Los Angeles Galaxy’s Landon Donovan talks on his cell phone before a meeting Saturday, March 20, 2010, in Washington. Major League Soccer and its players called a joint news conference, Saturday and were near agreement on a five-year contract that would avoid a strike scheduled for next week, a person familiar with the negotiations told the Associated Press.
Inter Milan’s Portuguese coach Jose Mourinho is pictured before their second leg in the round of 16 UEFA Champions League match against Chelsea at home to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge football stadium, London on March 16, 2010. The match ended 1-0 to Inter Milan.
Portsmouth supporters protest before taking on Liverpool in their English Premier League football match at Anfield in Liverpool, north-west England, on March 15, 2010.
Former football players Zinedine Zidane (L) and Uruguayan Enzo Francescoli pose in Madrid on March 15, 2010 during the presentation of the ‘Football Cracks’ reality show. Zidane and Francescoli will look among young people from various countries, future stars football players on ‘Football Cracks,’ a show that will air primarily via the Internet.
A boy looks at the soccer World Cup trophy on display during a world tour in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, March 20, 2010. The trophy is making an 86,304 mile global tour taking in 83 countries, in the lead up to the finals of the tournament in South Africa. Created by Italian sculptor Silvio Gazzaniga in 1974 the World Cup is a gold trophy that is awarded to the winners of the World Cup.
Former player and final Ambassador Emilio Butragueno arrives for the draw for the quarter-finals soccer matches of the Champions League at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon March 19, 2010.
Zoltan Gera (R) of Fulham celebrates after scoring from the penalty spot against Juventus during their Europa League last 16, second leg soccer match at Craven Cottage.
Victoria Beckham holds the hand of her husband, injured AC Milan soccer player David Beckham of England, as they leave a sports clinic in enroute to the airport in Turku, March 17, 2010.
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