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Football Association Votes To Implement Minimum Five-Match Ban For Racial Abuse05 / 17 / 13The FA "has voted to introduce a minimum ban of five matches for any player found to have racially abused an opponent," in the wake of the furore over the John Terry and Luis Suárez incidents, according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. The proposal, accepted at the FA's annual general m... Tags: International Football, Europe |
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Mourinho Losing Support Of Members
A survey by Sigma Dos revealed Real Madrid head coach José Mourinho "has started losing the respect of a good number of club members," according to García-Ochoa of MARCA. Members gave the Portuguese's performance as coach since he took over in '10 an average score of 6.68 out of 10, do ...
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London, Istanbul Fight For Euro '20 Final
The battle to stage the final and semifinals of football’s multi-venue Euro 2020 is "already looking like a shootout between London and Istanbul," according to Charles Sale of the London DAILY MAIL. The FA has made it clear how keen it is to host the "climax of the tournament earmarked for 12 ...
South Korean Players Receive Ban
FIFA confirmed the extension of sanctions on 41 players from South Korea related to a domestic match-fixing investigation dating back to the summer of '11. All 41 players have been sanctioned with a lifetime ban from all football activity by the K League and the Korea FA’s disciplinary committ ...
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Hungarian FA Appeals FIFA Ruling
The Hungarian FA (MLSZ) will appeal FIFA's decision to ban fans from attending the country's World Cup qualifying game against Romania in March "because of a racist incident last year," according to Marton Dunai of REUTERS. The punishment followed anti-Semitic chanting by fans in an August friendly ...
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Football Agents Got 28% In Commission
FIFA said that "agents and other intermediaries received an average commission rate" of 28% on the 11,555 cross-border player transfers that took place last year, according to Tariq Panja of BLOOMBERG. FIFA "didn’t disclose how much money changed hands in the global transfer market" in a year ...
Guardiola To Be Back Next Year
Former Barcelona head coach Pep Guardiola spoke for the first time in a public setting at the 2012 FIFA Ballon d'Or Gala on Monday and revealed he will get back to coaching next season, according to SPORT. Guardiola was aksed about his future and said, "Yes, next year I will come back to coaching. I ...
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Man City Sends Tickets Back To Arsenal
Man City has "returned close to a third" of its allocation for Sunday's Premier League match at Arsenal, "after supporters balked at the £62 ($99) ticket price," according to Ewan Murray of the London GUARDIAN. Man City was "given a 3,000 allocation but 912 were sent back and are being sold by ...
England Women Refuse To Sign FA Deal
England’s women’s footballers "do not know where their next pay packet is coming from" because of a dispute between the FA and the Professional Footballers’ Association over their £16,000 ($25,692)-a-year central contracts, according to Oliver Kay of the LONDON TIMES. The con ...
Rangers Could Be Stuck At The Bottom
Rangers "could romp the Third Division and still end up in the bottom tier next season if a plan to reconstruct the Scottish game is given the go-ahead," according to Keith Jackson of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. Scottish Football League CEO David Longmuir is attempting "to broker agreement to do away ...
Scottish Football Set For Big Shake-Up
Scottish football chiefs "look ready to shake hands" on the Scottish Premier League's new three-league set up of 12-12-18, according to Mark Guidi of the Scotland DAILY RECORD. Three governing bodies and 15 clubs will attend a meeting at Hampden this week, and "several items on the agenda are cl ...
