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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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Blackburn Sacks Berg After 57 Days
League Championship club Blackburn sacked Manager Henning Berg "just 57 days after taking charge," according to Simon Rice of the London INDEPENDENT. With the club "investing heavily in players" following last season's relegation from the Premier League, owners are "desperate for a quick return to t ...
Fergie Feels Threatened By Bundesliga
ManU Manager Alex Ferguson believes that the German Bundesliga "is threatening the Premier League's status as the most exciting league in the world," according to Simon Stone of the PA. For the first time since '99, more teams from the Bundesliga made it out of the initial group stage of the Champio ...
Official: AIFF Not Violating Election Rules
India’s football federation elections "do not violate any regulations, and there is no risk of any sanctions being imposed either by FIFA or the government," according to Sudipto Ganguly of REUTERS. An India official said that the All India Football Federation elections were held Thursday "as ...
Tags: International Football, India
Romanian Club To Sell All Foreign Players
Troubled Romanian club Rapid Bucharest plans to offload every foreign player on its books and build a squad made up entirely of locals in an attempt to ease its wage bill, according to REUTERS. Rapid Manager Danut Perja said, "We renounce all foreigners. All of them will receive the documents under ...
New Inquiry Into Hillsborough Tragedy
A fresh criminal investigation into the Hillsborough football disaster was announced by the Home Secretary as the High Court "quashed the original accidental death inquest verdicts into the 96 Liverpool fans," according to Richard Ford of the LONDON TIMES. The new police inquiry will look at the rol ...
Super Mario Accepts $550K Fine
Man City striker Mario Balotelli has accepted a two-week fine for misconduct, "leading to the postponement of Wednesday's planned Premier League tribunal on the issue," according to Chris Bascombe of the London TELEGRAPH. The club had handed its striker with a £340,000 ($553,000) fine for a "s ...
Football Notes
Ligue 2 Monaco Coach Claudio Ranieri has "confirmed his desire" to bring David Beckham to the club. Ranieri, who is backed by Russian billionaire Owner Dmitry Rybolovlev, also wants Chelsea's Frank Lampard and believes Beckham can play a "pivotal role in the development of Monaco's emerging squad" ( ...
Tags: International Football
Barça To Re-Sign Messi, Puyol, Xavi
FC Barcelona will re-sign Lionel Messi, Carles Puyol and Xavi Hernandez to respective new contracts in the coming weeks. Messi had a contract with the club until June 30, 2016, which has now been extended until June 30, 2018. Carles Puyol’s contract expires on June 30, 2013, but he will now be ...
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Sydney Looking To Re-Sign Del Piero
A-League Sydney FC's board confirmed that "it will move to secure Italian superstar Alessandro Del Piero for another season," according to Ray Gatt of THE AUSTRALIAN. Sky Blues Chair Scott Barlow "ended a week of intense speculation" about Del Piero, reaffirming the club was looking at his time in S ...
Tags: International Football, Australia
Melbourne Heart Will Not Relocate
A-League club Melbourne Heart "has quashed talk of relocation," confident it can become a powerhouse in its current guise "despite a sluggish start to the season, on and off the field," according to David Davutovic of the HERALD SUN. Meanwhile, Melbourne's original A-League club, Victory, believes i ...
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