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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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France To Play Two Friendlies In Brazil
French Football Federation President Noël Le Graët revealed that France would play two friendlies in Brazil next year, including one against the Seleção, according to the JDD. Le Graët said, "It is not finalized, but it should be within a month. We are wanting to do it, ...
Tags: Europe, International Football
Football Notes
Coaches from AC Milan and Manchester City will be giving football lessons to Delhi’s youth at the ongoing Football Link Int’l Festival in India. More than 80 schools from across the city are participating in U-14, U-17 and girls categories at the Thyagaraj sports complex ( PTI, 10/8 ). ...
Tags: International Football, India
A-League Off To Record Start
Three key int'l figures make their Australian debuts, "throw in the excitement of a new club stepping out and a grand final replay and it adds up to plenty of smiles" at Football Federation Australia Monday morning after a "stunning start" to the A-League season, according to Ray Gatt of THE AUSTRAL ...
Tags: Australia, International Football
RSE Moves Into Int'l Football
RSE Ventures, the company founded by Dolphins Owner Stephen Ross and former Jets Exec VP/Business Operations Matt Higgins this year, has expanded into international football by hiring veteran soccer execs Charlie Stillitano and Jon Sheiman from CAA Sports. Additionally, RSE Ventures has acquired the ...
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Superclasico Das Americas Called Off
The second leg of the Superclasico das Americas between Argentina and Brazil was called off due to "a power failure" at the Estadio Centenario in Resistencia, Argentina, according to OLE. The players came out on the field. Brazilian players "raised their arms. Argentinians "waived to their crowd." T ...
Brazil Union Upset With World Cup Times
The National Federation of Professional Football Athletes (FENAPAF) in Brazil, released a statement asking FIFA and the Brazilian authorities organizing the 2014 World Cup "to alter the game times," according to GAZATAESPORTIVA.net. The intention of the organization is to "prevent athletes from suff ...
Image Important To PSG, Zenit Owners
Amidst a Eurozone financial crisis that has brought protestors to the streets, there is "one activity where business is booming: the top end of European football," according to Matt Scott of the London TELEGRAPH. Nowhere is it more evident than at Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and Russian Premier ...
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Dortmund CEO: Man City Spending Unfair
Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke said Man City should be excluded from the Champions League because of excessive "back-door funding" received as a result of being sponsored by companies controlled by the club's owner, according to the London TELEGRAPH. Watzke criticized Man ...
Sydney's Del Piero Signing Paying Off
The commercial payback that A-League Sydney FC budgeted for with the signing of Alessandro Del Piero "is solidifying" 10 days before the Italian star is even seen on home turf, according to Tom Smithies of THE DAILY TELEGRAPH. The club has sold "more memberships than ever before." However, the size ...
Tags: International Football, Australia
Football Notes
The Camp Nou stadium will be turned into a "giant senyera flag" on Sunday for the visit of Real Madrid. The Clásico will see a giant mosaic of 98,000 sheets of red and yellow card stock cover the stands of the Barça stadium, making up a Catalan flag ( AS, 10/3 ). ... Brasileiro club ...
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