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Soccer-Lanus defeat hands Newell's Old Boys Argentine title (Reuters)
BUENOS AIRES, June 19 (Reuters) - Newell's Old Boys won Argentina's "Final" championship without kicking a ball and with a match to spare in a bizarre denouement to the championship on Wednesday. Lanus, Newell's only challengers, had 45 minutes in which to overturn a two-goal deficit against Estudiantes in the remaining 45 minutes of a match abandoned 10 days ago when a fan was killed in clashes with police. Estudiantes, who had scored twice in the last nine minutes of the first half at the Estadio Unico in La Plata before the match was abandoned, hung on for a 2-0 victory. ...
Soccer-List of Argentine champions (Reuters)
June 19 (Reuters) - Argentine champions since June 1991 when the season was aligned with Europe and two tournaments per year were introduced. ...
Union sign veteran goalkeeper Nikolov (Goal.com)

Union sign veteran goalkeeper Nikolov

The German-born Macedonian international ends a 22-year run with Eintracht Frankfurt to join the Philadelphia Union.



Soccer-Swedish championship results and standings (Reuters)
June 19 (Infostrada Sports) - Results and standings from the Swedish championship matches on Wednesday Wednesday, June 19Haecken 0 Atvidabergs FF 2 Brommapojkarna 1 Halmstad 1 Elfsborg Boras 0 Gefle 0 Standings P W D L F A Pts 1 Helsingborg 11 8 2 1 28 7 26 -------------------------2 Elfsborg Boras 12 6 5 1 21 9 23 3 IFK Gothenburg 12 6 4 2 15 8 22 -------------------------4 Malmo 11 5 5 1 18 11 20 -------------------------5 Mjallby AIF 11 6 1 4 23 16 19 6 Atvidabergs FF 12 5 2 5 15 12 17 7 Kalmar 12 4 5 3 14 11 17 8 AIK Stockholm 11 4 4 3 16 14 16 9 IFK Norrkoping 12 4 3 5 17 20 15 10 Haecken ...
American defender Lichaj signs with Nottingham Forest (Goal.com)

American defender Lichaj signs with Nottingham Forest

The American fullback was not retained by Aston Villa but will continue his career in the League Championship under manager Billy Davies.



Brazil protests proceed as smaller cities join the fray (Reuters)
* Demonstrations in Sao Paulo, Fortaleza under way * Federal troops deployed to five Confederations Cup cities * Fare reductions have failed to stop protests (Updates with Fortaleza protests, quotes, details) By Asher Levine and Tatiana Ramil SAO PAULO/FORTALEZA, June 19 (Reuters) - Protesters blocked roads in Sao Paulo and marched toward a stadium hosting a major international soccer game in Brazil's northeast on Wednesday in a growing wave of nationwide demonstrations against poor public services, inflation and other woes in Latin America's biggest country. ...
Protesters out again in Brazilian cities (The Associated Press)

Riot police block protesters near the Castelao stadium in Fortaleza, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Protesters cut off the main access road to the stadium where Brazil will play Mexico in the Confederations Cup soccer tournament later Wednesday. Beginning as protests against bus fare hikes, the demonstrations have quickly ballooned to include broad middle-class outrage over the failure of governments to provide basic services and ensure public safety. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)

SAO PAULO (AP) -- Scattered street demonstrations popped up around Brazil Wednesday as protesters continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services they receive in exchange for high taxes and rising prices.



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