In England Rooney placed on the agenda of Barça

In England say the club is 'ready for fight' with Real Madrid and Chelsea for the hiring of Wayne Rooney in return for 25 million pounds (about 29, 5 million euros). Or to take a toll on Florentino Perez and Jose Mourinho for his interference in the signing of Neymar da Silva and cost the entity Blaugrana 'peak' of 17 million euros? The 'The Sun' publishes an article, coinciding with the dates on which the new United's manager David Moyes...

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The One-Handed Backhand’s Vanishing Act

With another Wimbledon fast approaching, let’s first settle the issue of extinction by reassuring tennis connoisseurs everywhere that there will always be one-handed backhands — one-handed slicebackhands. were suddenly a surplus of exotic sightings at theFrench Open this year. Eight of the men in the round of 16 used the single-handed topspin backhand, and four of them reached the quarterfinals before running into the double-fisted...

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Assange, Back in News, Never Left U.S. Radar

In June 2011, Ogmundur Jonasson, Iceland’s minister of the interior at the time, received an urgent message from the authorities in the United States. It said that “there was an imminent attack on Icelandic government databases” by hackers, and that the F.B.I. would send agents to investigate, Mr. Jonasson said in a telephone interview. But when “eight or nine” F.B.I. agents arrived in August, Mr. Jonasson said, he found that they were...

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"With Neymar on board, I would have planned to sell Messi"

Johan Cruyff, who still sees Messi and Neymar together as being risky, answers MARCA's questions. What will Neymar bring to the party?We'll have to wait and see. He is talented but we'll have to see how he gets on with everyone. That's a problem. Everyone says he won't get on with Messi. You yourself have said the same.That's what started all this about me being against Rosell. It's absurd: if I have an opinion, I express it. If I think he's...

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Kaká will only go if Real lets him leave for free

It looks increasingly likely that Kaká will leave Real Madrid this summer as the club now considers that keeping him just isn't feasible. In past years, Madrid always had a straw to clutch at or a faint hope that the attacking midfielder would rediscover his form. However, this year it appears that Kaká has permanently lost his place in Ancelotti's new project at the Bernabeu. In any case, the Italian will have the final word whether Kaká stays...

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Luis Suárez - open to offers

Luis Suárez will start to look at other offers in the event of a move away from Liverpool. As reported by MARCA, the Uruguayan forward reached an agreement with Real Madrid several weeks ago so that, pending the go ahead from the English club, the way would be clear for a fast track transfer to 'Los Blancos'. That was a month ago now. Time has gone on and Real Madrid still has no official coach, a factor holding up any deals it may be able, or...

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Buffon: "There will be no repeat of the Euro2012 final"

Gianluigi Buffon (b. Carrara, 1978) will again cross paths with Spainin a major international competition. The 'Azzurri' captain has no problem labelling 'La Roja' as "the best national team in the world", but he warns that here in Brazil, there will be no repeat of the type of game played between them at Euro2012. "We're going to be hard to beat," he warns. Question: Playing Spain again…? Answer: Yes. We've played each other in the past...

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