| Wall collapse at soccer match investigated
An FAI investigation was launched after a wall collapsed during a soccer match in Bray last night. The incident occurred during a League of Ireland match between Bray Wanderers and Shamrock Rovers at the Carlisle Grounds. The collapse happened after Shamrock Rovers striker Gary Twigg scored his team's second goal. .
Call for national ban on scalping
Football Federation Australia, soccer's ruling body, says it is time to stamp out the practice that has become a significant problem for all sporting codes. "We support the introduction of legislation that prohibits the practice of scalping because, as the governing body of the code, you don't like to see your fans being exploited," the federation's John O'Sullivan told The Sunday Age. "There is an argument for a consistent approach across the country to scalping. It is becoming more and more of an issue for every sport." Cricket Australia's Peter Young said scalping needed to be stamped out. "It's a shame scalping has become such big business," he said. "The internet has seen a second coming of this toxic touting problem." National Rugby League's John Brady said the code supported a blanket ban on scalping.
Real sign of US emergence in world soccer is well, we're still
One of the last great soccer lies came in the form of David Beckham. He was supposed to make us blokes in the United States care about the sport. He was a global icon, we were told, the Tiger Woods of soccer, and he'd educate the American heathens about real football. .
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