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Football Association Votes To Implement Minimum Five-Match Ban For Racial Abuse05 / 17 / 13The FA "has voted to introduce a minimum ban of five matches for any player found to have racially abused an opponent," in the wake of the furore over the John Terry and Luis Suárez incidents, according to Owen Gibson of the London GUARDIAN. The proposal, accepted at the FA's annual general m... Tags: International Football, Europe |
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Qatar Officials Dismiss Winter World Cup
Despite UEFA President Michel Platini's calls for a winter 2022 World Cup, Qatar organizers "have no intention of switching the tournament from the summer," according to Mark Bisson of WORLDFOOTBALLINSIDER.com. The Frenchman has made "repeated calls for the change" since the oil-rich nation secured ...
Hodgson Wants A Change In EPL Schedule
England Manager Roy Hodgson wants TV companies to stop asking Premier League's top teams to play on the Sunday before an int'l, according to the BBC. Because affected players need "time to recover," Hodgson thinks such scheduling limits his amount of preparation time ( BBC, 9/20 ). The LONDON TIME ...
Barça Chief Wants Balance In La Liga
Barcelona FC President Sandro Rosell said that he wants "to seek ways to make La Liga more competitive," so that teams other than itself and Real Madrid "have a chance of winning the title," according to Christian Levaux of REUTERS. One of the reasons for the dominance of Barça and Real Madri ...
Rio To Allow Alcohol Sales In Stadiums
Rio de Janeiro Football Federation President Rubens Lopes revealed that the Campeonato Carioca 2013 (Rio State Championship) "will allow the sale of alcoholic beverages inside stadiums," according to Leo Burla of LANCENET.com.br. The four big clubs in Rio (Flamengo, Fluminense, Vasco and Botafogo) s ...
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Barça Dominates Social Media
FC Barcelona is the Champions League club with the "largest number of followers" when it comes to social media, according to the EFE. The Catalan side has 47.3 million followers followed by rival Real Madrid and its 38.2 million. The two clubs account for 46.2% of the total Facebook and Twitter foll ...
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Marseille Fans Travel Well
Ligue 1 Week 5 saw Olympique Marseille "demonstrate the power of its supporters" as they brought 1,030 fans to AS Nancy's Marcel-Picot stadium, according to SPORTUNE.fr. Another "enormous" number for the Ligue 1, especially when you consider that the match "was not one of the highlights" of Marseill ...
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Shanghai Chair Issues New Threat
Zhu Jun, the billionaire chair of Chinese Super League football team Shanghai Shenhua, "insists the mystery boardroom dispute threatening the future of foreign stars," including former Chelsea pair Didier Drogba and Nicolas Anelka has not been resolved, according to the AFP. Shenhua Coach Sergio Bat ...
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Armadillo To Be 2014 World Cup Mascot
Brazil has selected an "endangered armadillo as the mascot" for the 2014 FIFA World Cup, according to Brian Homewood of REUTERS. FIFA said that the mascot, which was unveiled Sunday night on a TV program by former Brazil F Ronaldo, "represented the three-banded armadillo, an endangered species indig ...
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Ibrahimovic Earns $11.8M Annually
Ligue 1 Paris St. Germain striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic earns €9M ($11.8M) annually and not €14M ($18.4M) as reported by numerous media outlets, according to Arnaud Hermant of LE PARISIEN. The €9M net salary is the "equivalent of what he received" at AC Milan last season. The difference ...
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FAF Looking To Bring Brazil To Algeria
Algerian Football Federation (FAF) President Mohammed Raouraoua is "currently negotiating" to have a friendly match in Algiers, Algeria between Algeria and Brazil, according to Leila Assam of EMARRAKECK. The game would take place at the July 5 Stadium on Nov. 14. Raouraoua said, "We are still in neg ...
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