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Barcelona beat Juventus, win European champions for fifth time
Date: 2015-06-06 22:31:31 GMT - Germany - Sports - SN:126 - ID:2743617
BERLIN, June 6 (MENA) - Barcelona won their fifth European Champions League after defeating Juventus 3-1 in Berlin's Olympic Stadium. Barcelona and Juventus attempted to claim a treble after winning domestic league and cup ....
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Measures to secure Al Ahly Club mission in Tunis at highest level: Diplomat
Date: 2015-06-06 21:26:07 GMT - Tunisia - Sports - SN:120 - ID:2743473
TUNIS, June 4 (MENA) – A diplomat at Egypt's embassy in Tunisia said Saturday that measures to secure the mission of Al Ahly Club in the capital Tunis are going on at the highest level. Mohamed Mahmoud, embassy first secretary, told MENA that ....
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French Open final: Serena Williams wins 20th Grand Slam
Date: 2015-06-06 16:49:23 GMT - France - Sports - SN:87 - ID:2742217
PARIS, June 6 (MENA) - Serena Williams won a dramatic French Open final against Czech 13th seed Lucie Safarova to claim her 20th Grand Slam title, the BBC Sports reported Saturday. The American, ranked number one, needed two hours and one minute ....
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Berlusconi rejects €1 billion offer to sell AC Milan
Date: 2015-06-05 12:04:15 GMT - Italy - Sports - SN:48 - ID:2735021
MILANO, June 5 (MENA) - Bee Taechaubol has reportedly made another attempt to persuade Silvio Berlusconi to sell shares in AC Milan. The Thai businessman, affectionately known as Mr Bee, was thought to be close to a takeover of the Rossoneri only ....
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Blatter will not attend int'l Olympic meeting: FIFA
Date: 2015-06-05 11:28:27 GMT - Switzerland - Sports - SN:44 - ID:2734789
LAUSANNE, June 5 (MENA) - Outgoing FIFA president and Olympic member Sepp Blatter will not attend next week's International Olympic Committee meeting in Lausanne, world football's governing body announced on Friday. "In April, the FIFA president ....
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Finding replacement for Sepp Blatter as FIFA chief could take months
Date: 2015-06-03 12:13:54 GMT - USA - Sports - SN:60 - ID:2721977
NEW YORK, June 3 (MENA) - As FIFA chief, Sepp Blatter was nearly impossible to dislodge. Now that he is stepping down, replacing him may be nearly just as tough, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. Confusion among world soccer officials ....
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Fifa's Sepp Blatter 'under investigation in US'
Date: 2015-06-03 11:04:47 GMT - United Kingdom - Sports - SN:46 - ID:2721337
LONDON, June 3 (MENA) - Fifa president Sepp Blatter is being investigated by US officials as part of their inquiry into corruption at the world football body, US media say, according to the BBC. The news came hours after Mr Blatter, 79, announced ....
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Chairman of int'l boxing association arrives in Cairo
Date: 2015-06-03 09:34:51 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:28 - ID:2720245
CAIRO, June 3 (MENA) - Chairman of the International Boxing Association Ho Kim arrived in Egypt Wednesday to attend an annual meeting on the game. The two-day meeting will start Thursday. Kim is also scheduled to meet with Youth Minister ....
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Sepp Blatter quits as FIFA president amid corruption scandal
Date: 2015-06-02 17:36:28 GMT - Switzerland - Sports - SN:96 - ID:2717473
ZURICH, June 2 (MENA) - Sepp Blatter says he will resign as president of football's governing body Fifa amid a corruption scandal, the BBC reported. In announcing his exit, the 79-year-old Swiss has called an extraordinary Fifa congress "as soon ....
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Egypt, Tanzania match to be played without audience - security source
Date: 2015-06-02 12:03:52 GMT - Egypt - Sports - SN:40 - ID:2714393
CAIRO, June 2 (MENA) - Egypt and Tanzania teams will play a match without audience as part of qualifiers for Africa Cup of Nations Championship, according to a security source at the Ministry of Interior. In statements to MENA, the source said ....
