinted on Thursday that he may not remain as manager of Uruguay beyond July, saying that his job with the team ends with the World Cup. “Our job ends with the World Cup,” Bielsa said at an event organized by the Uruguayan Football Association. Although he did not elaborate on his remarks, local media reported that the Argentine will not continue once his current contract expires at the end of the June 11-July 19 tournament to be played in the US, Mexico and Canada. “It is a miracle in any professional’s sporting career to take part in the World Cup,” he said.
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Uruguay's Bielsa says his job ends 'with the World Cup'
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Neymar suffers calf injury but expected to join Brazil camp ahead of World Cup
BRASILIA: Neymar has suffered a minor calf injury but is expected to recover in time to join Brazil’s camp next week ahead of the World Cup starting on June 11 in the US, Canada and Mexico. The 34-year-old, Brazil’s all-time leading scorer, was named in the squad on Monday, marking his return after a prolonged injury layoff that kept him out for much of the qualifying campaign, as Brazil chase a record-extending sixth title. Much of the build-up to the squad announcement centered on coach Carlo Ancelotti’s decision over whether to include Neymar. The Italian, who took charge of Brazil last year, had not previously recalled the former Barcelona and Paris St. Germain attacker, who now plays for Santos and is set to feature at his fourth World Cup in pursuit of his first world title. “Neymar has a minor calf injury, an oedema,” Santos’ head of medical services Rodrigo Zogaib told Brazil’s ge.globo on Wednesday.
Manchester United Star Close To Joining Former Rival Lionel Messi At Inter Miami
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