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FILE - This is a Saturday, March 8, 2014 file photo of Manchester United's Wayne Rooney as he shouts instructions to teammates during the English Premier League soccer match between West Bromwich Albion and Manchester United at The Hawthorns Stadium in West Bromwich, England. Manchester United on Monday July 14, 2014 secured the most lucrative kit deal in football, announcing that Adidas has agreed to pay $1.3 billion over 10 years to take over the sponsorship from Nike. The deal, worth 75 million pounds ($128 million) a year from 2015, was announced after Nike decided that trebling the cost of its existing 13-year equipment supply contract was not good value for the company. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira, File)

Man United clinches $1.3B Adidas kit deal

Rob Harris · July 14, 2014 4:31 pm

Uruguay fans wear masks of Uruguay's Luis Suarez before the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Colombia and Uruguay at the Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, June 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Suarez idolized, not blamed for Uruguay’s exit

Rob Harris · June 29, 2014 1:10 am

FILE - In this May 25, 2005 file photo, Tampa Bay Buccaneers team owner and president Malcolm Glazer smiles at the announcement of Tampa Bay being awarded the 2009 Super Bowl, during the NFL's Spring Meetings at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Washington. Glazer, the self-made billionaire who owned the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers and English soccer's Manchester United, has died. He was 85. The Bucs said Glazer died Wednesday, May 28, 2014. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

United fans still bitter over Glazer takeover

Rob Harris · May 29, 2014 11:41 am

FILE - This Saturday, April 5, 2014 file photo shows Manchester United's manager David Moyes during their English Premier League soccer match against Newcastle United at St James' Park, Newcastle, England. Moyes was fired as Manchester United manager on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, paying the price for the club's spectacular and sudden decline in his 10 months in charge since replacing Alex Ferguson.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell, File)

Man United’s brand strength softens blow of slump

Rob Harris · April 23, 2014 8:11 pm

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, file photo, Norwich City's manager Chris Hughton looks on from the dugout before the start of their English Premier League soccer match against West Ham United at Upton Park, London. The Premier League club fired Hughton because it is petrified of a costly relegation. After losing to West Bromwich on Saturday, the team is five points above the relegation zone with five matches remaining, Delia Smith, the co-owner who made her name and fortune from cook books and television shows, will fear missing out on at least $60 million in television revenue next season in the second tier. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

English soccer is now without a black coach

Rob Harris · April 7, 2014 7:17 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Sept. 12, 2013 file photo, Brazil's former World Cup champions, from left, Zagallo, Marcos, Rivellino, Amarildo who holds the World Cup, and Bebeto pose for a photo below the Christ the Redeemer statue at the launch of the FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. World Cup sponsor Coca-Cola has disclosed contingency plans to soften the celebratory tone of its sponsorship of football's showpiece event in Brazil if unrest returns to the streets. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

Coke to soften marketing if unrest hits World Cup

Rob Harris · April 2, 2014 12:43 pm

President of the the National Paralympic Committee of Ukraine Valeriy Suskevich holds out his hands during a press conference before the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, March 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Ukraine Paralympic head slams Russian ‘aggression’

Rob Harris · March 16, 2014 3:41 pm

Putin’s Games end under a Crimean cloud

Rob Harris · March 16, 2014 2:24 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses a meeting with heads of national paralympic committees in Sochi, Russia, Thursday, March 13, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA Novosti Kremlin, Mikhail Klimentyev, Presidential Press Service)

Putin thanks Paralympics for eschewing politics

Rob Harris · March 13, 2014 1:23 pm

From war to Paralympics, US vets compete on ice

Rob Harris · March 11, 2014 3:06 pm

Paralympics chief: No need for rights assurances

Rob Harris · March 11, 2014 7:40 am

Plea for peace and Ukraine’s independence in Sochi

Rob Harris · March 8, 2014 1:39 pm