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NY Cosmos soccer team plans Belmont Park stadium

The New York Cosmos, one of the world's best-known soccer franchises of the 1970s and resurrected last year after nearly three decades of dormancy, proposed Wednesday to construct a 25,000-seat, privately financed stadium at Belmont Park racetrack.Plans for the $400 million project were submitted last week to New York's Empire State Development Corp., which will decide later this year on how to develop the 400-acre racetrack property in Elmont, just east of New York City.A new soccer stadium could be an economic boon for struggling Nassau County following last year's announcement that the National Hockey League's New York Islanders were relocating to Brooklyn in 2015."This is an exciting prospect that will create jobs and complement Nassau's sports entertainment tourism plan," County Executive Ed Mangano said in a statement.Seamus O'Brien, chairman and CEO of the Cosmos, called Belmont "an ideal location and a win-win for everyone involved. Nassau County and Elmont will realize much ne...

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  1. IOC elects 2018 Winter Olympics host city in 1st round of voting; winner to be announced later

    The IOC has selected a host city for the 2018 Winter Olympics in the first round of voting, and the winner will be announced at about 11 a.m. EDT.International Olymp...

  2. 2018 Winter Olympics race too close to call, says Bavarian PM

    By Jason HumphriesDURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - The race to host the 2018 Winter Olympics is too close to call, Bavaria's prime minister Horst Seehofer said on Tu...

  3. Fight for right to host 2018 Games goes down to the wire

    By Paul RadfordDURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - Annecy, Munich and Pyeongchang, the three bidders for the right to host the 2018 Winter Olympics, went into the final...

  4. Koreans look to end first round Olympic bid jinx

    By Paul RadfordDURBAN (Reuters) - The Korean city of Pyeongchang has just one more day of an anxious wait to discover whether it will celebrate becoming host of the ...

  5. With South Korean resort the favorite, 2018 Winter Olympics pose choice of Asia vs Europe

    In a frantic final day of campaigning, the three cities vying for the 2018 Winter Olympics lobbied for votes Tuesday in what shapes up as a choice between the third-...

  6. Figure skating champion Kim Yu-na says Pyeongchang is 'perfectly ready' for Winter Games

    Olympic champion Kim Yu-na was unprepared for a skating session with South African kids Tuesday, but says Pyeongchang is "perfectly ready" to host the 2018 Winter Ga...

  7. Former New York Cosmos, Lazio star Giorgio Chinaglia dies at 65

    Former New York Cosmos star Giorgio Chinaglia has died of complications from a heart attack, his son said. The Italian soccer great was 65.Chinaglia died Sunday at h...

  8. FIFA panel wants to ease punishment rules in penalty area, reduce red cards

    A FIFA panel proposed Tuesday that referees be more lenient with players who foul in the penalty area.The FIFA Task Force Football 2014 led by Franz Beckenbauer agre...

  9. Special Report: Will graft claims hurt German affair with Qatar?

    By Josie Cox and Regan E. DohertyFRANKFURT/DOHA (Reuters) - Crowds in Doha exploded in jubilation when Sepp Blatter announced Qatar had won the right to host the 202...

  10. FIFA panel calls for more on-field handshakes to improve fair play in soccer

    A FIFA panel wants players to exchange more handshakes on the field to improve the game's image.Franz Beckenbauer, chairman of the Task Force Football 2014, says it ...

  11. Pope celebrates 85th birthday at Vatican with brother and bishops from his native land

    Pope Benedict XVI celebrated a very Bavarian birthday Monday, marking his 85 years with his brother, German bishops and a musical band from his native land.Benedict ...

  12. The games of August: Soccer clubs across Europe dread the demands of the summer calendar

    Europe's top soccer clubs hate it. National team coaches don't like it. The global players' union thinks FIFA should stop it."It" arrives Wednesday, the annual Augus...

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    When Hans-Christian Maass travelled from East Berlin to Warsaw four decades ago to watch West Germany play Poland he thought he was seizing a rare chance to see some...

  2. German federation had plan to fire Klinsmann

    The governing body of German soccer had a secret plan to fire coach Jurgen Klinsmann during the 2006 World Cup if the tournament had gone badly for the host team, ac...

  3. Germany football player Helmut Haller dies at 73

    Helmut Haller, who scored the first goal of the 1966 World Cup final and was one of the first Germans to play in Italy, died Thursday at his home in Augsburg after a...

  4. New York Cosmos to play in NASL in 2013

    The New York Cosmos will return next season, ending a nearly 30-year absence from professional soccer.The Cosmos joined the North American Soccer League on Thursday,...

  5. Stoppage Time: Sheva walks away as a Ukrainian legend

    To the rest of the world, Ukraine's 2-1 win over Sweden on June 11 in its Group D opener was just another brick in the wall that is Euro 2012.But to a nation of roug...

  6. D-Day for 2018 Winter Olympic Bids

    Backed by presidents, prime ministers and sporting greats, the three cities vying for the 2018 Winter Olympics made their final pitches Wednesday in a contest betwee...

  7. Liverpool ends 6-year wait for trophy by winning League Cup; United edges Norwich

    Liverpool won its first trophy in six years Sunday, beating second-tier Cardiff 3-2 in a penalty shootout to capture the League Cup while Manchester United kept the ...

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