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Rupert Murdoch's Proposed Summer Football League Faces Several Obstacles06 / 18 / 13When the Premier League abandoned plans to play a "39th Game" overseas, it "was always likely" that an entrepreneur somewhere "would take up the opportunity to profit from the game's global appeal," according to Glenn Moore of the London INDEPENDENT. With the league's TV income from foreign broadcas... |
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Chaos Continues At Beitar Jersusalem
Israeli Premier League Beitar Jerusalem's future is "shrouded in doubt as the new season edges ever closer," according to Allon Sinai of the JERUSALEM POST. Just last week, representatives of Owner Arkadi Gaydamak announced that "they had reached an agreement with Eli Tabib to purchase the club" aft ...
Jordan Coach Detained At Airport
The Jordanian FA will be asking FIFA to explain why no one from Football Federation Australia "was available to help them sort out arrival issues at Melbourne Airport on Wednesday," according to Greg Stutchbury of REUTERS. Coach Adnan Hamad "was detained at Melbourne Airport by immigration authoriti ...
Tags: International Football, Africa, Australia
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The Italian Football Federation (FIGC) "has charged 33 people with alleged involvement in match-fixing following further investigation into two Bari matches" ( SKY SPORTS, 6/6 ). ... The Football League "is set to restrict the use of overseas loans after Championship Watford brought in 10 players ...
Tags: International Football
Clubs Announce Summer Friendlies
Man City and Arsenal "will wrap up their pre-season programmes by taking each other on in a friendly" in Helsinki, Finland, according to the PA. The sides will play at the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital on Aug. 10, one week before the new Premier League season begins ( PA, 6/5 ). FOOTBALL ...
Tags: International Football
Mayor Opposes Guadalajara Relegation
Guadalajara, Spain Mayor Antonio Román said Wednesday that Spanish Second Division club Guadalajara's administrative relegation is a "grievance" toward the club because "there are numerous teams that maintain debts," according to the AS. Román: "We will fight and wear out the pa ...
Tags: Europe, International Football
Football Notes
Former Barcelona Security Dir and Spanish Dir General for Prison Services Xavier Martorell resigned Tuesday "for personal reasons." Martorell was accused by former Barcelona Dir General Joan Oliver of spying on club employees ( MUNDO DPEORTIVO, 6/5 ). ... Issues arising from the recent ...
Tags: International Football
Spanish Football Sanctions Guadalajara
The Spanish Football League (LFP) has sanctioned Spanish second division club Guadalajara with relegation to the third division -- second division B -- for irregularities in the process of issuing shares over the past year, according to the EFE. The LFP opened an investigation into Guadalajara for p ...
Tags: International Football, Europe
Football Notes
Asian champions Japan "became the first side to qualify for the World Cup finals in Brazil when playmaker Keisuke Honda scored an injury-time penalty to claim a 1-1 draw with Australia in Saitama on Tuesday" ( REUTERS, 6/4 ). ... EPL Tottenham Hotspur player Andros Townsend "has been given a four- ...
Tags: International Football
FIFA Chiefs Run Up $16M Tab At Junket
World football chiefs ran up a £10.5M ($16M) bill "for a two-day meeting on the paradise island of Mauritius," according to David Pilditch of the London EXPRESS. The cost included more than £2M ($3M) "on luxury accommodation alone." A lavish opening ceremony came to £714,000 ( ...
Tags: International Football
FA Chair: England Needs More Players
FA Chair David Bernstein believes the FA "desperately need to increase the pool of real quality players" available to England Manager Roy Hodgson, according to Henry Winter of the London TELEGRAPH. Bernstein: "The number of English players in the Premier League and the Football League is a really im ...
