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Manchester City hires Pellegrini as new manager

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:11:51 -0400

MANCHESTER, England - Manchester City revealed one of the worst-kept secrets in football by hiring Manuel Pellegrini as its new manager on Friday, entrusting a man nicknamed "The Engineer" to revamp the club's playing philosophy and follow the path trodden by Barcelona in search of silverware.

Qatar eliminated from 2014 World Cup qualifying

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:41:45 -0400

Qatar, the 2022 World Cup host, was eliminated in qualifying for next year's tournament on Tuesday night and Denmark put itself in nearly as dismal a position.

Argentina on verge of World Cup qualification

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 00:14:34 -0400

QUITO, Ecuador - Argentina guaranteed itself of at least fifth place in South America's World Cup qualifying, and the resultant intercontinental playoff, by drawing 1-1 at Ecuador on Tuesday.

Benitez's Chelsea reign ends with 5-3 loss to City

Sat, 25 May 2013 23:39:30 -0400

NEW YORK - After the final whistle of his 50th and final game with Chelsea, Rafa Benitez walked toward the visitors' dugout on the third-base side of Yankee Stadium, raised his left hand in a small acknowledgement to someone in the crowd and disappeared into the tunnel.