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Bundesliga Says Date Change To 2022 Qatar World Cup Could Lead To Legal Challenges05 / 23 / 13Germany's Bundesliga "has warned that any attempt to move the 2022 World Cup in Qatar to the winter could lead to legal challenges by European leagues," according to the BBC. UEFA President Michel Platini said that the World Cup could be moved, "but European leagues might be disrupted for up t... |
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EPL Won't Intervene On Ticket Prices
The Premier League "will not intervene over ticket prices in response to calls for a cap on the amounts clubs are charging," according to Martyn Ziegler of the PA. The league insists that "tickets are a matter for individual clubs," although it does encourage "stretch pricing," where a range of diff ...
Celtic To Take Financial Hit
Scottish Premier League Celtic CEO Peter Lawwell "wants unanimous backing for the contentious league reconstruction proposals for Scottish football, insisting they offer the only way out of the 'gridlock' in which he says the game currently finds itself," according to Stephen Halliday of the SCOTSMA ...
Beckham Ponders 12 International Offers
David Beckham will "make a decision on his future next week" after receiving 12 formal offers from around the world, according to Martyn Ziegler of the PA. However, the former England captain is "not expected to return" to the Premier League. Beckham has been made offers from Europe, South Ame ...
Fans Chief Offers Ticket Price Warning
Football Supporters Federation Chair Malcolm Clarke has "urged the game's authorities to wake up to the growing resentment at massively inflated ticket prices or risk huge numbers of fans turning their backs on the game," according to Simon Stone of the PA. Man City sent back more than 900 tickets f ...
Football Market Value Losers Of '12
Transfermarkt.de has taken a look at the market values of int'l football players and compiled a list of the biggest market value losers of '12, according to SPORT BILD. On top of the list sits Italian Giuseppe Rossi, whose market value "dropped an unbelievable" €20M ($26M) ( SPORT BILD, 1/8 ...
Tags: International Football, Europe
Rangers Might Leave Scottish Football
Scottish Third Division Rangers CEO Charles Green "has claimed the club should investigate the prospect of leaving Scottish football," according to Ewan Murray of the London GUARDIAN. Plans "are afoot to implement two divisions of 12 and a bottom tier of 18, possibly as early as next season, in the ...
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 ...
Tags: International Football, Europe
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 ...
Tags: Asia, International Football
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 ...
Tags: International Football, Europe
