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EPL Clubs See Home Attendance Up 4% In '12-13, While SPL Gate Drops 28%05 / 22 / 13Premier League attendances for '12-13 "have shown an increase of nearly 4% on the previous season," according to the BBC. The average attendance for a game in England's top flight was 35,975, up from 34,601 in '11-12. The official figures "show crowds have fluctuated across Europe, with Barcelona's ... |
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Senegal Disqualified From Nations Cup
The Confederation of African Football has disqualified Senegal from the 2013 Orange Africa Cup of Nations "following fans violence during the final qualifier for the competition in Dakar," according to Olusola Babarinsa of the DAILY TIMES NIGERIA. A statement posted on the CAF website said the refer ...
Tags: International Football, Africa
Shanghai FC Players Protest For Pay
The players of Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua FC "staged an open protest in the full gaze of the Chinese media" on Monday, reportedly "due to wages going unpaid" from the ongoing equity share dispute, according to Cameron Wilson of WILDEASTFOOTBALL.net. Players showed up for their daily ...
Tags: International Football, China
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A judicial inquiry into allegations of corruption and match-fixing in Zimbabwean football revealed 93 players and officials implicated in the Asiagate scandal "will be banned from the game." Retired Judge Ahmed Ebrahim said that the probe team has suggested to the Zimbabwe FA that 13 players and off ...
Tags: International Football
No China Supercopa For Madrid, Barça
Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez and Barcelona President Sandro Rosell "said no" to their respective clubs playing the Supercopa in China, according to J.G. Matallanas of AS. La Liga presidents and Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) President Ángel María Villar met to "dec ...
Tags: Europe, International Football
EPL Considering Winter Break
EPL CEO Richard Scudamore has revealed that "talks about the introduction of a winter break are underway" but hinted that FA Cup replays may have to be sacrificed to make it work, according to Mark Cue of the LONDON TIMES. Scudamore said that the EPL is "not inclined" to reduce its size from 20 team ...
Retired Holland Star Backs Winter WC
The Qatar 2022 World Cup Supreme Committee insisted on Thursday that it "would not ask FIFA to move the tournament from the summer due to the extreme temperatures in the country," according to the PA. However, former Holland star Ronald de Boer, who became an official ambassador for Qatar's bid afte ...
Juventus President Questions UEFA FFP
Italian Serie A Juventus President Andrea Agnelli "questioned UEFA's willingness to ban big-spending clubs from the Champions League if they breach its Financial Fair Play regulations," according to Rob Harris of the AP. Speaking at the Leaders in Football conference, Agnelli highlighted that throwi ...
Tags: Europe, International Football
Ronaldo To Get Extension From Madrid
Real Madrid President Florentino Pérez and Cristiano Ronaldo's agent Jorge Mendes "have closed the fringes" on a contract extension that will "make the Portuguese smile again," according to A. Alcázar of SPORT.es. The striker will earn €5M ($6.5M) more a year with the new contract ...
Tags: Europe, International Football
Hannover 96 Tests GoalRef Technology
Bundesliga club Hannover 96 has been the league's first club "to test the GoalRef goal-line technology," according to the SID. Hannover 96 replacement goaltender Markus Miller said, "I had the feeling that the ball was a little bit heavier. As a result it is flying straighter." With the GoalRef tech ...
Tags: International Football, Europe
Wembley Sold Out For England Mismatch
A sell-out crowd of 90,000 fans will watch Friday's match between England and San Marino at London's Wembley Stadium, according to Simon Rice of the London INDEPENDENT. The World Cup qualifier will see Manager Roy Hodgson's side, ranked fifth in the world, take on a side ranked 207th by FIFA, making ...
