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Kevin Grosskreutz , 22, arrived as a free agent from a second-division club.

The New Pride of the Bundesliga Gabriele Marcotti 2011

With five minutes left in a Peruvian second-division soccer match on Sunday, three players from Hijos de Acosvinchos collapsed on the field.

Peruvian Soccer Players Allegedly Drugged Before Match, Four Collapse During Game (VIDEO) The Huffington Post 2010

If not, the Bears may be looking at a second-division finish, which would continue a downward trend in the Cal program.

Around the Pac-10 Conference 2010

Since his 2005 election as the head of the Movement Towards Socialism, which has empowered Bolivia's indigenous people and forged leftist policies, he has become a reserve player for Litoral, an amateur second-division squad.

Low blow Morales: Bolivian president knees football opponent in groin Rory Carroll 2010

Appeasement, World War II and the transfer of power in India meant that Britain had slipped from great-power status—where Churchill could meet Stalin and Roosevelt on equal terms at Tehran and Yalta—to the position of a second-division power teetering on bankruptcy.

How the Queen Saved and Soothed Britain 2012

The dispiriting 2-1 loss in Basel came one week after second-division Crystal Palace knocked Manchester United out of England's Carling Cup tournament.

Conduct Unbecoming a Powerhouse 2011

In those sad fin de siècle days I suspect the panellists used to get a little help in guessing exactly which second-division footballer or minor soap actor's house was under discussion, but sometimes, for the sake of authenticity, host David Frost would let them exhaust all their guesses and announce in a very Frostian manner: "You'll kick yourself when you find out who it is."

Channel Four's Famous and Fearless was utterly pointless | Martin Kelner 2011

Last month, after the fabled River Plate soccer club was relegated to second-division status for the first time in its 110-year history, the Argentine Soccer Association, with evident government backing, came up with a response that seemed only to make a bad situation worse.

Argentine Leader Hits Bump in Election Matt Moffett 2011

The Gunners were surprisingly held to a draw in the FA Cup on Saturday by Leeds United, of the second-tier Championship, but bookmakers expect nothing less than a victory in the second of this week's semifinals when Arsenal travels to Ipswich Town, another second-division side, on Wednesday night in their first-leg match.

Tip of the Day 2011

Roberts starts out: "Before 11 September 2001, Tony Blair was set to go down in history as a second-division prime minister, one of those who stayed in power for a long time but without having any appreciable effect on the story of his times."

Politics Maxine 2009