Feb 6 (Reuters) – Donald Driver, a largely unknown seventh round draft pick who went on to become the Green Bay Packers’ all-time leading wide receiver, retired on Wednesday after 14 National Football League seasons with the team. Driver, 38, won a Super Bowl championship with the Packers in 2011 and retires as the team’s all-time leader in receptions (743) and receiving yards (10,137). “I have to retire a Green Bay Packer,” a tearful Driver told about 1,500 fans who attended a celebration for the sure-handed receiver inside the Lambeau Field atrium. …
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Argentina's striker and team captain Lionel Messi controls the ball during the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match Sweden vs Argentina at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRANDJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-SWE-ARG-FRIENDLY
Argentina's striker and team captain Lionel Messi controls the ball during the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match Sweden vs Argentina at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRANDJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-SWE-ARG-FRIENDLY
Sweden's defender Andreas Granqvist (2nd R) vies with Argentina's striker Gonzalo Higuain (2nd L) during the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match Sweden vs Argentina at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRANDJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images Soccer-Vargas and Carmona on target as Chile beat Egypt
Feb 6 (Reuters) – Chile notched a third win in as many matches under new coach Jorge Sampaoli when they beat Egypt 2-1 in an international friendly in Madrid on Wednesday. It was Sampaoli’s first match with his full senior squad including exiles, since taking over from fellow Argentine Claudio Borghi in December, after wins over Senegal and Haiti with a team of home-based players last month. Chile scored through striker Eduardo Vargas on the hour and midfielder Carlos Carmona six minutes later with Mohamed Salah pulling one back two minutes from time for American coach Bob Bradley’s Egypt …
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Argentina's striker Sergio Aguero (R) celebrates with his teammate striker and team captain Lionel Messi (C) after scoring during the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match Sweden vs Argentina at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRANDJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-SWE-ARG-FRIENDLY
Argentina's striker Sergio Aguero (R) celebrates with his teammate striker and team captain Lionel Messi (C) after scoring during the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match Sweden vs Argentina at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRANDJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-SWE-ARG-FRIENDLY
Argentina's striker Sergio Aguero (R) celebrates with his teammates after scoring during the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match Sweden vs Argentina at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRANDJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-SWE-ARG-FRIENDLY
Argentina's striker Sergio Aguero celebrates after scoring during the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match Sweden vs Argentina at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRANDJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images Malta 0-0 Northern Ireland: Friendly stalemate for Michael O'Neill's men
The boss still searches for his first win as his men go 1000 minutes without scoring away from home in an international friendly, against a team placed 146th in the world rankings Rio unleashes "pee patrols" to clean up Carnival
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Rio de Janeiro has in recent years evicted drug dealers from hillside slums, carved fast-moving bus lanes into sclerotic streets, and cracked down on unauthorized food vendors along the city’s 58 miles (93 km) of beaches. Now, as they gear up for the 2013 Carnival, officials are taking aim at another old Rio scourge: public urinating. Urine flows as freely during Rio’s famous annual festivities as beer and the cane liquor known as cachaça. …
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Argentina's striker Gonzalo Higuain (L) celebrates with his teammate striker and team captain Lionel Messi after scoring during the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match Sweden vs Argentina at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRANDJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images FBL-WC2014-SWE-ARG-FRIENDLY
Argentina's striker Gonzalo Higuain (L) celebrates with his teammate striker and team captain Lionel Messi after scoring during the FIFA World Cup 2014 friendly match Sweden vs Argentina at Friends Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on February 6, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JONATHAN NACKSTRANDJONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP/Getty Images Spain 3-1 Uruguay: Prolific Pedro nets twice for world champions in Doha
The Barcelona forward continued his fantastic international form with his ninth goal of the season, as la Roja warmed up for next month's World Cup qualifiers with a win in Qatar O'Dea declines Ireland call to prepare for TFC campaign
TORONTO - Center back Darren O'Dea could have played for the Republic of Ireland in their friendly against Poland on Wednesday, but he was granted permission to stay with Toronto FC as they continued their preseason training in Orlando. UPDATE 1-Guinea bans political protest during FIFA chief's visit
(Adds opposition postponing protest, youths in Mamou) CONAKRY, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Guinea’s government has banned anopposition demonstration scheduled for Thursday, saying theprotest would interfere with a visit by FIFA President SeppBlatter. Opposition groups later said they would reluctantly abide bythe decision, though police reported some young protesters hadalready started to gather in one central town and had thrownstones at officers. …
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Macedonia's Nikolche Novevski (L) celebrates after scoring against Denmark on February 6,2013 during a 2014 World Cup friendly football match at the Filip 2 Stadium in Skopje. AFP PHOTO / ROBERT ATANASOVSKIROBERT ATANASOVSKI/AFP/Getty Images 
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