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...promising English footballer of his generation, a sublimely gifted mid-fielder with that rarest of abilities?he could control the tempo of the game, making average teammates seem good and good players seem great. There were a few years, as he played his club football for Newcastle, Tottenham and Lazio, and also for England's national side in the 1990 World Cup, when he seemed on the verge of becoming a blond Maradona; the ball stayed glued to his foot even at full pace, his passes found angles that seemed impossible. Through it all, however, he was a notoriously heavy...
...clubs last year declared an operating loss of $764 million. Already this year Serie A club Fiorentina has been declared bankrupt, after owner Vittorio Cecchi Gori failed to meet deadlines on debts of $22 million; Fiorentina was demoted to Serie C2. Even top-flight teams are struggling. Rome's Lazio, the 2000 champion, had bids for three new players annulled after admitting it couldn't pay even 30% of the transfer fees. League president Adriano Galliani believes that the dispute may bring one positive result, the formation of the league's own television station. But if fans suffering from post...
...football team, the country could rename itself South Switzerland. With the nation's banks melting down and the currency as porous as the Faroe Islands' defense, victory on the playing field could be the only joy for Argentines for the next four years. Their hopes rest on stars like Lazio's lethal strike pair of Hernan Crespo and Claudio Lopez. Juan Sebastian Veron is capable of finding them anywhere on the pitch, and behind him is formidable Romanista Walter "the Wall" Samuel. Argentina easily won its qualifying group in South America, but now finds itself in the so-called Group...
...Shot English football's golden boy Michael Owen raised his game and his value - the Italian Serie A team Lazio wants to pay $57 million for him - by scoring three goals against Germany, setting England on course to play in the 2002 World Cup finals...
...French soccer hero, to Spain's Real Madrid for a reported $65 million; in Madrid. Besides his incredible performance for the national team in the 1998 World Cup, Zidane, or Zizou, has been playing with champion Italian football team Juventus since 1996. The superstar midfielder will be replaced by Lazio's Czech favorite Pavel Nedved. DIED. MORDECAI RICHLER, 70, author and screenwriter; in Montreal. Among his many achievements, the caustic Canadian had been twice short-listed for the Booker Prize and appointed to the Order of Canada. See Eulogy. DIED. HANNELORE KOHL, 68, wife of former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl...