February 7, 2013
Match fixing revelations are latest in long line of football scandals
Brian Glanville places the latest match fixing scandal into some kind of historical context, plus the enduring appeal of David Beckham continues to baffle...
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Opinions from some of football’s leading voices
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February 4, 2013
Sad day for European football as scale of match fixing is exposed
After Operacion Puerto, attacking doping in sport out of Spain, football has Operation VETO . . . revealed as the coordinating process between European and international police chasing down matchfixing worldwide.
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February 1, 2013
Brave new world: Asia looks to move on from the Bin Hammam era
The whistle has sounded, the game has kicked off . . . the ‘game’ that is to resolve who takes over the intimidating task of leading the Asian Football Confederation into a brave new world…
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January 30, 2013
FA Cup spilleth over: shocks aplenty keep the competition alive
Brian Glanville witnesses a weekend of FA Cup shocks and is relieved to discover that there is still some life in the old competition yet.
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January 28, 2013
Football’s return looks uncertain as Egypt’s troubles intensify
The resumption of league football in Egypt this coming weekend, after a year’s suspension, remains in doubt after the declaration of a partial state of emergency following fatal weekend riots in the wake of the…
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January 25, 2013
FIFA-ISL scandal: the truth is out there
At long last, FIFA’s executive committee will be confronted in March by as much of the truth as is ever likely emerge about the depth and breadth of the ISL scandal.
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January 23, 2013
The mixed blessings of foreign owners
Brian Glanville witnesses the ongoing struggles of Chelsea's Fernando Torres and wonders whether the influence of club owner, Roman Abramovich, is undermining the striker's confidence.
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January 22, 2013
Rival to Platini’s FIFA presidential ambitions is emerging
Spain's Angel Maria Villar should be taken seriously as a FIFA candidacy rival to Michel Platini, according to Sepp Blatter.
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January 18, 2013
Showing its age? The FA celebrates its 150th anniversary
The Football Association, historic founder of the game which enchants, entertains, angers and infuriates billions around the world every minute of every day is 150 years old this year.
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January 17, 2013
A good blend of youth and experience is the key to success
The Frank Lampard affair which seems all too likely to spill over into the John Terry and Ashley Cole contretemps brings into focus again the whole complex matter of age. Who is too old and…
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January 15, 2013
Out of Africa: challenge to Hayatou raises the stakes
Jacques Anouma has not yet lost all hope of winning his fight with Issa Hayatou within the upper echelons of the African Football Confederation - but the latest ruling by the Court of Arbitration for…
