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The Young Matildas, Australia's women's soccer youth team, lost to their Chinese counterparts 2-1 in an Asian Under-19 Championship tie in Wuhan on Monday night. And if that wasn't enough, there was an all-in brawl after full-time with spectators pelting the Aussies with bottles.
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USA goalkeeper Hope Solo was dropped from the starting eleven for their FIFA Women's World Cup semi-final against Brazil on Wednesday. Brazil won 4-0. Hope wasn't happy. She obviously thought that if she was playing, Brazil would have scored less goals than USA.
Hope Solo wins this week's Jose Maurinho Award for Sports Egotism:
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All Italian football is in limbo after the death of a policeman during a riot at Friday night's Catania v Palermo game.
For a league still recovering from the match-fixing traumas of recent uears, this level of crowd violence sinks its reputation even further.
I have linked to a report from The Guardian. I dare say we'll hear more over the weekend.
La Gazzetta's website has more, in Italian of course.
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As if winning Euro 2004 and hosting the Olympics isn't enough, the Greek national rugby league team beat the VRL 24-18 on Sunday. That's the Victorian Rugby League. It was the early game to the Melbourne-Canterbury NRL fixture.
