Sentence examples for urged soccer from inspiring English sources

Governor Anthony Garotinho of Rio condemned the violence today and urged soccer fans to control their enthusiasm.

Izco said the SAD model needed to be overhauled and urged soccer authorities to introduce financial controls to force clubs to rein in spending.

KUALA LUMPUR — The Asian Football Confederation has urged soccer's rule-making body to approve a headscarf with new safety features for use by Muslim women.

Malaga's Qatari owner, Sheikh Abdullah al-Thani, appeared to blame the defeat on "racism", without saying who the accusation was aimed at, and urged European soccer's governing body Uefa to open an investigation into the match.

Mr. Schäuble said her comment that Germany could ease up on aggressive export promotion and consume a little more was like urging a soccer team to play badly to give rivals a chance.

Ellis, who formerly coached the United States under-20 team, urged the national soccer federation to assist Leroux in gaining her soccer citizenship for this simple reason: "I don't want to have to play against her".

Oliver urged the disgraced soccer bigwig to turn on FIFA because he shouldn't underestimate "how much people might be willing to forgive".

Her father, Nazir Khan, a former soccer player, urged her to train for the Olympics.

On Thursday, Senator Richard Blumenthal, of Connecticut, wrote a letter to U.S. Soccer urging the federation to conduct a more thorough investigation.

CGT leader Philippe Martinez told LCP television his union had no intention of disrupting the soccer championship and urged the government to negotiate.

The soccer federations of Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales urged their male and female players not to participate on united British teams even at the London Games.