No repeat at World Cup, insists FIFA, after weekend fans’ battle in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO: World federation FIFA has insisted there is no reason for concern that weekend violence in Brazilian football will be repeated at the World Cup next year. The weekend of the official draw for the finals was the worst possible moments for the ...
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Messi injury clears the way for Ronaldo to lead way in ESM Golden Shoe
LONDON: Cristiano Ronaldo is top of the table in the season’s first listing of the ESM Golden Shoe again for the leading marksmen in European league football in the long-running contest run and co-ordinated by the European Sports Media association of leading football magazines. Ronaldo ...
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Ronaldo, Messi and Ribery go head to head for FIFA World Player prize
ZURICH: Cristiano Ronaldo will be favourite to depose Leo Messi as FIFA World Player of the Year at the awards gala in Zurich on January 13. The Real Madrid and Barcelona stars have been nominated for the top prize along with French forward Franck Ribery ...
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World Cup extremes: A tribute to Nelson Mandela and a peace plea to Brazil . . . then a football call to arms
KEIR RADNEDGE in COSTA DO SAUIPE — A World Cup draw which began in sombre style, featuring a tribute to Nelson Mandela and an appeal for peace on the streets from Sepp Blatter, ended with the maximum frenetic drama possible being wrung from expectation ahead of ...
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2014 WORLD CUP: The matches, group by group, with revised kickoff times
COSTA DO SAUIPE: FIFA and the World Cup organisers responded to European broadcasters’ concerns by altering the kickoff times for seven ties in all including three in Manaus. Most notably, the England v Italy clash will now kick off at 18.00 local which bring it ...
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Today’s sports news agenda from national and international federations, bidders etc
USA Rugby / Men’s Eagles Sevens . . . British Basketball League . . . FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup final . . . Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique . . . FIFA Ballon d’Or 2013 . . . FIFA . . . Sochi 2014 – ...
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Minister summons sports bosses over betting fix fears
LONDON: Senior figures from five major sports have been invited to a Whitehall summit after the latest concern over allegations of fixing in football. Culture Secretary Maria Miller has called the meeting with leaders from football, cricket, horse racing, rugby league and rugby union. Six ...
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German President decides to give Sochi 2014 a miss
BERLIN: Germany’s President Joachim Gauck will not be attending the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics. His decision is widely seen as a response to the Russian government’s violation of human rights and persecution of opposition groups. But a spokesperson for the president’s office also said there ...
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Jesse Owens’s gold sells for Olympic prize record $1.4
LOS ANGELES: One of the four gold medals won by US athletics legend Jesse Owens at the 1936 Berlin Olympics was on Sunday sold at auction for $1,466,574. It is the highest price ever paid for an item of Olympic memorabilia, almost doubling the previous ...
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