Tax-fraud allegations against Lionel Messi

A Spanish judge on Monday rejected a prosecutor's request to drop charges of tax fraud against Lionel Messi and ordered the investigation into three cases of suspected unpaid taxes to proceed. A court statement said there was "sufficient evidence" to believe the Barcelona and Argentina star "could have known and consented" to the creation of a fictitious corporate structure to avoid paying taxes on income from his image rights. The statement was...

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Messi: Really sad day for the football community

Argentine national team captain, Leo Messi expressed his condolences to the loss of AFA President, Julio Grondona on Wednesday. Messi, who is currently on holiday following the 2014 World Cup, posted a message via his official facebook to mourn the passing of the president.“Really sad day for the football community, for Argentina and for me. Our AFA President, Julio Grondona, has left us. I want to send my condolences to the family and friends...

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Woodstown boys soccer goalie Tom Brady making name for himself

He gets it on the athletic field, in school, from friends and even from strangers. He can’t escape it. And he probably never will. When you share your name with one of the best NFL quarterbacks of all time, it just comes with the territory. Tom Brady is the quarterback of the New England Patriots. The Tom Brady we are talking about, though, is the starting goalie for the Woodstown High School soccer team. The senior Wolverine hears about his...

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Conservatives freak out after mistaking soccer jersey for ‘Muslim prayer rug’ left at border

Adding to unfounded worries that immigrant children attempting to enter the U.S. are reintroducing a panoply of diseases such as Ebola and dengue fever, conservatives grew more agitated yesterday after “American security contractors”  found what they believed to be a “Muslim prayer rug” abandoned near the Arizona border. According to Adam Weinstein at Gawker, the “rug” is actually a diamond-patterned Adidas soccer jersey. A spokesperson for...

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Soccer team's octopus-themed jerseys are weird and amazing

Second division Spanish side CD Lugo has five kits. For the fifth kit, they chose to go with an octopus tentacle. AN OCTOPUS TENTACLE. It’s already hard to imagine why a team would need five different kits. It’s even harder to imagine why they’d choose to put an octopus tentacle on the fifth one. There’s also a strange alternate fourth kit. CD Lugo is sponsored by Estrella Galica beer, so it seemed only logical that they screen print and...

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The Big Ten soccer kits you've been waiting for

Ale Asylum would've made for a pretty sweet sponsor, but these concept Big Ten soccer kits are great.You might've seen some mock-up SEC soccer kits making the rounds on Twitter over the last week or so. They're right here by Kevin Ives (@AUPPL), in case you missed them or would like another look. Walmart sponsoring Bret Bielema's Arkansas team is just so, so perfect. There are also some Big XII concepts here.Even better, though, are the Big Ten kits...

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Newcastle Jets reveal new kit for 2014/15 season

The Newcastle Jets may have lost Golden Boot Adam Taggart and Josh Brillante for next season but on the other hand they've gained a new playing kit. The Hunter outfit took to Twitter to unveil their home and away jerseys for the 2014/15 A-League campaign. While the home jersey retains the red and blue colours worn by the Jets at Hunter Stadium for the past three seasons, there are a handful of changes. The jersey is predominantly blue, with thin...

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FIFA 15 Release Date: Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luis Suarez, James Rodriguez Player Ratings Recently Leaked?

The FIFA 15  player ratings of some top football players could have been leaked. A picture of what seems like ten top soccer players — Ivan Rakitic, Andres Iniesta, Neymar, Luis Suarez, Lionel Messi, Toni Kroos, James Rodriguez, Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale, and Cristiano Ronaldo  — FIFA 15 Ultimate Team player cards is available on the web. If the information is accurate, it seems like Messi and Ronaldo are join best players in the game...

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German soccer team jerseys doing good business

BANGKOK, July 21 -- Sales of German national football team jerseys carrying the ‘Adidas’ brand logo and 'Made in Thailand' are impressive now in Germany after the national team won the FIFA World Cup 2014 on July 13 in Brazil, according to Suchitra Thanomsap, director of the Thai Trade Promotion Centre in Frankfurt. Ms Suchitra said German team jerseys embroidered with three stars as the German national team won the World Cup three times earlier...

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Peru's soccer jerseys hailed as "best of all time"

Peru’s soccer successes have been few and far between, but they sure know how to dress. The world cup blog in the online edition of the American magazine The New Republic described Peru’s soccer team uniform as the best World Cup uniform of all time.“Was this the best World Cup uniform of all time?” Miles Kohrman mused in his blog. “If there was a trophy for dressing well, Peru would walk away with it.”Besides the traditional World Cup awards, the...

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U.S. soccer jersey is suddenly haute fashion for fans

Soccer is suddenly hot in the United States, and so is the U.S. team’s official jersey. “It’s been hard to keep them on the shelves,” said Allan Rojas, a spokesman for Academy Sports + Outdoors. The red, white and blue jersey, sometimes likened to a Bomb Pop frozen bar, was created for U.S. Soccer by Nike and unveiled in April. Worn with red shorts and red socks, it’s the away uniform of the U.S. men’s and women’s teams. The companion home uniform...

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