Houston Texans linebacker Tim Dobbins was fined $30,000 on Wednesday for a helmet-to-helmet hit that gave Chicago quarterback Jay Cutler a concussion. FBL-WC2014-ROM-BEL-FRIENDLY
Romelu Lukaku (C) of Belgium vies for the ball with Costin Lazar (R) of Romania during the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match Romania vs Belgium in Bucharest, on November 14, 2012. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL MIHAILESCUDANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-AUT-CIV-FRIENDLY
Ivory Coast's national football team captain Didier Drogba (L) celebrates after scoring during the FIFA World Cup 2014 frienldy football match Austria vs Ivory Coast in Linz, Austria on November 14, 2012. Ivory Coast won 3-0. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEINALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-AUT-CIV-FRIENDLY
Ivory Coast's national football team captain Didier Drogba applauds after the FIFA World Cup 2014 frienldy football match Austria vs Ivory Coast in Linz, Austria on November 14, 2012. Ivory Coast won 3-0. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEINALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-ITA-FRA
Italy's midfielder Andrea Pirlo (R) fights for the ball with France's midfielder Yohann Gourcuff during the FIFA World Cup friendly football match between Italy and France on November 14, 2012 at the Ennio Tardini stadium in Parma. AFP PHOTO / GIUSEPPE CACACEGIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-ROM-BEL-FRIENDLY
Axel Witsel (R) of Belgium vies for the ball with Costin Lazar (L) of Romania during the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match Romania vs Belgium in Bucharest, Romania on November 14 , 2012. AFP PHOTO / DANIEL MIHAILESCUDANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-AUT-CIV-FRIENDLY
Ivory Coast's national football team captain Didier Drogba (L) celebrates after scoring during the FIFA World Cup 2014 frienldy football match Austria vs Ivory Coast in Linz, Austria on November 14, 2012. Ivory Coast won 3-0. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEINALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-ITA-FRA
Italy's goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu gestures during the FIFA World Cup friendly football match between Italy and France on November 14, 2012 at the Ennio Tardini stadium in Parma. AFP PHOTO / GIUSEPPE CACACEGIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-HUN-NOR-FRIENDLY
Norway's forward Havard Nielsen (L) and Hungary's Vilmos Vanczak vie for the ball during the FIFA World Cup 2014 frienldy football match Hungary vs Norway in Budapest, Hungary on November 14, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ATTILA KISBENEDEKATTILA KISBENEDEK/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-ITA-FRA
France's forward Franck Ribery (front) fights for the ball with Italy's defender Antonio Candreva during the FIFA World Cup friendly football match between Italy and France on November 14, 2012 at the Ennio Tardini stadium in Parma. AFP PHOTO / GIUSEPPE CACACEGIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-SWE-ENG-FRIENDLY
Sweden's midfielder Tobias Sana (L), striker and team captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic (2nd-L) and defender Pontus Jansson react at the end of the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match England vs Sweden in Stockholm, Sweden on November 14, 2012. AFP PHOTO / JONATHAN NACKSTRANDJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-SWE-ENG-FRIENDLY
Swedish headcoach Erik Hamren (L) congratulates Swedish forward Zlatan Ibrahimovic after the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match England vs Sweden in Stockholm, Sweden on November 14, 2012. AFP PHOTO / JONATHAN NACKSTRANDJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-AUT-CIV-FRIENDLY
Ivory Coast's national football team players congratulate captain Didier Drogba (C) after scoring a goal during the FIFA World Cup 2014 frienldy football match Austria vs Ivory Coast in Linz, Austria on November 14, 2012. Ivory Coast won 3-0. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEINALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-ITA-FRA
France's coach Didier Deschamps takes place before the FIFA World Cup friendly football match between Italy and France on November 14, 2012 at the Ennio Tardini stadium in Parma. AFP PHOTO / GIUSEPPE CACACEGIUSEPPE CACACE/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-AUT-CIV-FRIENDLY
Austria's national football team player Markus Suttner (R) and Ivory Coast's national football team player Max Gradel vie for the ball during the FIFA World Cup 2014 frienldy football match Austria vs Ivory Coast in Linz, Austria on November 14, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEINALEXANDER KLEIN/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-SWE-ENG-FRIENDLY
Sweden's striker and team captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic (L) vies with England's striker Raheem Sterling during the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match England vs Sweden in Stockholm, Sweden on November 14, 2012. AFP PHOTO / JONATHAN NACKSTRANDJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-SWE-ENG-FRIENDLY
The shoes of England's midfielder and team captain Steven Gerrard mark his 100th match for his country during the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match England vs Sweden in Stockholm, Sweden on November 14, 2012. AFP PHOTO / JONATHAN NACKSTRANDJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images Inspired Ibrahimovic scores four, Messi misses out
LONDON (Reuters) – Zlatan Ibrahimovic christened Sweden' ;s new stadium with a sprinkling of gold on Wednesday with three classy goals and one great one in a 4-2 friendly win over England while Lionel Messi drew a blank for Argentina in Riyadh. With only a handful of low-key World Cup qualifiers on the fixture list, coaches of some of the favourites to challenge for the trophy in Brazil in 2014 got a last chance this year to cast an eye over their squads. … FBL-WC2014-AUT-CIV-FRIENDLY
England's defender Steven Caulker (C) scores past Sweden's goalkeeper Andreas Isaksson during the FIFA World Cup 2014 frienldy football match Austria vs Ivory Coast in Linz, Austria on November 14, 2012. AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER KLEINJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images Money can't always buy success, Miami deal shows
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Spending vasts amount of money is no guarantee for instant success, as the Miami Marlins discovered. Now, the team's owners are under fire for a proposal to trade their most expensive players to Toronto. Major League Baseball executives on Wednesday were still pouring over terms agreed by the two sides before approving a swap that would shift high-priced players including Jose Reyes, Josh Johnson and Mark Buehrle from the Marlins to the Blue Jays and slice some $160 million off Miami's payroll. … 
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