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German Football Clubs Setting Example On, Off Pitch Ahead Of Champions Final05 / 24 / 13Champions League finalists Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund "are the envy of football fans across Europe for the way the German clubs run their business as well as their success on the field," according to Grohmann & Weir of REUTERS. Bayern and Dortmund are the top two teams in the Bundesliga... Tags: International Football, Europe |
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Platini: Get Set For My Winter World Cup
UEFA President Michel Platini is now "embarking on a campaign" to force English football to take a month-long winter break to accommodate the 2022 World Cup, according to Mihir Bose of the London EVENING STANDARD. Platini is "determined to bring about the biggest change in world football" by staging ...
Football Clubs Angry Over Websites
There are "big issues with the Football League’s faulty umbrella website operation" that is used by 86 clubs, including eight in the Premier League, according to Charles Sale of the London DAILY MAIL. Football League Interactive, which manages and develops Internet and mobile rights for their ...
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Brasileiro club Flamengo had sold 22,607 tickets by Monday afternoon for Wednesday's match against Atletico-MG, which features former fan favorite Ronaldinho Gaucho, who used to play for the Rio team. The number almost triples the 8,000 fans the club has averaged for Brasileiro home games this seaso ...
Tags: International Football
Electrical Short Cancels La Liga Match
La Liga Rayo Vallecano President Raúl Martín Presa called the lighting sabotage at the Vallecas stadium, which caused the postponement of Sunday's match between Real Madrid and Rayo Vallecano, as "football terrorism," according to AS. Presa said, "Yesterday, we were the victims of sabo ...
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Wembley Considered As Euro 2020 Site
London's Wembley Stadium has been suggested by the Football Association to UEFA as the venue for the Euro 2020 final, according to Martyn Ziegler of the London INDEPENDENT. UEFA President Michel Platini is considering changing the format of the tournament so that it would be "played in cities across ...
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Manchester United Soccer Schools in Abu Dhabi "begins its new season" at the Dome@Rawdat on Airport Road on Saturday. Open to boys and girls aged 7 to 16, the program "features 12.5 hours of on-field coaching by certified MUSS coaches" ( GULF NEWS, 9/24 ). ... The Asian Football Confederation is i ...
Tags: International Football
UAE Football Clubs Pay Fans To Attend
The UAE's Pro League football clubs' practice of paying fans to attend matches "has been defended" by the league's vice chairman, according to Omar Al Raisi of THE NATIONAL. Vice Chair Abdullah Al Junaibi said their culture is known "to be very hospitable and charitable." League officials said the t ...
Drogba Increases Shanghai Attendance
Since Chinese Super League club Shanghai Shenhua signed former Chelsea player Didier Drogba, home game crowds have increased 30%, according to the AFP. The club is "reaping the rewards" even as "questions swirl" over Drogba's future. Drogba joined the club in mid-July for a reported $300,000-plus pe ...
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Ferguson Asks Fans To Behave
ManU Manager Alex Ferguson wrote a letter to club supporters attending Sunday's Premier League match at Liverpool aimed at "getting them to behave themselves," according to the PA. The letter was presented to fans as they passed through the turnstiles at Liverpool prior to ManU's 2-1 victory. Ferg ...
IMG-Reliance, AIFF Not Seeing Eye To Eye
The financial future of Indian football is "facing big roadblocks" with the national federation and its commercial and marketing rights holder IMG-Reliance "not seeing eye to eye," according to THE HINDU. The All India Football Federation "finds itself in a bind" after IMG-Reliance failed to secur ...
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