April 2, 2013
Sunderland’s appointment of Di Canio a huge risk on many levels
Sunderland beyond doubt have taken a colossal risk in their appointment of Paolo Di Canio, argues Brian Glanville...
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Opinions from some of football’s leading voices
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April 2, 2013
FIFA names goal-line technology winner
GoalControl, last in through the approval door, has claimed a significant advantage in the commercial race to capitalise on football's approval of goal-line technology by securing FIFA's vote for the Confederations Cup.
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March 28, 2013
Hysterical chorus of moaning over the Olympic Stadium is misplaced
Brian Glanville is sorry to see West Ham leave Upton Park, but he has no time for the gnashing of teeth that has accompanied the decision to allow the club to become tenants of the…
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March 26, 2013
End of an era looms for British influence on FIFA
Jim Boyce was every inch the proud father in Istanbul last night. The Ulsterman is chairman of FIFA’s organising committee for the World Under-20 Youth Cup and was in his element at the baptismal draw…
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March 19, 2013
Applause for Blatter as Platini continues to lose the plot
Applause for Sepp Blatter! Never did I think I would be making such an appeal, but now to my astonishment I am. For Blatter has stood out forcefully and logically against the crazed European Championship…
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March 19, 2013
China crisis shows dangers of ignoring match fixing threat
Friedrich Stickler, a man with a heavy foot in both the football and gambling camps, was warned that “real action” is essential if the game is to resist the danger of being undermined by match…
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March 13, 2013
Rooney a force in decline or a misused talent?
Dropped at Manchester United, desired by Bayern Munich and, despite assurances by Sir Alex Ferguson that he has a future at Old Trafford, Wayne Rooney must be wondering what lies in store for him.
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March 11, 2013
Champagne moment: the future of football at stake
Introduction of goal-line technology, scrapping the ‘triple jeopardy’ punishment of a penalty-conceding foul, and a radical overhaul of the way football is run, are just some of the ideas proposed by FIFA's former director of…
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March 8, 2013
Interview with Jeffrey Webb, FIFA’s anti-racism and discrimination chief
Keir Radnedge talks to Jeffrey Webb, the head of FIFA's anti-racism and discrimination taskforce, about the challenges facing football.
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March 7, 2013
Michel Platini: great player, terrible administrator
Blatter alas still rules, impervious as his ghastly predecessor and mentor Joao Havelange. The seeking heir apparent, Michel Platini, however great a player he may have been, looks more and more like a disastrous heir.
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March 4, 2013
Platini unsure whether to run for football’s top job
UEFA president Michel Platini faces a delicate dilemma over whether to run for the FIFA presidency in 2015. Right now, he insists, he has not made up his mind one way or the other.
