ReutersFormer Italian football player and 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year Fabio Cannavaro smiles during a news conference in Phnom Penh January 9, 2012. Cannavaro is in Cambodia to raise the profile of football as a sports well as to support disadvanta
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The day that Robert Piress angry mother talked her son out of quitting football has come back to haunt Arsenals rivals with a vengeance. The 29-year-old Pires, who scored both goals in last weekends 2-1 win over Fulham to extend their lead on the day at t
EPAepa01007694 Long time Liverpool hero striker Robbie Fowler - made captain for the day - acknowleges the applause from the fans before the start of the English Premiership game against Charlton Athletic 13th May 2007. Fowler was making his final appeara
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