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Colombian police are searching for a Mexican fugitive wanted for the shooting in January of Paraguay soccer player Salvador Cabanas, a senior officer said on Thursday.

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Police search for Cabanas shooter in Colombia (Reuters)

Yossi Benayoun scored a hat trick Thursday as Israel started its qualifying campaign for the 2012 European Championship with a 3-1 victory over Malta. The Israel captain found the net in the seventh, 64th and 75th minutes in Israel coach Luis Fernandez’s first competitive game since starting the job in May.

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Israel beats Malta 3-1 in qualifying for Euro 2012 (AP)

Goal.com’s Ghana correspondent K.N.S Mensah examines the fate of the four-time African champions without three of their most experienced midfielders for the 2012 African Cup of Nations qualifiers.

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African Debate: Can Ghana Survive Without Stephen Appiah, Michael Essien & Sulley Muntari? (Goal.com)

ESPN college football analyst Lou Holtz thinks Ohio State and Boise State will meet for the national title and Buckeyes quarterback Terrelle Pryor will win the Heisman trophy.

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Lou Holtz Previews the College Football Season

For new Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni, Friday’s friendly against Paraguay will give him a glimpse of what he’s got to work with at the Asian Cup. Unfortunately for the former AC Milan and Juventus coach, he’ll have to watch from a distance while Japan Football Association technical director Hiromi Hara takes charge as an interim manager for the Paraguay match and another friendly…

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Zaccheroni starts with observation role for Japan (AP)

The $16 million price tag for Landon Donovan proved to be too much for the Premiership club.

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Source: Everton made late bid for Donovan (Yahoo! Sports)

Mohamad Bin Hammam has confirmed he wants to stay on as president of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) after next year and will not challenge Sepp Blatter for the leadership of FIFA.

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Bin Hammam wants to stay as Asia chief, backs Blatter (Reuters)

Didier Drogba will sit out a second successive international for the Ivory Coast, who have left him out of the squad for next Saturday’s African Nations Cup qualifier against Rwanda.

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Drogba rested again by Ivory Coast (Reuters)

Serbia coach Radomir Antic has dropped goalkeeper Vladimir Stojkovic and striker Marko Pantelic for the side’s opening Euro 2012 qualifiers in the Faroe Islands on Friday and at home to Slovenia on Sept. 8.

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Serbia drop Stojkovic and Pantelic for Euro qualifiers (Reuters)

Netherlands coach Bert van Marwijk made seven changes to the squad that finished runners-up at the World Cup when he named his 23-man line-up for the Euro 2012 qualifiers against San Marino and Finland.

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Van Marwijk makes seven changes in Dutch squad (Reuters)