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Brazil's World Cup Fever Soured By Massive Protests At Confederations Cup06 / 19 / 13Brazilians "are realistic about the World Cup and what will transpire on and off the pitch," according to Roger Blitz of the FINANCIAL TIMES. At a ceremony to mark the one-year countdown to the World Cup last week -- staged, inevitably, "on Copacabana beach under a blazing sun -- that the reve... Tags: International Football |
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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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Top Football Clubs To Play In India
Key architect of India's Airtel Rising Stars initiative, Bharat Bambawale, said that "there is a tremendous interest among sponsors and brands to invite int'l football clubs to play matches before Indian fans and promote football in the cricket-crazy country," according to the PTI. Bambawale said, " ...
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UEFA Sanction Hits Sporting Lisbon
Primeira Liga Sporting Lisbon, a "money-losing" football club that is seeking investors, said that its business negotiations "may have been affected" after UEFA froze its prize money, according to Alex Duff of BLOOMBERG. UEFA said Tuesday that Sporting Lisbon is among 23 teams to have prize money wi ...
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Brasileiro club Corinthians generated R$551,184 ($271,854) in ticket revenue from Wednesday nights home game against Ponte Preta, meaning that they will need another home game to break the league record of R$31.6M they set in '10 ( IG.com.br, 9/12 ). ... The Barcelona vs. Real Madrid week 7 La Liga ...
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K-League Team Boycotts Rest Of Season
Korea’s professional football league, the K-League, has "relegated the military-affiliated Sangju Sangmu Pheonix to the second division for next season for failing to meet int'l club standards," according to Moon Gwang-lip of the KOREA JOONGANG DAILY. With Sangju’s demotion, "only one of ...
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Corinthians Set To Break Ticket Record
Brasilerio club Corinthians "could establish a new record" for revenue through ticket sales in a season after facing Ponte Preta at the Parque São Jorge stadium Wednesday night, according to João Pontes of IG.com.br. This season, the club has played 31 home matches and collected R$30.8 ...
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UEFA Finalizes Euro 2012 Payouts
UEFA finalized the financial provisions related to the Euro 2012 tournament in order to confirm the payments to clubs for their contribution to the competition and national team football in general, during the '10-11 and '11-12 seasons. In total, 575 clubs will receive payments from UEFA in accordan ...
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UEFA Withholds Prize Money
The UEFA Club Financial Control Body's investigatory chamber, chaired by former Belgian Prime Minister Jean-Luc Dehaene, announced that 23 clubs involved in '12-13 UEFA club competitions have seen the payment of their prize money temporarily withheld pending further investigation. As part of the fir ...
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